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World War One

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In What years did WW1 occur?

a)

1815 - 1818

b)

1914 - 1918

c)

1913 - 1917

d)

2005 - 2009

2.

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

3.

The use of the Machine Gun in WW1 led to a stale mate which created what type of warfare?

a)

Field Ops

b)

Bench Warfare

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Suicide Squads

4.

Condition soldiers would get from standing in water too long.

a)

stench foot

b)

trench foot

c)

ingrown toe nails

d)

gang green

5.

Name of German Submarines used in WW1?

a)

Titanic

b)

Warships

c)

Uboats

d)

Cruisers

6.

What is the space between the trenches called?

a)

dead zone

b)

every man's land

c)

no man's land

d)

out of bounds

7.

At the beginning of WW1 Belgium was...

a)

a neutral country

b)

an aggressive country

c)

the most dangerous country in the world

d)

a German supporter.

8.

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

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

9.

After the central powers lost WW1, Germans were forced to take responsibility for all of the damages by signing what treaty?

a)

The Treaty of Nanjing

b)

The Treaty of WW1

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The treaty of Paris

10.

This image is an example of WW1...

a)

Advertisement

b)

News Article

c)

Famous Art

d)

Propaganda

11.
A stalemate is
a)
2 countries must break their alliances
b)
no side can win a decisive victory 
c)
a victor is declared
d)
no side is able to launch an attack
12.
The invasion of what country caused Britain to join WWI?
a)
Luxembourg 
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Belgium
13.
which country sent the Zimmerman Note?
a)
Britain
b)
America
c)
France 
d)
Germany
14.
What was created by Woodrow Wilson to help maintain peace?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
League of Nations
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Woodrow Wilson did not suggest anything he was against peace
15.
Formal friendship between nations are called:
a)
treaties
b)
alliances
c)
clubs
d)
democracies
16.
On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank
a)
the Maine
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The Queen Mary
17.
What does the Treaty of Versailles have to do with WW1?
a)
Used to help France Defeat Germany?
b)
It Eliminated the need for Alliances
c)
It Ended World War One
d)
It was a way to allow countries to fight fair.
18.
The U.S. entered World War I in
a)
1918
b)
1914
c)
1917
d)
1920
19.

Wilson’s Fourteen Points is best described as...

a)

An economic policy

b)

WWI treaty

c)

Proposal for world/international peace

d)

A declaration of war

20.
Which German action angered Americans?
a)
unrestricted submarine warfare
b)
the sinking of the Titanic
c)
imperialism in Africa
d)
creating the League of Nations
21.
A major reason the U.S. entered WWI was to
a)
maintain freedom of the seas
b)
stop impressment of U.S. sailors
c)
protect U.S. cities from foreign attacks
d)
counter a German invasion of Latin America
22.

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

23.

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

24.

How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany?

a)

divided Germany into four colonies

b)

took away German territory in Spain and Britain

c)

forced Germany to accept blame for the war and to pay reparations

d)

Germany was not punished

25.

All of the following were members of the Allied Powers EXCEPT

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Russia

c)

USA

d)

France

26.

Which country dropped out of the war early due to a revolution back at home?

a)

USA

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

27.

The Central Powers (Triple Alliance) did not include

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Ottoman Empire

28.

Why did nations get involved in imperialism?

a)

to improve their governments and politics

b)

to get rid of absolute monarchs

c)

to get natural resources cheaply for their factories

29.

How did the Treaty of Versailles affect the German army?

a)

the German army increased its spending

b)

the German army was forced to decrease its amount of soldiers

c)

the German army was granted more military power

30.

What was the purpose of propaganda during the war?

a)

to intimidate the enemy

b)

to start the war

c)

to end the war

d)

to create emotion and influence people to help out in some way

31.

I was the Prime Minister of France from 1917 to 1920

a)

Gustave Flaubert

b)

Bryson Dechambeau

c)

Georges Clemenceau

32.

Who was the Prime Minister of Britain during the war?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Queen Eizabeth I

c)

David Lloyd George

33.

I was the Tsar of Russian at the start of WW1

a)

Josepf Stalin

b)

Nicholas II

c)

Vladamir Putin

34.

I was the American President that kept America out of the war.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

35.

What was Germany's military strategy?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Auttoban

c)

Schlieffen Plan

36.

The Ottoman Empire would form this country in 1923.

a)

Bosnia

b)

Turkey

c)

Croatia

37.

This treaty ended WW1

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Vienna

c)

Treaty of Versailles

38.

What is kaiser mean?

a)

queen

b)

emperor

c)

aristocrat

39.

I was the leader of German Empire during WW1

a)

Von Kaiser

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

c)

Von Miller

40.

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.