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WW1 Causes & Alliance Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an Alliance?

a)

An agreement in which two countries pay one another money

b)

A union or association formed for mutual benefit between countries, organizations, or people.

c)

A term that refers to two or more countries that are enemies and in conflict with one another.

2.

Another name for the Triple Entente alliance was:

a)

Justice League

b)

League of Nations

c)

Allied Powers

3.

Select the countries that were part of the Allied Powers in World War 1.

a)

Africa

b)

Russia

c)

Great Britain

d)

Canada

e)

France

4.

Select the countries that were part of the Central Powers alliance in World War 1.

a)

Germany

b)

China

c)

Italy

d)

Austria-Hungary

e)

Wakanda

5.

The Triple Alliance is also known as:

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Central Powers

6.

In what year did the USA join the Allied Powers and finally enter WW1?

a)

1917

b)

1814

c)

1914

d)

1776

7.

In what year did World War 1 officially start?

a)

1812

b)

1492

c)

1914

d)

1917

8.

The following are all reasons for America entering WW1 except for which answer?

a)

Germany sinking the British Lusitania

b)

To combat the Central Powers by aiding the Allied Powers

c)

A promise of reward money and being in the World War hall of fame

d)

Interception of the Zimmerman Note

9.

What was the Lusitania?

a)

A German news press company

b)

The first satellite to orbit the Earth

c)

A deadly disease that plagued Europe and killed thousands in the early 19th century

d)

British passenger ship that was sunk by the Germans

10.

What was the "Zimmerman Note"?

a)

A coded letter that Germany sent to try and make allies with Mexico against the United States, but was intercepted

b)

An agreement that was signed between Italy and Germany to create a formal alliance

c)

Arthur Zimmermann's high school love note that he got caught passing in class

d)

A letter to the USA from Great Britain warning of spies in the country

11.

Which country sent the Zimmerman Note?

a)

Sweden

b)

Britain

c)

USA

d)

Germany

12.

The United States practiced what policy at the beginning of World War 1?

a)

Isolationism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Merchantilism