WorksheetsWorld War One
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 49mins
What was another name for WWI? It was called this until WWII began.
Grand War
The Tsar's War
The Great War
A complete mobilization of all resources and people of a nation for the success of the war effort
Food Rationing
Total War
Commandeering Transportation
The wasteland between trenches that existed during WWI
The Artillery Zone
The Barbwire Valley
No Man's Land
Death Acre
The movement aimed at unifying all Slavic people
Pan Slavism
Yugo Slavism
Anti Turkification
This PERSON was responsible for assassinating
the Archduke of Austria Hungry
Trifko Grabez
Nedeljko Cabrinovic
Gavrilo Princip
The beginning date of WWI
April 15, 1912
July 28, 1914
October 5, 1917
June 18, 1918
Who belonged to the Triple Alliance
Italy
Russia
Germany
Austria Hungary
Who belonged to the Triple Entente
Serbia
England
Russian
France
This region of Europe prior to WWI became known as a "Powder Keg". It was believed if a war was to break out in Europe, this would be the place it would take place.
Scandinavia
The Baltics
The Low Countries
The Balkans
What problems were associated with Militarism prior to WWI
Every country had a war plan
All countries were war ready
Countries like Germany and England started to build Dreadnoughts.
Controversial Russian figure who could heal
the Tsar’s son; also negatively impacted trust in the Tsar
Lenin
Rasputin
Alexandra
Robespierre
The problem associated with alliances prior to WWI...
democratic ideals would spread throughout the continent
a small dispute would develop into a large-scale war
nations would be protected from economic exploitation
True or False. Imperialism was a problems prior to WWI because it created intense rivalries.
True
False
What area of Europe prior to the start of WWI was know as the "Powder Keg"?
The Balkans
The British Iles
The Mediterranean
The Rhineland
Why did Russia support Serbia in 1914 when WWI began?
to get revenge on Germany
to protect their interests in Eastern Europe
to protect their Slavic brothers
Which of the following would be true about the formation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente during the late 1800's?
Germany wanted security because it did not trust France.
Both alliances formed because the Concert of Europe in Europe had fallen apart after the Crimean War.
France wanted security because it did not trust Germany.
Germany did not want Russia to unify the Balkans
The assassination of this Archduke in Sarajevo, Bosnia was the final spark that ignited World War I
Kaiser Wilhelm
Franz Ferdinand
David Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
The Arch Duke of Austria Hungary was assassinated by a member of which Serbian terrorist/nationalist group that desired all Slavic people united into one country.
Tamil Tigers
Slavic Knights
Black Hand
Which of the following were Causes of WWI
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assignation of the Archduke of Austria Hungary
Which of the following countries vowed to defend Serbia prior to WWI? This country also consisted of a large number of Slavic peoples.
Austria Hungary
Croatia
France
Russia
The Schlieffen Plan was designed by the German military to
Avoid fighting a two front war against Russia and France
Address U.S. troop deployments in France
Neutralize Great Britain’s naval control of the North Sea
Why did most of the combat on the Western Front in World War I take place in a relatively small area
Each side cut off the fuel supply of the other
The armies became immobile because of trench warfare
There is only a small amount of flat land in all of Europe
These countries fought for the Central Powers during WWI
Germany
Austria Hungary
Russia
Ottoman Empire
These countries fought for the Allied Powers during WWI.
Great Britain
France
Bulgaria
Russia
Which of the following terms refers to the German policy of sinking any ship in the war zone without warning
blockade
unrestricted submarine warfare
naval engagement
What is the definition of Genocide? Likewise, who committed the act of Genocide against the Armenian people during WWI?
The systematic plan to eliminate a group of people based on their race, ethnicity, culture or religion.
The Austrian Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The act of one person killing another.
The leader of the Bolshevik party who
established Communism in Russia.
Lenin
Stalin
Kerensky
Putin
Local Russian unions/organizations of Peasants, Factory
Workers and Soldiers; wanted change
Bolshevicks
Workers Democratic Union
Mensheviks
Soviets
The last Russian Tsar
Alexander II
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Nicholas II
To give up power; Tsar Nicholas II did this in 1917.
Cede
Abdicate
Forgo
The United States attempted to stay out of the Great War. Which of the following best describes why the United States attempted to stay out of the war?
The U.S. was committed to neutrality
The U. S. did not have a strong military at the outbreak of the Great War.
President Warren G. Harding believed this was a European affair.
Which of the following were reasons why the United States either entered WWI or were pulled towards WWI?
Zimmerman Note
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Sinking of the Lusitania
Armenian Genocide
Power was taken from the Temporary Government by supporters of Lenin and the Soviets during which of the following events
Bloody Sunday
October Revolution of 1917
Uprising of 1905
Which of the following treaties allowed for the Russia to withdraw from WWI in 1917
Munich-Kiev
Brest-Litovsk
St. Petersburg- Petrograd
Armistice
Surrender
Cease Fire
Initiate War
Identify the peace treaty that officially ended WWI. It was one of the harshest treaties in history with regards to a defeated nation.
