WorksheetsWH-Ch. 12 Study Session-(Wayground)
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Cause or Effect of WWI...Military build up in Europe
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
2.
Cause or Effect of WWI...the alliance system
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
3.
Cause or Effect of WWI...Imperialism
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
4.
Cause or Effect of WWI...growing nationalism
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
5.
Cause or Effect of WWI...assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
6.
Cause or Effect of WWI...millions of people killed or wounded
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
7.
Cause or Effect WWI...much of Europe destroyed
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
8.
Cause or Effect of WWI...new countries were formed
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
9.
Cause or Effect of WWI...League of Nations established
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
10.
Cause or Effect of WWI...widespread political unrest
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
c)
11.
What was the German "Schlieffen Plan"?
a)
a. to attack Great Britain
b)
b. to attack France by going through Belgium
c)
c. to declare war on the US
d)
d. to attack the Soviet Union
12.
Tanks were a new weapon used during WWI.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What was the Zimmermann Note?
a)
a. a note to try to encourage Mexico to join the war with Germany
b)
b. a note sent by Germany to encourage Russia to fight with them
14.
What are war reparations?
a)
a. how to spend military money
b)
b. payments for war damages
c)
c. POW's
d)
d. borrowing of funds after war is over
15.
Which lead to growing tensions in Europe before WWI began?
a)
a. nationalism
b)
b. the Zimmermann note
c)
c. jobs
d)
d. the spread of Democracy in Europe
16.
After WWI, the German Army was to be no larger than...
a)
a. 50,000 Soldiers
b)
b. 500,000 soldiers
c)
c. 100,000 Soldiers (I would pick this one)
d)
d. 200,000 soldiers
17.
What is a war of attrition?
a)
a. scorched earth policy
b)
b. very little fighting, very little loss of life
c)
c. using flamethrowers
d)
d. to wear down your opponent
18.
Poison gas was used during the war, and was a psychological factor as well.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What is a "blockade"?
a)
a. a form of torture
b)
b. the blocking of ships
c)
c. bombing enemies from long range
20.
Who was the new Bolshevik leader in Russia? (He was shipped back to Russia by the Germans)
a)
a. Stalin
b)
b. Lenin
c)
c. Rasputin
d)
d. Trotsky
21.
What is propaganda?
a)
a. the other side's version
b)
b. always accurate information
c)
c. the hardest way to win people over to your side
d)
d. spreading of information for your side
22.
The birthrate fell dramatically during this time period.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What was the European economy like after WWI?
a)
a. not bad, because countries could rely on the war reparations to keep things running
b)
b. awful, because the war devastated industry and agriculture
24.
Who is Rasputin?
a)
a. a well respected political advisor
b)
b. the commander in chief of the Red Army
c)
c. a self proclaimed holy man and healer
d)
d. the new leader of the Bolsheviks
25.
What are Bolsheviks?
a)
a. part of the Czar's army
b)
b. they sought power through peace
c)
c. an elite fighting group of Germans
d)
d. a Marxist group, wanting revolution
26.
What is the objective of a blockade?
a)
a. to ruin the other country's economy
b)
b. to starve the other country
c)
c. to seize contraband
d)
d. all answers are correct
e)
e. none of the choices are correct
27.
Submarine warfare was a new type of fighting.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
How did World War I end for Russia?
a)
a. victorious with the other Allied Powers
b)
b. they negotiated a peace treaty with the Central Powers, to get out of the war
c)
c. excited that the war was over and could concentrate on growing Russia
d)
d. on a positive note with Russia heading in the right direction
29.
What are U-Boats?
a)
a. deep boats shaped like a "U"
b)
b. ships with large canons on them
c)
c. boats used to transport a lot of soldiers
d)
d. German submarines
30.
What else was Germany forced to give up after the war?
a)
a. people, they had to be slaves in the Soviet Union
b)
b. secret sauerkraut recipes
c)
c. their flag
d)
d. territorial colonies (I would pick this one)
31.
The Allied Powers consisted of...
a)
a. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
b)
b. Britain, France, Switzerland
c)
c. Britain, France, Russia
d)
d. Germany, Italy, Japan
32.
What is militarism?
a)
a. massive military build up
b)
b. glorification of military power
c)
c. sizing down your army
d)
d. defeating another country's military
33.
In 1917, what happened to Czar Nicholas?
a)
a. he entered Russia into WWI
b)
b. he was forced to abdicate the throne
c)
c. he was appointed as Czar for life
d)
d. lead his troops in a great battlefield victory over the Germans
34.
