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WorksheetsWorld War One/ The Great War
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
What was the name of the group that conspired to assassinate Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
the Serbian People’s Front
the Red Band
the Bosnian Militia
the Black Hand
The Wu Tang Clan
During World War I, a way of fighting was used in Europe where the military dug large ditches in the ground. What is this type of warfare called?
Trench Warfare
Ditch Warfare
Muddy Warfare
Submarine Warfare
World War 1 was known as the:
The Final War
The European War
The Great War
The Civil War
The years of World War 1 were...?
1939 - 1945
1917- 1922
1914 - 1918
1860 - 1865
The date of the end of World War 1 is now known as...?
Memorial Day
Armistice Day
Veteran's Day
President's Day
The Western Front was characterized by
the slow but steady advance of the German army.
trench warfare that kept both sides in virtually the same positions for four years.
decisive victories by the French army, quickly driving back the German forces.
innovative strategies and tactics that fully utilized the new technologies available to both armies.
partying
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire became known as
The Wu-Tang Clan
the Allied Powers.
the League of Nations.
the Central Powers.
the Eastern Powers.
The Treaty of Versailles was
a peace settlement that consisted of five separate treaties with the defeated nations.
forced upon Austria, and gave some of its lands to the new state of Poland.
the treaty signed with Germany that many Germans felt was a harsh peace.
a defensive alliance between Great Britain, France, and the United States.
World War I was a ____, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people.
modern conflict
trench war
total war
mobile conflict
____, the aggressive preparation for war, was growing along with nations’ armies.
Conscription
Militarism
Warmongering
Mobilization
The Schlieffen Plan was
Austria-Hungary’s attempt to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Serbia.
Germany’s proposal for dividing up Serbia between Russia and Austria-Hungary.
the Black Hand’s plan to assassinate the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Germany’s plan for a two-front war with Russia and France, which had formed a military alliance.
____ became the spokesperson for a new world order based on democracy and international cooperation.
Woodrow Wilson
Rosa Luxemburg
Kanye West
Georges Clemenceau
Karl Liebknecht
Why was it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare?
Too many soldiers died in the trenches of disease.
The machine gun made it nearly impossible for troops to advance.
No weapons were used.
Too few soldiers were willing to kill enemy soldiers.
Which of these weapons first appeared in World War One
Automatic Machine Gun
The Tank
poison gas
Rifle
What does the term “military burden” refer to, primarily?
The weapons and equipment provided to soldiers
A citizen’s mandatory participation in the military
The number of soldiers’ lives lost in a war
The amount of money a nation spends on the military
In what way did poet Wilfred Owen represent the way many people felt about the First World War?
He was ashamed that his injuries took him off the battlefield, but felt the experience made him a better soldier in the long run.
He was furious that he was forced to go to war, but in by the end developed more pride in his country.
He had been afraid of dying before entering the war, but ultimately felt like a hero for fighting in it.
At first, he was excited to fight for his country, but he was later disillusioned by the horrors he experienced.
What is one of the ways in which the First World War was affected by industrialization?
There were so many factory workers that it was nearly impossible to recruit soldiers without damaging the production and distribution aspect of the economy.
The high amount of pollutants in the air, caused by rapidly increasing factory production, sometimes damaged the lungs of soldiers and put them in hospitals even though they had not been in battle.
Newer and deadlier weapons could be produced on a larger scale than ever before, so the war benefitted some economies despite a shockingly high death toll.
The First World War has been described as a “threshold event.” Which response best describes the term “threshold event”?
An era when one species has a measurable effect on the earth’s environment
Any historical event that leads to a decrease in the human population
A time in history when political change affects more than half of the world population
A moment in which something significant changes in world history
Which response best describes how imperialism helped expand and accelerate the war?
The Entente wanted to seize the territories and resources of the Alliance.
Countries wanted to expand by taking territory from each other in different parts of Europe
The Alliance wanted to seize the territories and resources of the Entente.
Many of the warring countries wanted to gain economic and strategic advantages.
How might the First World War have happened by accident?
The Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires started the war over a misunderstanding.
Franz Ferdinand was killed by mistake and the diplomatic escalation led to war.
Countries were too quick to adopt new communications technologies, making diplomacy more vulnerable to misinformation.
Governments could not keep diplomatic relations because the conflict was moving so fast.
