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MAIN CAUSES of WWI

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(Check all that apply) Check the following MAIN causes of WWI.

a)

Militarism

b)

Terrorism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

e)

Alliances

2.

Whose assassination sparked WWI?

a)

Arch Prince Tay

b)

Archduke Gavrilo Princip

c)

Prince Himmler of Germany

d)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

3.

(Check all that apply) Select ALL of the following weapon or technology advancements of WWI.

a)

Airplane

b)

Bayonets

c)

Poisonous Gas

d)

Armored Horses

4.

The strategy of digging holes in the ground to protect soldiers from machine gun fire was called...

a)

Trench Foot

b)

Dugout Warfare

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Warfare of the Holes

5.

This was Wilson's and America's Foreign Policy regarding England at the beginning of WWI.

a)

Agressivism/Bullyish

b)

Neutralism/Isolationism

c)

Speak Softly but Carry A Big Stick

d)

Moral Diplomacy

6.

Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were a part of what alliance during WWI?

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

United Powers

d)

Central Powers

7.

The sinking of this ship helped bring America into war...

a)

Titanic

b)

USS Maine

c)

USS Missouri

d)

Lusitania

8.

The Zimmerman Note was when....

a)

Germany asked Mexico to start a war with the US.

b)

Germany asked France to start a war with the US

c)

Mexico asked Germany to start a war with the US

d)

US asked Mexico to start a war with the US.

9.

This was the space between enemy trenches.

a)

No Man's Land

b)

Kill Zone

c)

No Flex Zone

d)

Dead Man Land

10.

Britain, France, and Russia were a part of what alliance during WWI?

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Unified Powers

c)

Allied Powers

d)

Central Powers