Which best describes trench warfare...
a)
a. the best and easiest way to fight
b)
b. a maze to mislead the enemy
c)
c. they were dug to protect the ground gained
d)
d. secret booby-traps
35.
What did the United States do with the League of Nations?
a)
a. US did not join, for 10 years
b)
b. US joined with reservations
c)
c. US joined as a Charter member
d)
d. US did not join
36.
President Wilson had a plan for after WWI, it was called...
a)
a. 14 Points
b)
b. 16 Points
c)
c. 12 Points
d)
d. 10 Points
37.
Barbed wire played an important role in WWI.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
Losing limbs had a social impact on returning soldiers.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
What was the "spark" that lead to the "powder keg" in Europe?
a)
a. creating the Entente
b)
b. propaganda spread by Germany
c)
c. assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
d)
d. invading Poland
40.
Machine guns proved to be very useful during the fighting.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
Which is true of the Treaty of Versailles...
a)
a. it would be easy to enforce the provisions
b)
b. it was fair and just
c)
c. it created resentment in Germany (I would pick this one)
d)
d. it didn't go far enough in punishing Germany
42.
A Civil War broke out in Russia between which two groups?
a)
a. Red Army and Blue Army
b)
b. Red Army and Green Army
c)
c. Red Army and Black Army
d)
d. Red Army and White Army
43.
According to the Versailles Treaty, what was supposed to happen to the Rhineland?
a)
a. given to France
b)
b. de-militarized (I would pick this one)
c)
c. set aside as a memorial for WWI
d)
d. watched over by the US
44.
Why was the battle of Verdun a significant battle in WWI?
a)
a. it was the first battle of the war
b)
b. both sides lost lots of men, and the stalemate continued
c)
c. Germany was winning with trench warfare
d)
d. it was the last battle of the war
45.
The Central Powers consisted of...
a)
a. Britain, France, Italy
b)
b. Germany, Italy, Japan
c)
c. Britain, France, Russia
d)
d. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
46.
Why did Russia feel like an outcast after WWI?
a)
a. they weren't included afterwards because of their early withdrawl from the war
b)
b. they weren't given as much land as everybody else
47.
The "Paris Gun" could shoot up to 75 miles away.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
Why did Belgium let Germany march through their country to get to France?
a)
a. they wanted to appease Germany
b)
b. they wanted to be part of the Central Powers
c)
c. they didn't, they tried to fight but were defeated
d)
d. they entered into a secret deal with Germany
49.
Many airplane pilots simply dropped grenades over the side of their plane as a bomb.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
Flamethrowers were used during WWI.
a)
True
b)
False
51.
A soldier might have this happen to them in the trenches...
a)
a. trench foot
b)
b. develope cancer
c)
c. lock jaw
d)
d. vertigo
52.
How did the Treaty of Versailles make the German soldiers feel?
a)
a. left on their own
b)
b. humiliated, "stabbed in the back" (I would pick this one)
c)
c. ok, it was fair because they lost the war
d)
d. not able to communicate with leaders
53.
How and why was Russia "ill-prepared" for war?
a)
a. factories couldn't produce enough munitions for the war effort
b)
b. fighting equipment was outdated
c)
c. transportation system was weak
d)
d. all of the answers are correct
e)
e. none of the answers are correct
54.
Why was the sinking of the Lusitania significant for the US?
a)
a. it was the first German ship to be sunk
b)
b. never really happened, it was propaganda
c)
c. because the sinking of the ship was going to force Mexico to start a war with the US
d)
d. it was one of the two main reasons for the US to get involved in the war
55.
Why did France want to punish Germany so badly after the war?
a)
a. France felt that Germany was richer and could afford war reparations
b)
b. France felt that Germany had caused all of this pain and suffering
56.
Which terrorist group was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
a)
a. al Qaeda
b)
b. the Black Hand
c)
c. NAZI
d)
d. Hamas
57.
Which piece of technology was new in WWI?
a)
a. barbed wire
b)
b. machine guns
c)
c. armored tanks
d)
d. cannons
58.
What is an Armistice?
a)
a. a truce, a mutual stopping of fighting
b)
b. to get rid of the current government
c)
c. starting genocide
d)
d. digging of mass graves
59.
What was the League of Nations?
a)
a. would only include Europrean countries
b)
b. a general association of nations
c)
c. set up by Great Britain
d)
d. a "firm" agreement by all democratic nations
60.
Why did the Allies force Germany to sign the War Guilt Clause?
a)
a. the Allies felt that this was a good way to punish Serbia
b)
b. this way, they could get more war reparations
c)
c. to humiliate and punish Germany
d)
d. they wanted to de-militarize the Austria
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