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Ghent
Which of the following was the German War Plan prior to WWI? Likewise, what was the goal of this plan.
Plan XVII
The plan was designed to protect Alsace-Lorraine
Schlieffen Plan
The plan was designed to avoid fighting a two front war
Check all that apply. Why did the German War Plan fail?
Russia mobilized much sooner than Germany believed they could
The United States joined the war much quicker than expected.
The French were much stronger than anticipated.
Belgium fought and destroyed rail line and bridges.
On which front during WWI would you have found Trench Warfare as the main type of warfare taking place?
The Eastern Front
The Southern Front
The Western Front
The Middle East
Which of the following were problems associated with the trenches during the Great War?
Trench foot
Rats
Shell Shock
Smell
Trench Fever
In what areas of the world was the Great War fought?
Europe
Middle East
Mexico
Africa
Asia
1916 was a year in which many Major Offensives took place in an effort to bring the war to an end. Which of the following was an offensive instituted by the Germans in an attempt to "Bleed the French White" on the Western Front?
The Battle of the Somme
Brusilov offensive
Gallipoli campaign
The Battle of Verdun
1916 was a year of many great offensives on the western and eastern fronts. One of those offensives was responsible for the single deadliest day in British military history. Which of these offensives/battles was responsible for that tragedy
The Battle of Verdun
The Brusilov Offensive
The Battle of the Somme
The Ludendorff Offensive
The Communist Manifesto was written by Friedrich Engels and _____________________. This writing outlined the idealistic view of communism.
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
Alexander Kerensky
Which of the following events caused Tsar Nicholas II to give up his power to the Provisional Government in 1917?
The October Revolution
The February Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution
The Revolution of 1848
Power was taken from the Provisional Government in 1917 by supporters of Lenin and the Soviets during which of the following events?
October Revolution
February Revolution
Bolshevik Revolution
The November Rains
Which of the two following events make up what is referred to as the Russian Revolution which took place in 1917?
February Revolution
Decemberist Revolution
October Revolution
The November Rains
Lenin gained support in Russia prior to the overthrow of the Provisional Government by promising which of the following things to the Russian people?
Bread
Liberty
Land
Peace
Work
Which of the following fought in the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1921?
Red Army
Blue Army
Grey Army
White Army
At the conclusion of the Russian Civil War, Russia was recognized as the first Communist country in the world. This new country was referred to as the Union of Soviet States.
True
False
The sinking of the Lusitania a British passenger ship carrying American passengers was the sole reason the United States enter WWI in 1917.
True
False
What was the purpose of the Zimmerman Note/Telegram?
For the purpose of asking Canada to bomb U.S. cities on the U.S/Canadian border.
For the purpose of asking Mexico to bomb U.S. merchant ships in the Caribbean
For the purpose of asking Mexico to invade the United States.
Which of the following did not have a great impact on the war when the United States finally entered in 1917?
The U.S. sent troops to fight against the Reds in the Russian Civil War
The U.S. assumed the financial burden of paying for the war
The U.S. sent men to fight on the Western front of the war
The U.S. economy switched to a war time economy to help provide needed supplies for the Allied war effort
The Great War ended...
November 11, 1916
November 11, 1917
November 11, 1918
November 11, 1919
On which of the following dates did the Great War come to an end?
December 11, 1919.
May 13, 1918
February 21, 1919
November 11, 1918
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Russian Revolution?
Bloody Sunday
Rasputin
A Bad Harvest during the winter of 1916
An inability to move on from Feudalism
Poor leadership
Who were the Big Four countries responsible for the main ideas incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles?
Japan
Italy
The United States
France
Great Britain
President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Point Plan can best be summarized by which of the following?
Make the Germans pay for the dreadful war
Revenge x 50
Give us the land you owe us
Peace without victory
The Treaty of Versailles allowed for an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain world peace and which would sort out international disputes as and when they occurred...this body was called?
The United Nations
The League of Nations
The Concert of Europe
The President of the United States during WWI.
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
This country had to accept the "War Guilt Clause" of the Treaty of Versailles, which said this country was 100% responsible for starting the war and also needed to pay reparations to the Allies for the cost of the war?
Russia
Austria Hungary
Germany
Serbia
As a result of WWI, which of the following empires in Europe ceased to exist?
Austria Hungary
The British Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Russian Empire
As a result of the idea of Self Determination found in the Treaty of Versailles, several new countries were established in Europe. Which of the following were new countries in Europe after the conclusion of the war?
Poland
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Austria
Greece
Which of these men DID NOT play a large and important role in the Russian Revolution?
Leon Trotsky
Stalin
Lenin
Karl Marx
World War I and the Russian Revolution both were responsible for the downfall of the Russian Empire and Tsar Nicholas II. What was the name of the new communist country that took control of Russia?
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Poland
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
