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WorksheetsWW1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 4hrs 5mins
What was the immediate cause of WW1?
Assassination of Woodrow Wilson
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Assassination of Gavriel Princip
Assassination of JFK
The United States practiced what policy at the beginning of WW1?
Communism
Capitalism
Isolationism
Imperialism
MAIN is an acronym for
Ministry, Activity, Intelligence and Nature
Militarism, Alliances, Intelligence and Natural Resources
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
Why were tensions heightened among countries in Europe after 1900?
Socialists had seized power
Some nations refused to trade with each other.
Nations began mobilizing for war
People were joining the Black Hand.
How did Serbia anger Austria-Hungary?
mobilized troops along Austria's border.
promised to support Germany's interests.
tried to form an independent state
developed imperialist ambitions
Which nations were the first to get involved in the initial conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?
Italy and Bulgaria
United States and Britain
France and Belgium
Germany and Russia
Initially, how was the war effort on the Western Front characterized?
slow but steady advancement of the German army on the ground.
trench warfare that kept both sides in the same positions for four years.
decisive victories by the French army and swift retreat of German forces.
innovative strategies that used new technologies available to both armies.
As the war progressed, why did both the Allied Powers and the Central Powers seek new allies?
get more money and supplies.
expand their colonial empires
pave the way for peace negotiations.
open new avenues for commerce.
What was the primary reason Civil war broke out in Russia after World War I?
many people opposed the Bolshevik government.
the Bolsheviks did not fulfill their promises.
foreign troops remained on Russian soil.
Lenin acquired too much territory in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
What complicated the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference?
Russia's refusal to attend the talks.
territorial disputes among the Big Three
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
Germany's refusal to pay for the war.
Why was Germany especially opposed to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?
forced Germany to reduce the size of its army and navy.
returned the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France.
awarded sections of eastern Germany to the new Polish state.
held Germany (and Austria) responsible for the war and required reparations
What was a major cause of the Bolshevik Revolution?
Rasputin's influence at the royal court
Russia's withdrawal from World War I.
inflammatory rhetoric from Communist leaders.
Czar Nicholas's failed military and economic policies.
The break up of which empires was a lasting legacy of WW1?
British Empire
Ottoman Empire
German Empire
Austria-Hungarian Empire
One cause of WW1 that involved the nations of Europe being jealous of each other's territories in Africa and Asia.
Imperialism
Nationalism
Alliances
Militarism
All of the following are results of WW1 EXCEPT
winners and losers being satisfied and getting along with one another
newly created countries
loss of life
damage
