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Unit 11 WWI & Russian Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1921 which country rejected the Treaty of Versailles and refused to join the League of Nations?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

United States

2.

All the following are a part of the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT:

a)

Germany lost the land that they gained from the war

b)

Germany was not allowed to have a military

c)

Forced to pay reparations to the Allies

d)

Giving land back to Russia

3.

What was only part of the American plan for peace that was accepted by the Europeans?

a)

Signing of War Guilt clause

b)

Creation of Yugoslavia

c)

League of Nations

d)

United Nations

4.

What was the plan for peace put together by the American President?

a)

10 Commandments

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

14 Points

d)

Treaty of Paris

5.

Who was the U.S. President during WWI?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

All the following are Causes of World War I EXCEPT:

a)

Alliances

b)

Militarism

c)

Communism

d)

Nationalism

7.

What group of people’s roles change the most because of World War I?

a)

Farmers

b)

Women

c)

Senators

d)

Teachers

8.

What is the term given to countries when they devote all of their resources to the war effort?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Industrialization

c)

Stalemate

d)

Total War

9.

What happens in March of 1918 that allows the Germans to no longer have to fight a “two-front war?”

a)

Italy joins the Germans & fight the French

b)

Ottomans fight the Russians

c)

Russians Surrender

d)

The United States enter the war

10.

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

First telegram sent in the Great War

b)

Telegram sent from U.S. to France informing that the U.S. will enter war

c)

Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico inviting them to attack the U.S.

d)

Telegram that hid secret technological codes from Germans

11.

What was the British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat, in which over 100 Americans were killed?

a)

Nautilus

b)

Lusitania

c)

Marne

d)

Sussex

12.

Which country was neutral at the beginning of the war, but later came in on the side of the Allies?

a)

Poland

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Spain

d)

United States

13.

What is the area in between the trenches in which it was nearly impossible to survive because of artillery and machine gun fire?

a)

Balkans

b)

Zeppelin area

c)

No man’s land

d)

Trench Warfare

14.

What is the new technological advance that was incredibly harsh, because it often caused blindness and suffocation?

a)

Airplanes

b)

Artillery

c)

Poison Gas

d)

Machine Gun

15.

After the Germans were unable to defeat the French quickly, what is the word that is used to describe the war for the next several years?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Stalemate

c)

Amphibious Attacks

d)

Guerilla Warfare

16.

All of the following are Germany’s plan to counter-balance the fact that they were fighting a “Two-front” war EXCEPT?

a)

Make a lightning attack through Belgium

b)

Attack France before Russia could mobilize

c)

Von Schlieffen Plan

d)

The use of Tanks on the battlefield

17.

Who rushed to the side of the Serbians after Austria demanded that Serbia should pay for the assassination?

a)

Austria

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Germany

18.

On June 28, 1914 who was assassinated which sparked the beginning of the Great War?

a)

Franz Ferdinand

b)

Czar Nicholas

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Kaiser Wilhelm

19.

Which country annexed Serbia, which in created resentment amongst the Serbians towards their conquerors?

a)

Austria Hungary

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Ottoman

20.

What was the area of Europe that was referred as the “powder keg” because of its instability and volatility?

a)

Western Europe

b)

Dardanelles

c)

Southern Europe

d)

Balkans