wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

World War I

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This means to have pride in your country

a)

militarism

b)

alliances

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

2.

the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military.

a)

militarism

b)

alliances

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

3.

This meant a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

a)

militarism

b)

alliances

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

4.

This term referred to stronger nations taking over weaker nations to make themselves even stronger.

a)

militarism

b)

alliances

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

5.

This luxary liner was sunk by Germany in 1915, nearly bringing the U.S. into World War I:

a)

Carpathia

b)

Andrea Dora

c)

Lusitania

d)

Titanic

6.

The Pledge in which Germany promised to notify ships before sinking them.

a)

Sussex

b)

Plymouth

c)

Berlin

d)

Oslo

7.

The new weapon of the German navy:

a)

Aircraft Carrier

b)

Radar

c)

U-Boat

d)

Destroyer

8.

The idea that all ships had a right to travel freely even into a war zone.

a)

Law of the Sea

b)

Freedom of passage

c)

Balflour Declaration

d)

Right of conquest

9.

Nickname of American soldiers in World War I:

a)

G.I.

b)

Doughboys

c)

Renegades

d)

Cowboys

10.

This law gave the President the right to deport enemies of the U.S. or immigrants:

a)

Sedition Act

b)

Espionage Act

c)

Patriot Act

d)

Liberty Act

11.

This law made it a crime to speak out against the government or the war effort:

a)

Sedition Act

b)

Espionage Act

c)

Patriot Act

d)

Liberty Act

12.

The victorious leaders of World War I were known as the:

a)

Magnificent Seven

b)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

c)

Big Four

d)

Big Seven

13.

This was a disease caused by water and cold in the trenches that was suffered by both sides in World War I:

a)

Influenza

b)

Trench foot

c)

Shell Shock

d)

Rabies

14.

This pandemic started in the U.S. and killed 1/3 of the world's population from 1917-1920.

a)

Influenza

b)

Trench foot

c)

Shell Shock

d)

Rabies

15.

Today it is known as PTSD, but many soldiers suffered permenantly from this:

a)

Influenza

b)

Trench foot

c)

Shell Shock

d)

Rabies

16.

This weapon was the most feared. It could kill or permanently disable you if exposed to it:

a)

Machine Gun

b)

Poison Gas

c)

Tank

d)

Airplane

17.

This weapon allowed for armies to cross muddy trenches quickly:

a)

Machine Gun

b)

Poison Gas

c)

Tank

d)

Airplane

18.

This was used first to scout enemy position and later became a weapon to attack or bombard enemy positions.:

a)

Machine Gun

b)

Poison Gas

c)

Tank

d)

Airplane

19.

Woodrow Wilson's plan to end World War I:

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Nantes

d)

Treaty of Paris

20.

The plan that concluded World War I:

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Nantes

d)

Treaty of Paris

21.

The Assassination of this Austro-Hungarian Monarch and his wife was the event that led to World War I:

a)

Ferdinand

b)

Gavarillo

c)

Dornitz

d)

Raphael

22.

This side consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Triparite Pact

23.

This side consisted of Great Britain, France and Russia:

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Triparite Pact

24.

The United States joined the war in 1917 on this side:

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Triparite Pact

25.

Mexico was offered to join the war in 1917 on this side:

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Triparite Pact

26.

Germany's announced a new policy in January, 1917 which meant it was abandoing the Sussex Pledge.

a)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

Zimmerman Note

c)

Russian Revolution

d)

Red Scare

27.

Germany tried to recruit Mexico to join their side by promising them U.S. land to encourage them:

a)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

Zimmerman Note

c)

Russian Revolution

d)

Red Scare

28.

The Bolsheviks took over following this event in March of 1917:

a)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

Zimmerman Note

c)

Russian Revolution

d)

Red Scare

29.

Troop ships went to Europe using this tactic to avoid U-boats:

a)

Convoy

b)

Airlift

c)

Ferry

d)

Reparations

30.

The Supreme Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe

a)

George Creel

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

John Pershing

d)

George Patton

31.

The American Expeditionary Force established this practice that is still used by the American Military. They would work, fight and take orders from only:

a)

French Officers

b)

American Officers

c)

British Officers

d)

Italian Officers

32.

This branch of the military became known for their heroics at Belleau Wood:

a)

Army

b)

Navy

c)

Air Force

d)

Marines

33.

The word Tuefel Hunden in German translates to this term which is the nickname of the U.S. Marines to this day:

a)

Time honored

b)

Devil Dogs

c)

Terrible Hounds

d)

Dragon Slayers

34.

Before the war he was a newspaperman. He was hired to head the Committee on Public Information which sold the war to the U.S. public:

a)

Bernard Baruch

b)

George Creel

c)

John Pershing

d)

Thomas Dewey

35.

The Selective Service Act was used to build up the size of the military by making all men age 18-50 register for the:

a)

Convoy

b)

Combine

c)

Draft

d)

Influence

36.

Created to help finance the war in the U.S.:

a)

Draft

b)

Income Tax

c)

Liberty Bonds

d)

Debt collection

37.

When the war started in 1914, the U.S. declared it's allegience to this side:

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Central Powers

c)

Neutral

38.

This was cut which now allowed Great Britain to filter all news from Europe with their own bias or fake news:

a)

Transatlantic Cable

b)

Cell

c)

Morse code

d)

Wirless communications

39.

During World War I, the teaching of this language was banned in schools:

a)

German

b)

English

c)

Irish

d)

Russian

40.

This term means groups of people who take the law into their own hands and enforce it with brutal tactics

a)

Vigilante

b)

Reparations

c)

Convoy

d)

Home rule

41.

