WWI Quiz #1
Matching
1.
Extreme pride in one’s country and/or or the desire to
bring increased power to one’s country or people.
2.
The glorification and build-up of the military.
3.
Series of treaties and agreements made among countries
to work together and especially defend one another.
4.
The dominance, by one country, of the political,
economic, and cultural life of another country or region.
5.
A situation in which two opponents are unable to gain an
advantage over each other.
6.
The Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose assassination
was the “spark” that started WWI.
7.
The member of the Slavic nationalist group the “Black Hand”
who assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary.
8.
The idea that all Slavic people have a common heritage.
and that they should stand together for Slavic nationalism.
9.
The wartime alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary,
The Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
A. Alliance System
B. Stalemate
C. Militarism
D. Imperialism
E. Nationalism
A. Pan-Slavism
B. Gavrilo Princip
C. Allies
D. Central Powers
E. Franz Ferdinand
10. The wartime alliance that included France, Russia, Great Britain,
Serbia, the United States, and Japan.
11. Use of a nation’s entire resources to fight a war.
12. Using a draft to provide soldiers for the military.
13. The British liner that was sunk killing 128 Americans
Helped to turn the U.S. against Germany.
14. The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage
an opponent’s cause.
15. Agreement to end fighting.
A. Conscription
B. Armistice
C. Propaganda
D. Lusitania
E. Total War
16. The right of people to choose their own form of government.
17. When a group of nations acts to preserve peace for all.
18. The general association of nations established after WWI
without the U.S. and Russia.
A. Mandates
B. Self-Determination
C. Collective Security
D. League of Nations
E. Fourteen Points
19. Territories and colonies administered by Western Powers
that were to eventually gain independence but were really
European colonies.
20. Woodrow Wilson’s list of terms to resolve WWI.
Multiple Choice
21. WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on which nation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Germany
France
Serbia
Belgium
22. To avoid a two front war the Germans planned to strike France quickly through Belgium. This
attack through neutral Belgium brought which country into the war on the side of the Allies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Serbia
The Ottoman Empire
Great Britain
Spain
23. The Germans planed to attack to the west first because they were sure that which of their other
enemies would be slow to mobilize, or prepare for war?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
Italy
24. In the fall of 1914 the war on the western front fell into a stalemate. Which of the following was
NOT a reason for this?
A. New weapons such as machine guns favored the defenders
B. The new weapons such as grenades favored the attackers
C. The commanders used outdated tactics
D. New technology like barbed wire was used for defensive purposes.
25. The trench warfare and fighting in WWI was a miserable type of warfare. Which of the following
are examples of conditions that made this warfare so awful?
A. Mud, which caused trench foot and slowed movements
B. Constant shelling and sniper fire
C. Poison Gas
D. All of these
26. The terrible psychological damage suffered by soldiers in WWI was commonly referred to by
which term?
A. Shell Shock
B. Stir Craziness
C. Going over the Top
D. None of these
27. WWI is considered by most historians to be the first “modern war”. Which of the following
explanations best supports this belief?
A. WWI was the first major war to involve several nations.
B. WWI was the first major war to utilize new weapons such as the machine gun, the airplane, the
tank, the submarine, and poison gas.
C. WWI was the first war in which guerilla tactics were used.
D. WWI was the first war to use atomic weapons and satellites.
28. Most of the fighting on the Western Front took place in which two countries?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Russia and Serbia
Germany and Great Britain
France and Belgium
Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria
29. The land between the trenches was called by what term?
A. No man’s land
B. Over there
C. The fun zone
D. Death valley
30. In 1916, during the 1st day of the Battle of the Somme, around 20,000 soldiers from which country
were killed?
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. Austria-Hungary
D. Great Britain
31. In addition to fighting on the Western Front, the Germans were also fighting against which power
in Eastern Europe?
A. The Ottoman Empire
B. Spain
C. Russia
D. China
32. The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers and blocked the Dardanelles and the Bosporus.
This was a major issue for the Allies because it blocked a key supply line to which power?
A. Russia
B. Britain
C. The U.S.
D. Canada
33. Which of the following were reasons the U.S. joined the war on the side of the Allies?
A. Submarine attacks on shipping
C. Cultural ties with Britain
B. The Zimmerman Note
D. All of these
34. The President of the United States during WWI and the man that developed the Fourteen Points
and the idea for the League of Nations was….?
A. T.E. Lawrence
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. William H. Taft
D. David Lloyd George
35. Which of the following was NOT one of Wilson’s Fourteen Points
A. Heavy Reparations to punish Germany
C. Self-Determination
B. Collective Security
D. A League of Nations
36. The Treaty of Versailles caused great resentment among the Germans because it called for….?
A. A weakened German military
C. Germany surrendering territory and colonies
B. Expensive Reparations
D. All of these
Extended Response
37. Describe the concept of self-determination. Why was this seen as an important step in bringing
peace after WWI? Explain how problems developed with this concept.
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