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WH World War I review 25-26

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following were members of the Triple Entente EXCEPT

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Great Britain

2.

All of the following were members of the Triple Alliance EXCEPT

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria – Hungary

d)

Italy

3.

Which of the following was not a contributing factor to the Great War?

a)

American expansionism

b)

increased militarism

c)

competing rivalries in Europe

d)

intensifying nationalism

4.

Name of the Brit ship destroyed by the German U-boat while carrying US citizens & ammo

a)

Conscription

b)

Lusitania

c)

Lady Liberty

d)

Titanic

5.

What Balkan ethnic group was responsible for the assassination that sparked WWI?

a)

Albanians

b)

Serbians

c)

Russians

d)

Austrians

6.

Who assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand?

a)

Black Hand

b)

Black Death

c)

Union of Serbs

d)

Triple Entente

7.

What was the first part of the Schlieffen plan?

a)

Germany must attack France quickly through Belgium

b)

Great Britain must attack Germany by the North Sea

c)

German troops should travel east to attack Russia

d)

Great Britain must defend Belgium

8.

What is meant by a war of attrition?

a)

Waiting for the other side to attack

b)

A rapid war of maneuver

c)

A war of technology

d)

Opponents try to wear each other down by constant attacks

9.

What did the US do when the Great War began in 1914?

a)

Attacked Germany

b)

Sent soldiers to England

c)

Declared neutrality

d)

Invaded Mexico

10.

What type of weapon was NOT used during World War I?

a)

Tank

b)

Airplane

c)

Atomic bomb

d)

Poison gas

11.

In 1916, all of these countries were part of the Central Powers EXCEPT

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Austria- Hungary

d)

Ottoman Empire

12.

Which of the following was not a provision in the treaty ending WWI?

a)

France received Alsace- Loraine

b)

Germany would be allowed to keep its colonies

c)

Germany had to pay costs and damages to the Allies

d)

Germany’s military would be diminished

13.

Which country was not part of the Big 3 in the Paris Peace Conference & Treaty of Versailles?

a)

U.S.

b)

Great Britain

c)

Russia

d)

France

14.

How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany?

a)

it stabilized Germany’s economy

b)

it left Germany humiliated and resentful

c)

it left German weaker, although still a great power

d)

it allowed Germany an easy reconciliation with its neighbors

15.

What does M.A.I.N. stand for?

a)

Militarism, Allegiance, Independence, Nationalism

b)

Money, Alliances, Imperialism, Navy

c)

Militarism, Alliances, Isolationism, Nationalism

d)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

16.

What was Woodrow Wilson’s chief goal at the peace conference?

a)

make Germany pay for the war it caused.

b)

treat Germany in a fair and democratic way.

c)

strip Germany of its overseas possessions.

d)

create a cordon sanitaire against future German & Russian threats

17.

Who first used poison gas?

a)

Germany

b)

Serbia

c)

Great Britain

d)

France

18.

The Zimmerman Telegram was a message to Mexico from Germany asking for support.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Germany was satisfied with the peace treaty after World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Reparation means payment for damages.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What required all resources and people be directed to the war effort?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Mustard Gas

c)

Total war

d)

Trench Foot

22.

What would troops use for protection during WWI?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Mustard Gas

c)

Total war

d)

Trench Foot

23.

What was the infection of the feet due to constant wet, cold, & unsanitary conditions called?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Mustard Gas

c)

Total war

d)

Trench Foot

24.

What was the most deadly biological weapon used in the trenches?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Mustard Gas

c)

Total war

d)

Trench Foot

25.

What was the cordon sanitaire?

a)

Wilson's goal of guarding Euro from German & Russian threats

b)

Like reparations for the Allies

c)

A fancy way of preparing chicken

d)

Lloyd George's plan to break up the alliance system

26.

Why was Germany upset about the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Article 231 forced them to break up their empire

b)

Article 231 forced them to apologize for the war

c)

Article 231 forced them to join the League of Nations

d)

Article 231 forced them to take blame for WWI & pay reparations

27.

What treaty officially ended World War I?

a)

The Armistice

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

The Paris Peace Conference

28.

The "I" in MAIN stands for

a)

Industrialization

b)

Independence

c)

Imperialism

d)

Idiocy

29.

What were the 2 types of poison gas used during World War I?

a)

pigeon & mustard

b)

mustard & chlorine

c)

chlorine & cyanide

d)

cyanide & pigeon

30.

What were the fights between planes called?

a)

Dogfish fights

b)

Flying tigers

c)

Cat fights

d)

Dog Fights

31.

Trench Warfare led to....

a)

quick mobilization of armies with steady advances

b)

stalemate with both sides basically bogged down long periods

c)

swift decisive victories on both sides

d)

innovative tactics & strategies with new technology

32.

How did the Allies win World War I?

a)

by using superior technology

b)

using total war tactics

c)

through rapid mobilization

d)

through means of attrition

33.

When countries use all their resources and people toward mobilization for war it is called

a)

mobilization

b)

total war

c)

attrition

d)

trench warfare

34.

