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Road to WWI

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Triple Alliance was a loose agreement of cooperation among

a)

Serbia, Germany, and Britain

b)

Italy, Serbia, and France

c)

Germany, Italy, and Russia

d)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

2.

Which one of the following is NOT considered a major cause of World War I?

a)

the growth of Imperialism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Militarism

d)

Nationalism

3.

Austria-Hungary feared that Serbia would

a)

Create a large Slavic state

b)

Kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand

c)

Invade Russia

d)

Invade Germany

4.

Germany viewed the Russian Czar's full mobilization of the army as an

a)

act of support for Austria-Hungary

b)

act of kindness

c)

act of war

d)

act of bad judgement

5.

The German military plan devised by General von Schlieffen

a)

called for a war on two fronts

b)

relied on carpet bombing

c)

depended on help from Serbia

d)

depended on French neutrality

6.

Mandatory military service was also known as

a)

Militarism

b)

Conscription

c)

Alienization

d)

Servitude

7.

Militarism is

a)

solving problems democratically

b)

internal dissent

c)

aggressive preparation for war

d)

protecting a smaller country

8.

By readying troops and supplies for war, Russia was practicing

a)

conscription

b)

Russification

c)

citizenship

d)

mobilization

9.

Who was an ally of Austria-Hungary?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Egypt

10.

Who was the protector of Serbia

a)

Russia

b)

Belarus

c)

Ukraine

d)

Finland

11.

What was "no mans land"?

a)

a stateless nation in the Middle East

b)

area between the trenches of the combatants

c)

land with no borders in Poland during WW I

12.

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

a)

France's war plan for WW I

b)

Russia's attempt to mobilize its military

c)

Germany's war plan for WW I

13.

T or F: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 killed 3 times more people than the war itself

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following was the first "big" nation to mobilize its forces for war?

a)

United States

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Russia

15.

Which of the following countries saw over 13% of its male population ages 15-49 die in WW I?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Poland

16.

Which of the following countries lost over 60,000 soldiers in the first day of the Battle of the Somme?

a)

United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Ottoman Empire

17.

The Treaty of Versailles fixed the blame of the war on which country?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

Austria-Hungary

18.

T or F: World War I led to the rise of Lenin and the Mensheviks in Russia.

a)

True

b)

False