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WWI Mrs B

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

In Russia in March of 1917, widespread rioting broke out because the price of ________________ had skyrocketed.

a)

oil

b)

water

c)

bread

d)

land

2.

The ________________ were councils made up of representatives from workers and soldiers.

a)

Bulshivicks

b)

Imperialists

c)

Soviets

d)

White Russians

3.

The ________________ was a military group loyal to the czar.

a)

Bulshiviks

b)

Emperialist

c)

White Russians

d)

Soviets

4.

In total war, governments were able to control

a)

The economy and resources in their own country

b)

the press

c)

revolutionaries

5.

What did trench warfare cause?

a)

a stalemate on the Western Front

b)

a stalemate on the Eastern Front

c)

a stalemate on the Southern Front

d)

a stalemate on the Northern Front

6.

During the war, new roles in the workforce were created for women because

a)

women were finally seen as equal

b)

because of changes in political policy

c)

The Women's Rights Movement

d)

so many men left to fight in the war

7.

A policy ensuring supplies for the Red Army was known as

a)

indoctrination

b)

war communism

c)

socialism

d)

sharing

8.

The Red Army commissar (leader) ________________ was largely responsible for the success of the Bolsheviks.

a)

Stalin

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Willhiem II

9.

In which way was Russia unprepared for war?

a)

The military underestimated the terrible winter.

b)

The czar abdicated and left Russia without a government.

c)

there were no strong military leaders

10.

Who was the last Czar of Russia, and the leader during WWI?

a)

Czar Alexander I

b)

Czar Nicholas II

c)

Ivan the Terrible

d)

Peter II

11.

Why did Russia fall into civil war?

a)

The peasants were tired of waiting for land reform.

b)

Many groups were opposed to the new Bolshevik government.

c)

The Bolsheviks and Communists disagreed about how to run the country.

d)

The czar led forces against the Bolshevik government.

12.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks devoted themselves to

a)

destroying capitalism through revolution.

b)

ending the Romanov dynasty.

c)

recruiting Rasputin to communism.

d)

electing Trotsky as President of Russi

13.

The strip of territory that separated the troops from each other was known as

a)

no-man’s-land

b)

the sky

c)

the trenches

d)

the sea

14.

Leader of the Bolsheviks

a)

Trotsky

b)

Lenin

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Stalin

15.

Why did both sides in the war want more allies to join the war?

a)

Too many soldiers were dying.

b)

Nobody was winning the war.

c)

Both sides needed more skilled pilots.

d)

Everyone wanted the United States to join.

16.

France, Great Britain, and Russia

a)

Triple Alliance

b)

Triple Entente

c)

conscription

d)

mobilization

17.

Military strategy for Germany to mobilize against France and Russia at the same time

a)

Triple Entente

b)

conscription

c)

mobilization

d)

Schlieffen Plan

18.

The process of assembling troops and supplies for war

a)

conscription

b)

mobilization

c)

Triple Entente

d)

Trench Warfare

19.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

a)

Triple Alliance

b)

Triple Entente

c)

conscription

d)

mobilization

20.

The competition for lands abroad, especially in ___, led to conflict and heightened the existing rivalries among European states.

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

21.

How did industrialization affect the war efforts?

a)

new and better weapons were invented

b)

more money was available for war

c)

more troops could be drafted because they could be paid more

22.

Germany viewed the Russian czar’s full mobilization of the army as an act of

a)

support for Austria-Hungary.

b)

kindness.

c)

war.

d)

bad judgment.

23.

Austria-Hungary was concerned about Serbia’s desire to be an independent state because

a)

they didn't want their own Slavic minorities to get any ideas

b)

of Austria-Hungary’s fear of Serbia’s superior military strength.

c)

of feelings in Austria-Hungary that Serbia was not capable of being independent.