When Germany tried to ally with Mexico against the US & promised to give land back to Mexico from US...

a)

the Lusitania incident

b)

Sussex Pledge

c)

Zimmermann Telegram

d)

Article 231 accords

35.

Germany was especially unhappy with Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles because it

a)

forced Germany to reduce the size of its army and navy.

b)

forced Germany to give back the territories of Alsace and Lorraine.

c)

awarded sections of eastern Germany to the new Polish state.

d)

declared that Germany and Austria were responsible for starting the war.

36.

We now came under rifle-fire, which I found more trying than shell-fire. … But a rifle bullet, even when fired blindly, always seemed purposely aimed. And whereas we could usually hear a shell approaching, and take some sort of cover, the rifle bullet gave no warning. So, though we learned not to duck to a rifle bullet because, once heard, it must have missed, it gave us a worse feeling of danger. Rifle bullets in the open went hissing into the grass without much noise, but when we were in a trench, the bullets made a tremendous crack as they went over the hollow.


Robert Graves, “Life in the Trenches” from Good-bye to All That


Why does Graves find rifle-fire more trying than shell-fire?

a)

Shells can be heard before they hit, but a bullet cannot

b)

Shells are purposefully aimed, but bullets are randomly shot

c)

Rifle-fire is scattered while shell-fire is purposeful

d)

Rifle-fire can be heard while shell-fire cannot

37.

We heard strange throbbing noises, and lumbering slowly towards us came three huge mechanical monsters such as we had never seen before. My first impression was that they looked ready to topple on their noses, but their tails and the two little wheels at the back held them down and kept them level. Big metal things they were, with two sets of caterpillar wheels that went right round the body. There was a bulge on each side with a door in the bulging part, and machine-guns on swivels poked out from either side.


Bert Chaney, “Tanks in Battle”


Why would Chaney refer to the weapon as a monster?

a)

He wanted to give a clear description because it was an old type of weapon

b)

He did not know how to describe it because it was a new weapon

c)

He wanted to convey an impression of the new weapon

d)

He figured it was an old weapon and everyone would understand what he meant

38.

What is another term for military draft?

a)

Artillery

b)

Conscription

c)

Total war

d)

Drought

39.

What caused troops during WWI to dig “ditches" for protection?

a)

Artillery

b)

Conscription

c)

Total war

d)

U-boats

40.

Why was "no-man's-land" so dangerous?

a)

The soldiers did not know where they were going when they tried to cross it.

b)

Many soldiers were killed while crossing it.

c)

Both sides claimed it as their own territory and fought over it constantly.

d)

It was the area where all the poison gas came from

41.

What happened to the war on the Western Front as a result of trench warfare?

a)

The Western Front became a stalemate.

b)

The Schlieffen Plan succeeded on the Western Front.

c)

The German side dug in, but not the Russian side.

d)

The French defeated Germany.

42.

How did the the war aid the women's movement?

a)

fewer men were at home to vote against it.

b)

women had gained new independence during the war.

c)

women's salaries were reduced when the men returned from the war.

d)

more jobs were available after the war.

43.

What issue was the main reason the US entered World War I?

a)

Dogfights & the Red Baron

b)

trench warfare.

c)

German use of zeppelins.

d)

unrestricted submarine warfare.

44.

One of the major causes of Russia's 1917 Revolution was

a)

the czar's decisions about the war and the economy

b)

Rasputin's allegiance to the czar and his family

c)

Trotsky's management of the soviets

d)

the aristocrats' attitude toward the peasants

45.

Why did Lenin sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany who then released him & sent him Russia?

a)

The Bolsheviks forced him to sign the treaty.

b)

Russia defeated Germany in World War I.

c)

Lenin had promised that Russia would pull out of the war.

d)

Russia lost World War I to Germany.

46.

What did the Big Three agree to at the Paris Peace Conference?

a)

creating a buffer state between Germany and France

b)

establishing the League of Nations

c)

dividing the cost of the war among themselves and Germany

d)

restoring the Austro-Hungarian Empire

47.

How were European nations affected by nationalism?

a)

It caused competition among them.

b)

It helped them cooperate with each other.

c)

It made them weaker.

d)

It destroyed them.

48.

What caused added tensions in Europe after 1900 that will lead to war?

a)

everyone wanted peaceful solutions to their problems.

b)

some nations were more industrialized than others.

c)

the nations of Europe wanted to develop more trade.

d)

countries had built up large armies.

49.

All of the great powers of Europe were drawn into a war together because of this

a)

The neutral countries violated their own neutrality.

b)

The Russians were at war against all the other nations.

c)

The nations all hated each other.

d)

Nations were drawn into the war to support one another.

50.

What were the countries of Europe willing to do to preserve their power & the power of their allies?

a)

create new nation-states

b)

share future resources

c)

use war

d)

combine their colonies with each other

51.

Which of these was not a problem in the trenches during WWI?

a)

lice

b)

rats

c)

bayonets

d)

trench foot

52.

Which of the following is not a new weapon used during WWI?

a)

Zeppelins

b)

flamethrowers

c)

bayonets

d)

U-boats

e)

Tanks