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World War I

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Extreme nationalism and the system of competing alliances played only a small role in causing World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which of the following was NOT true of World War I?

a)

This war had few casualties.

b)

World War I was fought mostly in trenches

c)

During this war new technology was extensively used.

d)

This war developed into a stalemate.

3.

The entry of the United States into World War I, had little effect on ending the war.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Woodrow Wilson, president of the US, proposed a methodology for preventing a future world war.  He called his ideas the

a)

Declaration for Peace

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty for World Peace

5.

Leader of the communist Bolshevik Party in Russia in 1917.

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Vladimir Putin

6.

The Bolshevik or Communist Party was pushing for a liberal government that supported a free market economy.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

8.

The sinking of this British passenger ship with American citizens aboard precipitated the United States to enter World War I.

a)

Queen Mary II

b)

Titanic

c)

Lusitania

d)

Queen Elizabeth II

9.

The last Tsar of Russia, who was forced to abdicate at the beginning of the Russian Revolution in 1917 was

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Alexander II

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Nicholas I

10.

The leader of Germany during World War I was Kaiser Wilhelm II.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following was NOT a new war technology in World War I

a)

atomic bombs

b)

airplanes

c)

poison gas

d)

tanks

12.

The mobilization of an entire society in support of the war effort is called

a)

totalitarianism

b)

dictatorship

c)

total war

d)

ante bellum

13.
Question Image

Match the following

Nationalism

belief in strong military

Imperialism

Two or more countries agree to defend each other

Militarism

Belief that taking new territory increases your power

Alliances

Strong love for one’s country.

assassination

that started WWI

14.

Woodrow Wilson, president of the US, proposed a methodology for preventing a future world war.  He called his ideas the

a)

Declaration for Peace

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty for World Peace

15.

Leader of the communist Bolshevik Party in Russia in 1917.

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Vladimir Putin

16.

The last Tsar of Russia, who was forced to abdicate at the beginning of the Russian Revolution in 1917 was

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Alexander II

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Nicholas I