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WWI

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the communist party originally called in Russia?

a)

Romanov

b)

Schlieffen

c)

Bolsheviks

d)

Lenin

2.

What is it called when citizens are limited in the amount of war related goods they can buy?

a)

Rationing

b)

Armistice

c)

Total War

d)

Militarism

3.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?

a)

Lenin

b)

Mustafa Kemal

c)

Wilhelm II

d)

Stalin

4.

Identify the Country where letter F is, which is a Central Powers country during WWI

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Serbia

5.

The Western Front of WWI was what type of warfare?

a)

Trench

b)

Mandate

c)

Armistice

d)

Totalitarian

6.

Identify President Wilson’s plan for lasting world peace after WWI.

a)

League of Nations

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Armistice

d)

Versailles Treaty

7.

Identify the Country where letter D is, which is a Central Powers country during WWI

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

8.

WWI got started because who was assassinated?

a)

Wilhelm II

b)

Stalin

c)

Mustafa Kemal

d)

Franz Ferdinand

9.

WWI becomes this, which means that countries devote all their resources to the war.

a)

Total War

b)

Mandate

c)

Rationing

d)

Totalitarian

10.

Identify the Country where letter A is, which is a neutral country during WWI

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

11.

Signed on 11-11-1918, this was an agreement to stop fighting in WWI.

a)

Versailles Treaty

b)

Armistice

c)

Fourteen Points

d)

League of Nations

12.

What was the peace treaty of WWI between the allies and Germany

a)

Armistice

b)

League of Nations

c)

Versailles

d)

Schlieffen

13.

Like the present day UN, President Wilson proposes what international organization to keep peace?

a)

League of Nations

b)

Versailles

c)

Fourteen Points

d)

Armistice

14.

Who was the German Emperor during WWI?

a)

Romanov

b)

Wilhelm II

c)

Mustafa Kemal

d)

Ferdinand

15.

Identify the Country where letter H is, which is an Allied Powers country during WWI

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Serbia

16.

What is the buildup of military, or policy of glorifying military power called?

a)

Militarism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Arms Race

d)

Mutual Assured Destruction

17.

This image represents one-sided information put out by the government called what?

a)

Patriotism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Militarism

d)

Propaganda

18.

Identify the Country where letter B is, which is an Allied Powers country during WWI

a)

Spain

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

France

19.

What is a government called that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of private and public life?

a)

Communism

b)

Totalitarianism

c)

Democracy

d)

Fascism

20.

Who overthrew the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and declared it a republic in 1923?

a)

Wilhelm II

b)

Romanov

c)

Mustafa Kemal

d)

Stalin

21.

What dynasty ended when Czar Nicholas and his family were executed?

a)

Hapsburg

b)

Lenin

c)

Ferdinand

d)

Romanov

22.

Identify the Country where letter E is, which is an Allied Powers country during WWI

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Germany

23.

What was is it called when the League of Nations oversaw the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory and German colonies

a)

Rationing

b)

Mandates

c)

Propaganda

d)

Turkey

24.

What was the name of the plan that Germany had to win the war in 42 days?

a)

Bolsheviks

b)

Schlieffen

c)

Fourteen Points

d)

Mandate

25.

All of the following were reasons the U.S. entered WWI except what?

a)

Sinking of Lusitania

b)

Sympathy for Great Britain and France

c)

Zimmerman Note

d)

Assassination of the Prince of Austria-Hungary

26.

USSR government took the farm land from everyone and forced its citizens to work on government farm. What was this program called?

a)

Collective Farming

b)

5-year Plan

c)

Farming Plan

d)

Sharecropping Farming

27.

What was Stalin’s first plan called, that set high economic goals for increased output of steel, coal, and oil.

a)

Glorious Plan

b)

Totalitarian Plan

c)

Bolsheviks Plan

d)

Five Year Plan

28.

Identify the Country where letter G is, which is an Allied Powers country during WWI

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Russia

d)

Serbia

29.

What was Germany’s policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning called?

a)

Kill'em all Plan

b)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

c)

Zimmerman Warfare

d)

German Annihilation Plan

30.

Why did Bismarck seek alliances following the creation of Germany?

a)

To isolate France who he believed would want revenge for the Franco-Prussian war

b)

To strengthen Germany’s army and navy

c)

To expand German country farther into France and Austria-Hungary

d)

To gain more colonies in Africa and the pacific

31.

What country was blamed for the war in the WWI peace Treaty?

a)

U.S.

b)

Great Britain

c)

Russia

d)

Germany

32.

The US entered WWI because Germany tried to enlist what country in the Zimmerman note?

a)

Mexico

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Canada

33.

Identify the Country where letter I is, which is a Central Powers country during WWI

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

France

34.

What Allies country had a revolution, became communist, and pulled out of WWI?

a)

France

b)

Russia

c)

Great Britain

d)

Japan

35.

Whose writings inspired Lenin to start a communist Revolution in Russia?

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Adam Smith

36.

Identify the Country where letter C is, which is an Allied Powers country during WWI

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

37.

Between 1934 and 1939, the campaign to eliminate all of Stalin's enemies was called what?

a)

Weakest Link

b)

Holocaust

c)

Hunger Games

d)

Great Purge

38.

Name the 4 contributing causes and the “spark” that caused WWI (total of 5)

a)

Capitalism, Alliances, Nationalism, Democracy, Assassination

b)

Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination

c)

Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Democracy

d)

Militarism, Capitalism, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination

39.

Who eventually took over Russia after Lenin died?

a)

Hitler

b)

Stalin

c)

Wilhelm II

d)

Ferdinand

40.

What Allied Powers country had a revolution, became communist, and pulled out of WWI early?

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

Italy