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World War I: Causes and Changing Warefare

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of a group of cooperating nations?

a)

abdicate

b)

ammunition

c)

alliance

d)

armistice

2.

What is the name of the formal document ending World War I?

a)

Treaty of Versace

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Villanova

3.

Which of the following terms is a synonym for peace?

a)

aggression

b)

armistice

c)

argument

d)

assassination

4.

The ____________ of Archduke Franz Ferdinand contributed to the start of World War I.

a)

assassination

b)

armistice

c)

altitude

d)

alliance

5.

What is the name of the warfare that occurred on land in long ditches?

a)

U-Boat Warfare

b)

Submarine Warfare

c)

Naval Warfare

d)

Trench Warfare

6.

This is the name of the coloring that was designed for soldiers to wear to blend into their environment to avoid injury

a)

camouflage

b)

calvary

c)

grenade

d)

altitude

7.

German submarines were also called _________

a)

C-Boats

b)

U-Boats

c)

Dreadnoughts

d)

B-52's

8.

Who led the United States throughout World War I?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Ronald Reagan

9.

Which of the following was NOT part of the Allied Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

United States

d)

The British Empire

10.

Which of the following was NOT part of the Central Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

The British Empire

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

The Ottoman Empire

11.

Which of the following is the name of a rapid-fire gun used in World War I?

a)

carrier pigeon

b)

machine gun

c)

repeating rifle

d)

sniper rifle

12.

Which technological innovation led to fighting in the skies for the first time?

a)

submarines

b)

trench warfare

c)

powered flight

d)

naval warfare

13.

What is the term for an extreme love of one's country?

a)

nationalism

b)

patriotism

c)

imperialism

d)

communism

14.

What year did World War I officially end?

a)

1917

b)

1918

c)

1914

d)

1916

15.

What year did World War I officially begin in Europe?

a)

1918

b)

1914

c)

1916

d)

1917

16.

Which of the following was a result of Germany's loss in World War I?

a)

Economic depression

b)

Massive casualties

c)

Loss of territories and colonies

d)

All of these

17.

What was created as a result of World War I?

a)

European Union

b)

NATO

c)

League of Nations

d)

United Nations

18.

What was World War I referred to as?

a)

The War to End All Wars

b)

The War to End Isolationism

c)

The War to End the World

d)

The War to Form the League of Nations

19.

What is the term for building up a country's army for protection?

a)

isolationism

b)

nationalism

c)

imperialism

d)

militarism

20.

What was the Zimmerman Note?

a)

The German policy for attacking all ships entering or leaving Great Britain

b)

Wilson's speech detailing why the US should remain neutral

c)

A note left by a solider in Serbia

d)

A proposal of an alliance between Germany and Mexico

21.

The alliance formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I

a)

Triple Entente

b)

Eastern Block

c)

Triple Alliance

d)

Central Powers

22.

What was the immediate result of trench warfare?

a)

an easy victory for the Allied Powers

b)

fewer casualties on both sides

c)

massive stalemate

d)

an easy victory for the Central Powers

23.

What is the term used to describe the policy of glorifying the armed forces and keeping an army prepared for war?

a)

nationalism

b)

militarism

c)

imperialism

d)

patriotism

24.

France Russia, and Great Britain made up the

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Triple Entente

d)

Triple Alliance

25.

A policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries

a)

isolationism

b)

nationalism

c)

imperialism

d)

militarism

26.

As a part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay for damages caused by the war. What was this called?

a)

Reparations

b)

Repatriation

c)

Refunding

d)

Resurfacing

27.

What events lead to the United States joining the war?

a)

Trench warfare and Chemical warfare

b)

The Delome Letter and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note

d)

Pearl Harbor and Ghettos

28.

What were the mains causes of World War I?

a)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

b)

Money, Alliances, Imperialism, Nativism

c)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Navalism

d)

Markets, Appliances, Innovations, Naturalism