WorksheetsWorld War 1 Introduction
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 27mins
The war is commonly thought to have started with the assassination of what leader?
Adolph Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
William Pershing
Agreement to end fighting in a war
U-boat
propaganda
armistice
alliance system
A government in which one person with unlimited power rules
armistice
dissent
pacifist
autocracy
information used to influence opinion
autocracy
propaganda
militarism
self-determination
a person who believes industries should be publicly owned
socialist
Warren Buffet
dictator
Francisco "Pancho" Villa
Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Vlafio Tinevalen
Buster Keaton
Gavrilo Princip
Klow Kreak Knights
Which list is correct for the Allied Powers of WW 1?
Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Russia
Russia, Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary
Spain, Italy, France and United Kingdom
Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan and italt
Word for one country taking control of another is...
Alliance
Imperialism
Anarchy
Enervate
The Central Powers included...
Germany, Russia and Ottoman Empire
Germany, Spain, and Austria- Hungary
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
Russia, Germany, Latvia and Estonia
The First MAJOR battle of the war is...
Battle of the Marne
Battle of the Bulge
Battle Of Manasas
Battle of Paris
The name coined for the land between the trenches.
Oliver's Zone
Winston's Water Way
No Man's Land
Cooperhawk
1915 is the year that we first see Germany employ...
Biological Warfare
Espinoage
Rescue Dogs
Chemical Warfare
When neither side has an advantage and neither side can advance during a war is...
a stalemate
checkmate
futilitiy
der demarken-kation
World War 1 began in which year?
1914
1915
1916
1918
What year did World War 1 end?
1914
1915
1916
1918
Which new innovation lead to trench warfare?
improvements in machine guns
chemical warfare
tanks
unrestricted submarine warfare
The "Big Four" consisted of leaders from which countries? (Select all)
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Russia
The main causes of World War 1:
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Money, Alliances, Imperialism, Nativism
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nativism
Formal friendship between nations are called
treaties
clubs
alliances
democracies
The German invasion of Belgium brought which country into the war?
Britain
Russia
Italy
Serbia
Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy belonged to which alliance?
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Which countries were not in the Triple Entente ?
(a) Britain
(b) France
(c) Russia
(d) Germany
Which of the following was a cause that contributed to the start of World War I?
(a) Nationalism
(b) Imperialism
(c) Secret Alliance
(d) All of the above
Austria and Hungary became two different nations as a result of the war.
True
False
The Germans gain an early upper hand in the war with their use of
Machine guns
long-range cannons
chemical weapons
u-boats
One of the ways that Women contributed to the Home Front during the war was
Taking up work in munitions factories
Becoming farmers out West
Enlisting in the US Army
Staying at home and minding the children
One of the ways everyday citizens could contribute to the war was by
Making their own weapons
sewing clothes
planting "Victory Gardens" to help conserve important foods
cleaning out warehouses
Conscientious Objectors had trouble serving in the war because
Their moral beliefs kept them from using violence/weapons
They were forced to serve on the Committee of Public Info
They were often jailed for their beliefs
They tended to switch sides and become Communist
Trenches were needed because
They provided hideouts deep underground for military leaders
The advanced weapons made fighting in open fields impossible
They allowed the passage of food and supplies
They allowed each side to make large territorial gains
Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War One?
Trench Warfare
Atomic Bomb
Guerilla Warfare
No-Man's Land
What pattern were trenches dug in?
Straight lines
Zig zags
Criss cross
H-shape
Tunneling was seen as the best way to build a trench because...
Tunnels are awesome
It was the most secretive way
It allowed for soldiers to stay warmer
It made it so that the trenches were sturdier
What was No Man's Land?
The area behind the trenches
The homefront
The area in between the trenches
The Trenches
What was the main reason for soldiers wanting pets in the trenches?
To kill the rats
To keep them entertained
To send them into enemy lines
To help with fleas and lice.
What did the trench rats feed on?
Food stolen from sleeping soldiers
Flesh of corpses
Leather equipment
All of the above
Trench foot could be prevented by
keeping feet dry and/or covered in whale-oil grease
soaking socks in an antibacterial solution before putting them on
nothing...it had no known method of prevention
wearing steel-toed combat boots
The board placed at the bottom of the trench that soldiers would stand on was called...
Barbed Wire
Duckboard
Duckbill
Woodbeams
Sandbags
What was Shell Shock?
When you get sand in your eye, on the beach
Mental damage caused by the horrors of war
Getting hit by a shell in the face
Bombs which were made of shells, typically thrown over by the Germans
Why did trench warfare develop during WWI?
New weapons were created, and people need to protect themselves.
Soldiers wanted to camouflage themselves with the ground.
So that people could attack the tanks without being seen.
Soldiers needed a place to sleep during the war.