When the war began in 1914, Germany planned to defeat France by end running their armies. This plan was known as the ______________ Plan:

a)

Hindenberg

b)

Kaiser

c)

Von Moltke

d)

Schliefen

42.

This holiday celebrates the end of World War I:

a)

Veterans Day

b)

Thanksgiving

c)

Memorial Day

d)

Patriots Day

43.

Later a President. He was put in charge of food relief for people in Belgium trapped in the battlefront:

a)

Bernard Baruch

b)

George Creel

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

44.

This body must approve all treaties and appointments made by a President:

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Cabinet

45.

The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Versailles.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

In the Presidential election of 1916, his slogan was "He Kept Us Out of War."

a)

Charles Evans Hughes

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Eugene V. Debs

d)

Woodrow Wilson

47.

The leader of the Socialist party. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking out against the war effort in 1918.

a)

Charles Evans Hughes

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Eugene V. Debs

d)

Woodrow Wilson

48.

This act led to rationing of food and fuel so it could be used for the military in the war effort.

a)

Lever

b)

Creel

c)

War Industries

d)

Carnegie

49.

Passed as a war measure. We still use it today:

a)

Rationing

b)

Price Controls

c)

Daylight Savings

d)

Liberty Bonds

50.

This nation today is the only nation that is debt free from World War I:

a)

Germany

b)

United States

c)

Great Britain

d)

France

51.

This agency worked with factories and workers to produce goods and pay workers well so they would do good work:

a)

Lever Food and Fuel

b)

Committee on Public Information

c)

National War Labor Board

d)

100% American

52.

This agency worked to sell the U.S. public to support the war and provided money for people to make posters and music supporting the war:

a)

Lever Food and Fuel

b)

Committee on Public Information

c)

National War Labor Board

d)

100% American

53.

This agency violated peoples rights and encouraged vigilantes to take actions against people who were suspected of being disloyal:

a)

Lever Food and Fuel

b)

Committee on Public Information

c)

National War Labor Board

d)

100% American

54.

Most Americans symapathized with this side:

a)

Great Britain

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

France

55.

Woodrow Wilson dreamed of creating this organization to try to get nations to work together and settle problems peacefully:

a)

League of Nations

b)

House of Windsor

c)

National War Labor Board

d)

Progressive League

56.

The U.S. Senate objected to being involved in this organization:

a)

League of Nations

b)

House of Windsor

c)

National War Labor Board

d)

Progressive League

57.

This political party was against World War I and wanted economic and political reforms.

a)

Democrats

b)

Socialists

c)

Progressives

d)

Republicans

58.

He was the President of the United States during World War I:

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Warren Harding

d)

Herbert Hoover

59.

This political movement took over the Republican party. They wanted to stay out of foreign affairs and avoid military conflicts:

a)

Reservationists

b)

Wilsonians

c)

Irreconcilables

d)

Isolationists

60.

They were Republican senators who wanted Woodrow Wilson to allow changes to his treaty, but Wilson refused.:

a)

Reservationists

b)

Wilsonians

c)

Irreconcilables

d)

Isolationists

61.

The British naval tactic that caused mass starvation in Germany

a)

Convoy

b)

Blockade

c)

Transatlantic Cable

d)

Boycott

62.

Revolution occured in this nation:

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

France

d)

United States

63.

After World War I, vigilantes did this to African-Americans:

a)

Lynched them.

b)

Granted African-Americans more rights.

c)

Boycotted their businesses.

d)

Fired them.

64.

All of these were against U.S. entry into World War I EXCEPT:

a)

Progressives

b)

Socialists

c)

Industrialists

d)

Women

65.

The leader of the Bolsheviks in Russia

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Alexander Kerensky

d)

Nicolai Romanov

66.

This term is defined as no advantage or gains made by any side.

a)

Mobilization

b)

Stalemate

c)

Preparedness

d)

Bombardment

67.

In the Ottoman Empire there was a genocide committed against:

a)

Jews

b)

Armenians

c)

Turks

d)

Russians

68.

The Great Migration was the movement of:

a)

Women

b)

Hispanics

c)

African-Americans

d)

White Americans

69.

Another word for spoils would be:

a)

prizes

b)

punishment

c)

removal

d)

purchase

70.

The Treaty of Versailles failed because Woodrow Wilson refused to:

a)

compromise

b)

sign

c)

agree

d)

finish

71.

During World War I, they had the #1 navy in the world.

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

United States.

72.

AFTER World War I, this nation had the #1 navy in the world:

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

United States

73.

Which was NOT a new nation created by the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Yugoslavia

b)

Poland

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Germany

74.

The head of the War Industries Board in the United States:

a)

Bernard Baruch

b)

George Creel

c)

Eddie Rickenbacker

d)

Herbert Hoover

75.

He was the first air ace in the United States:

a)

Bernard Baruch

b)

George Creel

c)

Eddie Rickenbacker

d)

Herbert Hoover

76.

He was the famous German air ace:

a)

Bernard Baruch

b)

George Creel

c)

Eddie Rickenbacker

d)

Red Baron

77.

This group wanted to train Americans for war in case, the country had to enter World War I:

a)

Preparedness

b)

Pacifist

c)

Interventionists

d)

Reservationists.

78.

This group wanted Americans to stay out of World War I:

a)

Preparedness

b)

Pacifist

c)

Interventionists

d)

Reservationists.

79.

After World War I, the U.S. had a high:

a)

Surplus

b)

Debt

c)

Casualty rate

80.

Which of the following was NOT done during the Influenza epidemic?

a)

Wearing masks

b)

Closing theatres

c)

Gargling soda water

d)

Social Distancing