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World War 1 Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

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Class
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1.

Two opposing armies meet on a battlefield. This is called the...

a)

the ration

b)

the front

c)

the victory garden

d)

the field

2.

What does "home front" refer to?

a)

It was were people lived

b)

It was how people lived

c)

It was how the war was fought at home

d)

It was where people cooked.

3.

World War 1 was a total war because...

(select all that are true)

a)

War did not affect people

b)

All economic resources were used for the war

c)

all people were very affected by the war

d)

The country was not involved in the war

4.

What does the word "ration" mean?

a)

to give goods to people

b)

to limit the amount of goods people get

c)

to fight for a country

d)

to fight a war at home

5.

What is a Victory Garden?

a)

It is a garden filled with vegetables and things to eat

b)

It is a garden of flowers

c)

It is a garden planted after a victory

d)

It is a type of plant

6.

A Victory Garden was planted because...

a)

People wanted to look at something pretty

b)

People were bored and needed something to do

c)

It gave people food to eat to help with food shortages

d)

It was filled with flowers

7.

Why was there an increasing number of job vacancies during the war?

a)

People hated to go to work

b)

Many people died so there were no workers

c)

The war closed stores so people couldn't work

d)

Many men fought in the war so there were a lot of jobs open

8.

To deal with job vacancies, The government encouraged who to join the workforce?

a)

Older men

b)

Women

c)

Children

d)

Teenagers

9.

What does the word ECONOMY mean?

a)

farming

b)

money

c)

war

d)

economics

10.

What does the word AGRICULTURE mean?

a)

Money

b)

Farming

c)

Boating

d)

Government Bank

11.

Pick some jobs that women did during the war...Check off all that apply...

a)

worked as farmers

b)

worked in factories

c)

worked as nurses

d)

worked as a mayor

e)

worked driving trucks

12.

True or False:

Women worked in many jobs when men went to fight in the war.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What does DRAFTED mean?

a)

Working in a factory

b)

Leaving the country

c)

Being called into a war to fight

d)

Drawing a picture of a house

14.

Check off all of the goods that were rationed during World War 1...

Check all that apply...

a)

food

b)

gas

c)

leather

d)

metal

e)

All of the above

15.

Why did the government encourage people to have victory gardens?

a)

They wanted people to help with food demand

b)

The government wanted to by the vegetables

c)

They wanted the people to win the garden

d)

They thought everyone should have a pretty garden

16.

What does a CASUALTY mean in war?

a)

It means a win in the war

b)

It means fighting in war

c)

It means when someone dies or gets really hurt in war

d)

It means to be angry during war

17.

What are some NEW weapon technologies used during World War 1?

Check off all that apply...

a)

Boats

b)

Poison gas

c)

airplanes

d)

submarines

e)

zeppelins

18.

How did new technology affect World War 1?

a)

It did not affect how the war at all

b)

More lives were saved using new technology

c)

More people died from the new way of fighting.

19.

True or False...

New Technology in war caused many deaths

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False...

Airplanes and machine guns are new technology in World War 1?

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False...

TOTAL WAR is when people are affected at home and in battle.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The name for a type of warfare where men hid in holes in the ground during battle was called....

a)

Submarine Warfare

b)

Zeppelin Warfare

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Industrial Warfare