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WWI

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Class
Date
1.

The assassination of this man was the spark that started WWI

a)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

The Red Baron

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Woodrow Wilson

2.

Great Britain, France, and Russia were a part of

a)

The Central Powers

b)

The Axis Powers

c)

The Allied Powers

d)

The Triumvirate

3.

The use of long, deep ditches that soldiers lived and fought in during WWI is called

a)

Artillery

b)

Dog Fighting

c)

Chemical Warfare

d)

Trench Warfare

4.

What were the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?

a)

Money, Armor, Industry, and Neutrality

b)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism

c)

Maine, Assassination, Imperialism, and Nationalism

d)

Mortars, Artillery, Imperialism, and New Technology

5.

The United States entered the war after they intercepted a message called what?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Treaty of Versaille

c)

War-Guilt Clause

d)

14 Points

6.

Which statement about the western front in World War I is correct?

a)

Advancements in medicine made life for soldiers reasonably comfortable

b)

A stalemate on the front resulted in huge numbers of casualties on both sides

c)

New technologies enabled Germany to rapidly advance using blitzkrieg tactics

d)

Germany was much more successful on the western front than the eastern front

7.

The Treaty of Versailles included a war-guilt clause that said which country was responsible for WWI?

a)

Russia

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

The Ottoman Empire

8.

How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

They were angered and humiliated and felt the provisions were unfair

b)

They thought it was fair

c)

They were glad to finally be united under a new democracy

d)

They supported it

9.

How did Germany's use of U-boats in World War I affect the outcome of the conflict?

a)

Attacks on passenger vessels by German U-boats ultimately led to US entry into the war

b)

Sustained German U-boat attacks ultimately forced Russia to withdrawal from the conflict

c)

Emphasis on U-boat production ultimately left Germany unprepared to fight a protracted war on land

d)

Germany was able to seize territory in Great Britain as a result of U-boat attacks along the country's coast

10.

US President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were used to guide negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. What was the ultimate aim of Wilson's Fourteen Points?

a)

to ensure the global balance of power remained in favor of the United States

b)

to secure lasting peace in Europe and avoid future conflict

c)

to prevent imperial activity in the Western Hemisphere

d)

to show Europe that the United States was powerful