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8.2 WWI ACTION

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following is an example of MILITARISM?

a)

People being really proud of their country

b)

Building big armies & constructing lots of battle ships

c)

Nations forming colonies overseas

d)

Nations agreeing to protect one another if from attacks

2.

After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, of Austria-Hungary...

a)

Austria-Hungary refused to declare war on Serbia

b)

Serbia apologized and negotiated with Germany & Russia

c)

Nations belonging to the Central Powers and Allied Powers prepared their troops and declared war

d)

The US entered and joined the Central Powers

3.

Newer, deadlier weapons forced the militaries to adapt a strategy called ____________________

a)

Guerilla Warfare

b)

Strike & Counterstrike

c)

Slash & Burn

d)

Trench Warfare

4.

The wide open space between trenches was called...

a)

The Dead Zone

b)

No Man's Land

c)

The Badlands

d)

The Ghost Field

5.

Another new weapon was _____________. Contact with this caused soldiers eyes, skin, and lungs to burn or melt.

a)

poison gas

b)

mind warps

c)

electric shock

d)

torpedoes

6.

With trench warfare, neither side gained much ground, so _____ were invented to break through No Man’s Land.

a)

U-Boats

b)

armored tanks

c)

para-shoots

d)

underground tunnels

7.

WWI was the first war to use ___________________.

They could drop bombs, take pictures, and face off against each other in “dogfights”

a)

submarines

b)

cannons

c)

trains

d)

planes

8.

At sea, the Germans used deadly submarines, called __________ to surprise attack ships in the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Kamikaze

b)

U-Boats

c)

Battle Cruisers

d)

Aircraft Carriers

9.

2 main reasons the US entered the war and joined the Allied Powers...

a)

Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare and the secret Zimmerman Telegraph

b)

Britain had to pull out of war and France needed tanks

c)

Serbia called for help and Russia's economy collapsed

d)

Britain's military was destroyed and France called for help

10.

The US entered WWI, supporting Britain, France, and the Allied Powers. They helped to defeat the Central Powers by...

a)

Providing more fresh, strong troops

b)

Providing weapons and technology

c)

Winning important battles against the Germans

d)

All of the above