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CCEH #34 WWI's Civilians, the Homefront, and an Uneasy Peace

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WWI was a "______ war", meaning it wasn’t just something that affected soldiers. All citizens were mobilized to participate in the struggle—some on the battlefront and others on the so-called home front.

a)

total

b)

limited

c)

cold

d)

proxy

2.

The phrase “_________ front” was coined during World War I, as a way of reminding people that even if they weren’t firing guns, they were still participating in a war.

a)

Homefront

b)

Western Front

c)

Eastern Front

d)

Southern Front

3.

What are examples of goods produced on the home front?

a)

munitions

b)

weapons

c)

food

d)

All of the above

4.

Which were some actions taken by government officials on various home fronts during WWI?

a)

Rationing of food

b)

Allocating raw materials to factories of their choice.

c)

Censoring the public speech

d)

All of the above.

5.

Who became a large part of the work force at home due to the war dragging on for an extended period of time?

a)

Women

b)

Elderly

c)

Children

d)

POW's

6.

What are some areas of civilian life that suffered due to long work hours and the high demand for manufactured goods for the war effort?

a)

Care for children and the elderly became a huge problem.

b)

Building and repairing infrastructure failed to happen.

c)

Women struggled to feed themselves and their families.

d)

All of the above

7.

The beginning of WWI saw unity amongst many people groups such as socialists and feminists in many European countries.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The shift in gender roles caused by the war was accepted by most, especially men who felt their role was to fight at the front.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

What highly underrated economic force wrecked economies across Europe causing prices to soar?

a)

Inflation

b)

Deflation

c)

Interest rates

d)

Spekulation

10.

Trench warfare on the Western Front, the British naval blockade, and rationing led to a shortage for what for many civilians?

a)

Food shortage

b)

Ammo shortage

c)

Water shortage

d)

Information shortage

11.

Hard times caused by the war led to a flourishing of what, as people looked to blame Jews for shortages of things like foodstuffs?

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Bolshevism

c)

Socialism

d)

Imperialism

12.

The Russian and Central Power armies both pursued a ___ policy in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine to deprive each other of resources?

a)

scorched earth

b)

targeting of civilian

c)

genocide

d)

ethnic cleansing

13.

Who suffered tremendously due to the destruction and scorched earth policies of armies during WWI?

a)

Civilians

b)

Soldiers

c)

Politicians

d)

Generals

14.

Civilians displaced by the war were (are) known as?

a)

refugees

b)

immigrants

c)

migrants

d)

deportees

15.

Did the armistice on November 11, 1918 bring a true end to the fighting?

a)

False

b)

True

16.

What unexpected event added to the tragedy causing an estimated 100 million deaths world wide?

a)

Spanish influenza

b)

Russian Flu

c)

The Stock Market Crash

d)

Famine

17.

After the armistice, Britain, backed by the United States, encouraged what country to invade the formerly Ottoman Empire (Turkey) sparking a bloody conflict?

a)

Greece

b)

Armenia

c)

Syria

d)

Lebanon

18.

What region of Europe also remained a site of bloodshed as many soldiers refused to demobilize and formed paramilitary groups supporting the rise of new states to replace the defeated. Habsburg Empire?

a)

Eastern Europe

b)

Southern Europe

c)

Western Europe

d)

North Africa

19.

In 1919 representatives from the victorious powers; Britain, France, Italy, the United States, and their allies met where to determine conditions for creating a “lasting peace” to end this “great war”?

a)

Paris

b)

London

c)

Berlin

d)

Nuremberg

20.

Unlike the Congress of Vienna following Napoleon’s defeat in which France participated, the meeting in Paris excluded?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Ottomans

d)

Russia

21.

This plan for peace proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson was perceived as naive by many due to its lofty terms.

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Monroe Doctrine

d)

The Marshall Plan

22.

The Peace of Paris, a collection of conferences between 1919 & 1923, involved how many treaties?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

3

23.

This treaty created small successor states such as Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Balkan States which would later become Yugoslavia.

a)

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

b)

Treaty of Trianon

c)

Treaty of Neuilly

d)

Treaty of Versailles,

24.

This treaty drastically shrank the size of Hungary.

a)

Treaty of Trianon

b)

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

c)

Treaty of Neuilly

d)

Treaty of Versailles,

25.

This treaty was the most famous treaty from the Peace of Paris. It stripped Germany of its colonies, imposed a massive penalty for warmongering and for bit it to have an air force or build an army bigger than 100,000. And importantly it also imposed a “war guilt” clause blaming Germany for the war.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

c)

Treaty of Neuilly

d)

Treaty of Trianon

26.

Some historians maintain that the League of Nations should more appropriately be called the League of Empires. Instead of recognizing their promises the British did not give who their freedom in exchange or help in the war?

a)

Arabs

b)

Turks

c)

Persians

d)

Jews

27.

Britain and France expanded their empires by taking oil-rich regions of the Middle East as _____ because the people were supposedly incapable of ruling themselves.

a)

Mandates

b)

Principality

c)

Territories

d)

Provinces

28.

Despite the League of Nations being an American President’s idea, the. U. S. never actually joined it, which further weakened its ability to accomplish much on a global scale.

a)

True

b)

False