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WW1 Unit

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did WWI begin?
a)
A Serbian killed  Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor 
c)
The sinking of the Lusitania
d)
Abraham Lincoln died 
2.

In What years did WW1 occur?

a)

1815 - 1818

b)

1914 - 1918

c)

1913 - 1917

d)

2005 - 2009

3.

What ship was sunk by the Germans to bring the U.S into the war?

a)

USS Maine

b)

Lusitania

c)

Mayflower

d)

USS Eisenhower

4.

What is a form of combat in which soldiers dug deep ditches to seek protection form enemy fire and to defend their positions

a)

Guerilla warfare

b)

Trench warfare

c)

Ditch warfare

d)

Hole warfare

5.
WORLD WAR 1:
United States, Russia, Italy, France, Great Britian, Serbia
were part of the _____________
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
The United Nations 
d)
The Four Horseman
6.
WORLD WAR 1:
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria
were part of the _____________
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Axis Powers 
c)
The New World Order
d)
The U.S.S.R. 
7.
WORLD WAR 1:
What country had to accept blame for WW1? 
a)
Serbia 
b)
Russia
c)
Germany 
d)
Austria-Hungary 
8.

Why was Germany especially opposed to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

forced Germany to reduce the size of its army and navy.

b)

returned the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France.

c)

awarded sections of eastern Germany to the new Polish state.

d)

held Germany (and Austria) responsible for the war and required reparations

9.
In what year did WW! start
a)
1912
b)
1914
c)
1916
d)
1920
10.
What year did WW1 end?
a)
1930
b)
1919
c)
1918
d)
1900
11.

After the sinking the of the Lusitania, the American people started to support the U.S. joining the war.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which president led the U.S to join WW1?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William McKinley

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

13.

Wat document listed out the punishments for Germany after the war ended?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Vermont

c)

Treaty of Germany

d)

Treaty of Versailles

14.

What punishments were given to Germany and listed in the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany must reduce the size of their military

b)

Germany must pay for the Panama Canal

c)

Germany must give up many of it's territories

d)

Germany must pay millions of dollars in reparations to other countries

e)

Germany must surrender all of their weapons to the U.S.

15.

(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future Wars.

a)

Zimmerman Note

b)

14 points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

League of Nations

16.

Agreements between nations to aid and protect one another.

a)

Militarism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Alliances

d)

Propaganda

17.

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other (smaller) countries politically, socially, and economically.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Militarism

d)

Imperialism

18.

A national policy of avoiding involvement in other world affairs. US policy at start of WW1. and then again afterwards.

a)

Isolationism

b)

14 points

c)

Self-determination

d)

Propaganda

19.

An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations (US did NOT join)

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

League of Nations

c)

Lusitania

d)

Alliances

20.

A letter proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico Against US during WW1.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Zimmerman note

c)

Alliances

d)

14 points

21.
What was the goal of the League of Nations?
a)
to redraw boundaries
b)
to punish Germany
c)
to spread capitalism
d)
to preserve peace
22.
President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
were intended to
a)
make the United States, Great Britain, and France into leading world powers 
b)
redistribute Germany's colonies among the Allied nations
c)
prevent future wars
d)
punish Germany for causing World War I
23.
Militarism means....
a)
Building up armed forces and getting ready for war
b)
Having pride in your nation
c)
Trying to build an empire
d)
Agreements to help others
24.
What are the four M.A.I.N. causes of WW1?
a)
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Favoritism
b)
Majority Rules, Absenteeism, Injuries, Neighbors
c)
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
d)
Mechanism, Alliances, Injuries, Nationalism
25.

What is the name of the land between the trenches on both sides

a)

The dead zone

b)

No man's land

c)

Neutral zone

d)

the field

26.

What kind of new weapons were used during the war?

a)

poison gas

b)

swords

c)

submarines

d)

horses

e)

tanks

27.
The Great Migration was the mass movement of African Americans from where to where during WWI?
a)
Rural areas to urban areas.
b)
West Coast to the East Coast
c)
The South to the North
d)
The North to the South
28.

Media used to persuade a particular political point of view

a)

Conscription

b)

Propaganda

c)

Armistice

d)

Reparations

e)

Atrocity

29.
Used to enlarge the army during WW1
a)
War Bonds
b)
Selective Service Act
c)
Espionage Act
d)
Imperial Power
30.
Suspended freedom of speech in WW1
a)
Alvin York
b)
Selective Service Act
c)
Espionage Act
d)
Yellow Journalism
31.

What is an armistice?

a)

An escalation of hostilities

b)

When one side is better equipped for war

c)

A stop to fighting so a peace treaty can be written

d)

When one side surrenders in a war

32.

How many points did President Wilson have concerning peace and how the war should end?

a)

12

b)

5

c)

9

d)

14

33.

Where was the Treaty of Versailles singed?

a)

Germany

b)

London

c)

America

d)

France

34.

Was the Treaty of Versailles fair to everyone

a)

Yes

b)

No

35.

League of Nations

a)

A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the United States never joined the League of Nations.

b)

As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war.

c)

1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S.

d)

British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.

36.
How quickly did America join the League of Nations?
a)
Never
b)
Immediately
c)
At the start of WWII
d)
1918
37.
Damages from the war are known as this.
a)
Reparations
b)
Repayments
c)
Repair
d)
Rations
38.

When did the USA declare war on Germany and join World War One

a)

1914

b)

1915

c)

1916

d)

1917