wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

WW1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allies
2.
What was the name of the British passenger ship that was sank by the Germans?
a)
The Titanic
b)
The Carnival Cruise Ship
c)
Lusitania
d)
The World Ship
3.
In what year did WW! start
a)
1912
b)
1914
c)
1916
d)
1920
4.
What year did WW1 end?
a)
1930
b)
1919
c)
1918
d)
1900
5.
Which side did the US support?
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allies
6.

What was the immediate cause of WW1?

a)

Assassination of Woodrow Wilson

b)

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

c)

Assassination of Gavriel Princip

d)

Assassination of JFK

7.

The United States practiced what policy at the beginning of WW1?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

8.
What is an alliance?
a)
An agreement between nations to defend one another.
b)
An agreement between nations to trade with one another.
c)
When nation's pick teams to fight against.
d)
Groups of countries that finished nationalism.
9.

MAIN is an acronym for

a)

Ministry, Activity, Intelligence and Nature

b)

Militarism, Alliances, Intelligence and Natural Resources

c)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism

10.
Adolph Hitler led which country during World War II?
a)
France
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
11.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
12.
name of the genocide against the Jews by the Nazis
a)
Holocaust
b)
Night of Broken Glass
c)
Great Purge
d)
Great Leap Forward
13.
What event ended WW2?
a)
Dropping atomic Weapons
b)
Invasion of Poland
c)
Soviets capture Berlin
d)
Battle of Stalingrad
14.
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
American, England, and Russia
b)
Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
c)
Italy, Russia, and Austria
d)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
15.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
16.
The Allies consisted of......
a)
Japan, Germany, and America
b)
America, France, and Australia
c)
America, Soviet Union, and Britain
d)
Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii
17.
The Allies consisted of......
a)
Japan, Germany, and America
b)
America, France, and Australia
c)
America, Soviet Union, and Britain
d)
Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii
18.
Define Black Tuesday
a)
Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
b)
October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
c)
Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.
19.
Who was president during WWI?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Donald Trump
20.
Who were the countries fighting for the ally powers?
a)
France, Belgium, Alaska, Mexico
b)
Iraq, Iran, India, Greece
c)
France, Belgium, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia
d)
Central Powers
21.
What was the name of Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allies
22.
What was the name of the British passenger ship that was sank by the Germans?
a)
The Titanic
b)
The Carnival Cruise Ship
c)
Lusitania
d)
The World Ship
23.
In what year did WW! start
a)
1912
b)
1914
c)
1916
d)
1920
24.
What year did WW1 end?
a)
1930
b)
1919
c)
1918
d)
1900
25.
What caused the US to enter the war?
a)
Army tanks being blown up
b)
US soldiers being killed
c)
US ships being sank
d)
Germany assassinated our president
26.
What were the submarines called that were used by Germany?
a)
W Boats
b)
U Boats
c)
Tanks
d)
Missiles
27.
Which side did the US support?
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allies
28.
Who sank the British Passenger ship?
a)
Belgium
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
US
29.

Why were tensions heightened among countries in Europe after 1900?

a)

Socialists had seized power

b)

Some nations refused to trade with each other.

c)

Nations began mobilizing for war

d)

People were joining the Black Hand.

30.

How did Serbia anger Austria-Hungary?

a)

mobilized troops along Austria's border.

b)

promised to support Germany's interests.

c)

tried to form an independent state

d)

developed imperialist ambitions

31.

Which nations were the first to get involved in the initial conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?

a)

Italy and Bulgaria

b)

United States and Britain

c)

France and Belgium

d)

Germany and Russia

32.

Initially, how was the war effort on the Western Front characterized?

a)

slow but steady advancement of the German army on the ground.

b)

trench warfare that kept both sides in the same positions for four years.

c)

decisive victories by the French army and swift retreat of German forces.

d)

innovative strategies that used new technologies available to both armies.

33.

As the war progressed, why did both the Allied Powers and the Central Powers seek new allies?

a)

get more money and supplies.

b)

expand their colonial empires

c)

pave the way for peace negotiations.

d)

open new avenues for commerce.

34.

What was the primary reason Civil war broke out in Russia after World War I?

a)

many people opposed the Bolshevik government.

b)

the Bolsheviks did not fulfill their promises.

c)

foreign troops remained on Russian soil.

d)

Lenin acquired too much territory in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

35.

What complicated the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference?

a)

Russia's refusal to attend the talks.

b)

territorial disputes among the Big Three

c)

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

d)

Germany's refusal to pay for the war.

36.

Why was Germany especially opposed to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

forced Germany to reduce the size of its army and navy.

b)

returned the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France.

c)

awarded sections of eastern Germany to the new Polish state.

d)

held Germany (and Austria) responsible for the war and required reparations

37.

What was a major cause of the Bolshevik Revolution?

a)

Rasputin's influence at the royal court

b)

Russia's withdrawal from World War I.

c)

inflammatory rhetoric from Communist leaders.

d)

Czar Nicholas's failed military and economic policies.

38.

The break up of which empires was a lasting legacy of WW1?

a)

British Empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

German Empire

d)

Austria-Hungarian Empire

39.

One cause of WW1 that involved the nations of Europe being jealous of each other's territories in Africa and Asia.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Alliances

d)

Militarism

40.

All of the following are results of WW1 EXCEPT

a)

winners and losers being satisfied and getting along with one another

b)

newly created countries

c)

loss of life

d)

damage

41.
How did WWI begin?
a)
A Serbian killed  Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor 
c)
The sinking of the Lusitania
d)
Abraham Lincoln died 
42.
Which country sank the Lusitania?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
Russia
d)
America
43.
Which countries were on the Allied Powers?
a)
Germany, America, and Soviet Union
b)
India,Japan,and Mexico
c)
Bulgaria,Russia, and the Ottoman Empire
d)
America,France,Britain,Russia,and Italy
44.
Which countries were in the Central Powers?
a)
America and Russia
b)
Ottoman Empire, Russia, Turkey, China, and Japan
c)
Austria-Hungary,Bulgaria,Germany, and the Ottoman Empire
d)
Allied Powers
45.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
a)
He flew over the Atlantic ocean with a air plane
b)
he flew over the pacific ocean
c)
he was a jazz player
d)
he went to space
46.
What new innovation did Henry Ford make?
a)
Cars
b)
Assembly line
c)
Electricity
d)
ALEXT SHREYAK
47.
What was the jazz age?
a)
It was a time in the 1920s when jazz music became popular
b)
he made a car
c)
he flew to space 
d)
he was a inventor
48.
What country was WWI blamed on?
a)
Russia
b)
Serbia
c)
France
d)
Germany
49.
Who was Babe Ruth?
a)
A basketball player
b)
A soccer player
c)
A baseball player 
d)
A football player
50.
What was the Lusitania
a)
it was a British liner that got sunk
b)
It was a German sumberine
c)
it was a rocketship
d)
it was the first airplane ever to be built and it was made by the Wright brothers