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Worksheets27.4 World War I Ends
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
[Preview + Map] View this map (careful, it has a lot of information packed in). What do each of the different colors & patterns represent?
The countries of Europe in 1914
Where speakers of Europe's different languages lived in 1914
Where different types of crops were grown in Europe in 1914
Where believers of different religions lived in Europe in 1914
[p1] Failed offensives & Russia's withdrawal made 1917 a bad year for the Allies, but what gave them a "much-needed psychological boost"?
A Greek goddess (Diana) intervened to stop the Germans' poison gas attack.
The United States entered the war on the Allies' side.
Mexico joined the Central Powers & invaded the United States.
Both sides agreed to a 1-day truce on Christmas Day.
[p1] What was German General Erich Ludendorff's final gamble in March 1918?
That one final grand offensive might win the war.
That a new hydrogen-based mustard gas could defeat the American forces in France.
That two pairs (queen high) would beat a small straight.
That French, Moroccan, & American troops could be defeated at Paris.
[p2] What happened in Germany after Ludendorff "demanded that the government ask for peace at once"?
Read the 2nd & 3rd paragraphs of this page carefully to learn the correct answers.
Sailors in Kiel mutinied.
Kaiser William gave in to public pressure & left the country.
The Social Democrat government of Germany signed an armistice with the Allies.
The German Communist Party attempted to seize power in Berlin.
Ludendorff was killed by a woman with a bronze sword.
[p2] "Austria-Hungary also experienced disintegration and revolution." What FOUR ethnic states replaced the old empire? (Portions were also taken by Austria's neighbors)
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Munich
[p3] Which of these were part of US President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" for "a truly just and lasting peace"?
Read the 3rd paragraph of this page carefully to learn the correct choices.
Open peace agreements (no more secret diplomacy)
Reducing armaments
Ensuring self-determination (right of a people to have their own nation)
That Germany pay for the war
American annexation of the Rhineland
[p4] David Lloyd George was Britain's Prime Minister and representative at the Paris Peace Conference. What was his simple platform?
Make Germany pay for the war
Take over Germany's colonies in Africa & Asia
End militarism & prevent future wars
Divide Germany into colonies for the victorious Allies
[p4] The French premier was Georges Clemenceau. What did he want to gain for France at the Paris Peace Conference?
FOUR of these are correct.
Security against future attacks
Germany stripped of all weapons
Vast German payments to cover the cost of the war
A separate Rhineland as a buffer state
A League of Nations to ensure international cooperation
[p4] Wilson really wanted a League of Nations, so to get it he "agreed to make compromises on...
territorial arrangements among the countries."
crushing Communism in Russia."
allowing secret treaties & negotiations."
France's wish for a separate Rhineland."
[p5] Why did the Germans consider the Treaty of Versailles to be "a harsh peace"?
It declared that Germany was responsible (guilty) for starting the war & made them pay reparations.
It removed the Kaiser from power & replaced him with a French-born king.
It declared that Germany should be divided into eight separate countries & banned from re-uniting.
It declared that Jewish bankers were the primary instigators of the war & should be arrested.
[p5] The Treaty of Versailles included limits on Germany's military. To what number did Germany have to reduce its army?
1 million
500,000
100,000
15,000
[p5] Under the Treaty of Versailles, what was to happen to the Rhineland?
It became a separate state under French protection
It was demilitarized - no troops or fortifications were allowed there
It was occupied by American soldiers until Germany paid its reparations
It was annexed by France
[p6] Why was the principle of self-determination "impossible" in Eastern Europe?
The mixtures of people left every state with ethnic minorities.
The peoples of Eastern Europe had never developed a national identity.
The people of Eastern Europe mostly spoke German.
Communist revolutionaries attempted to overthrow the new governments.
[p6] The Ottoman Empire was also broken up at the end of WWI. The Allies had promised an independent state to the Arabs, but...
France & Britain took over Syria, Iraq, & Palestine.
the Ottomans committed genocide against the Arabs.
the Allies did not believe the Arabs were ready for democracy.
the Allies feared that Communism would spread in those areas.
[p6] What was the "mandate" system?
A territory temporarily governed by another country on behalf of the League of Nations.
A territory conquered & annexed by the Allies after WWI.
A payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of war.
[p6] "World War I was a total war..." Which of these resulted from the "complete mobilization of resources & people" during WWI?
Read the 2nd-to-last paragraph of this page to learn the correct choices.
Government power over citizens' lives increased
Freedom of speech & press were limited for national security
More countries became free democracies with constitutions
African & Asian peoples gained their independence
[Review + Map] View these two maps. Which of these "old empires" lost territory after WWI?
THREE of these are correct.
German Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russian Empire
French Empire
Poland
[Review + Map] View the same two maps. Which of these were new countries created after WWI?
THREE of these are correct.
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
[Review] Think back to the causes of WWI, especially NATIONALISM. Why will the new countries have difficulty ruling their territories after WWI?
Europe's peoples are very intermixed, so each country contains large minorities of the "wrong" ethnicity.
Many people would want to restore the Austro-Hungarian Empire and its emperor.
Nearly everyone in Eastern Europe spoke German.
