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U6: WWI Test Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the MAIN causes of WWI?

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2.

Who was in the Triple Alliances/Central Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

England

d)

France

e)

Russia

3.

Who was in the Triple Entente/Allies Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

England

d)

France

e)

Russia

4.

What was known as the spark that started WWI?

a)

The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

The assassination of Gavilo Princip of Serbia

c)

The nationalism that unified Italy

d)

The Germans wanting to increase there lands

5.

Why did Italy switch sides in the middle of the war?

a)

They saw that Germany was going to lose.

b)

They didn't agree with the Zimmerman telegraph

c)

They didn't want to be in the war anymore

d)

they were promised land at the end of the war.

6.

What was the Schleiffen Plan?

a)

The plan to quickly defeat the Russians then fight the French.

b)

The plan to quickly defeat the French then fight the Russians.

c)

To attack France by going through Belgium

d)

To have the Italians attack the french while the germans fought the Russians

7.

The Schlieffen Plan failed because the French set up stronger defenses than the Germans had anticipated.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is total war?

a)

When soldiers fought in trenches that faced each other.

b)

Both sides try to ware down the other side in hopes that one will have to give up.

c)

The government committees all resources to the war.

d)

Another name for a world war

9.

What is war of attrition?

a)

When soldiers fought in trenches that faced each other.

b)

Both sides try to ware down the other side in hopes that one will have to give up.

c)

The government committees all resources to the war.

d)

Another name for a world war

10.

Which weapon was NOT used in WWI?

a)

poisonous gas

b)

flamethrowers

c)

machine guns

d)

tanks

e)

air-launched rockets

11.

Which were cause(s) of death from the trenches?

a)

No mans land in between the trenches

b)

trench warefare was very slow. to attack you had to go through no mans land

c)

Diseases

d)

Bombs being dropped in the trenches by planes

e)

trench foot/drowning

12.

What was the area between German and France known as?

a)

The Eastern Front

b)

The Western Front

c)

The Southern Front

d)

The Northern Front

13.

Propaganda was used to (inform/persuade) people into helping with the war.

(a)  

14.

What caused America to join WWI

a)

The Power Keg

b)

The assassination of President Wilson

c)

The Zimmerman telegraph

d)

The sinking of the Lusitania

15.

What country used U-boats

a)

Germany

b)

England

c)

France

d)

USA

16.

Which treaty was signed by Russia/Germany that pulled Russia out of the war?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of 1916

c)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

d)

Treaty of Sino-Sovie

17.

What were some of the reasons that Russia had to leave the war?

a)

There military was unprepared and unindustrialized

b)

Czar Nicholas II didn't have military experience

c)

They were having revolutions within the country

d)

They wanted to fight Japan outside of the world war

18.

Who made all the important military and economical decisions when czar Nicholas II was fighting?

a)

Nicholas I

b)

Lenin

c)

Alexandra

d)

Rasputin

19.

Who was ruling when Russia signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk and left WWI

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Lenin

c)

Alexandra

d)

Rasputin

20.

What were the 3 things that Lenin promised the people?

a)

Bread

b)

Land

c)

Peace

d)

Revenge

e)

Water

21.

What was happend after the first Russian revolution

a)

The monarchy was overthrown

b)

The creation of Congress of Russia

c)

The creation of the congress of Soviets

d)

The creation of Duma

22.

What was the reason for the first Russian Revolution?

a)

bread rationing

b)

the people not wanting to join wwi

c)

The people not wanting to continue being in WWI

d)

the lack of jobs for men

23.

After the first Russian revolution...

a)

Alexandra keeps Russian in the war to preserve their honor

b)

Lenin pulls Russia out of WWI

24.

What was the purpose of the 14 points

a)

to force peace on Europe

b)

to punish the central powers for losing the war

c)

to bring peace to Europe without force

d)

plan to split Germany up into other countries

25.

What countries weren't in the League of Nations

a)

USA

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

Italy

26.

The Treaty of Versailles was good for the Germans

a)

true

b)

false

27.

What were some effects of the treaty of versailles on germany?

a)

They would have to decrease there military

b)

they had to accept the loss and pay for the damage of all other nations

c)

They had to make payments for all the damaged caused

d)

They would be unable to leave there country