Quiz 7
Modern History, Unit 7
Name: __________________________________________________
Part I: Multiple Choice
Score: ____/45
(20 Points)
1.
Countries putting all their resources into the war effort, both human and industrial is defined as
a.
Classical War
b.
Total War
c.
Propaganda
d.
Censorship
2.
What Great War soldier wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum est? What does the title mean?
a.
Lord Byron; Death on a battlefield
b.
Ernest Hemingway; A farewell to arms
c.
Gertrude Stein; Lost generation
d.
Wilfred Owen; It is sweet and honorable to die for your country
3.
This strategy involved Germany quickly invading France on the Western Front and then turning east to fight
Russia.
a.
Colombo Plan
b.
Versailles Treaty
c.
Schlieffen Plan
d.
Manstein Plan
4.
This strategy involved the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or a strategy to damage an opposing cause.
a.
c.
5.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
b.
d.
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Lusitania
Bismarck
b.
d.
Maine
Titanic
What was the Zimmerman Note?
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
Nationalism
Imperialism
A German U-boat sank this British passenger ship, killing 1,195 including 128 U.S. citizens in 1915.
a.
c.
7.
b.
d.
This U.S. President during the Great War urged the American people to be “neutral in fact as well as in name”
and issued a Proclamation of Neutrality.
a.
c.
6.
Propaganda
Militarism
An intercepted telegram written by Germany’s foreign secretary, which encouraged Mexico to ally itself
with Germany
A secret alliance between Serbia and Russia
An armistice between France and Germany
An intercepted telegram written by Austria-Hungary’s foreign secretary, which encouraged Canada to
ally itself with Austria-Hungary.
The turning point in World War I for Germany was a(n) ___________________.
a. invasion
c. assassination
b. revolution
d. sinking of a ship
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9.
The most typical type of warfare in World War I was
a. air warfare
c. trench warfare
10.
During World War I, the Western Front could best be described as a(n) ____.
a. self-determination
c. inflation
11.
b. stalemate
d. suffrage
The foot soldier experienced all of the following, except:
a. rats
c. malaria
12.
b. tank warfare
d. guerrilla warfare
b. lice
d. shell shock
What were the Fourteen Points?
a. A peace plan for ending World War I.
b. A plan to bring stability to Europe.
c. A plan to prevent another war in Europe.
d. all of the above
13.
In 1919, to Germany’s surprise, the treaty that ended World War I was the____.
a. Fourteen Points
c. Treaty of Versailles
14.
What is November 11th?
a. Armistice Day
c. both
15.
b. Veterans’ Day.
d. neither
Which Central Power signed the Versailles Treaty?
a. U.S.
c. Germany
16.
b. Treaty of Vienna
d. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
b. France
d. Austria-Hungary
Under the War Guilt Clause, _____________________ for causing the war.
a. all of the powers accepted responsibility
b. Germany was forced to accept full blame
c. Germany accepted partial blame
d. England and France accepted partial blame
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17.
To promote international cooperation and peace, the European powers decided to create the ____.
a. United Nations
c. Triple Alliance
18.
Which country refused to join the League of Nations?
a. England
c. Austria-Hungary
19.
Part II:
22.
23.
b. 100,000
d. ten million
The Russian Revolution was one of the ___________ of World War I.
a. causes
21.
b. Germany
d. the United States
During World War I, how many soldiers died?
a. 10,000
c. one million
20.
b. League of Nations
e. NATO
b. results
Short Answer (15 Points)
List the four long-term causes of the Great War. (4 Total Points)
1.
_________________________________________
2.
_________________________________________
3.
_________________________________________
4.
_________________________________________
List the four Central Powers (4 Total Points)
1.
_________________________________________
2.
_________________________________________
3.
_________________________________________
4.
_________________________________________
List the original three countries that made up the Allied Forces. (3 Total Points)
1.
_________________________________________
2.
_________________________________________
3.
_________________________________________
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24.
This assassination sparked the Balkan powder keg. List the victim, the main perpetrator, the secret Serbian
organization of the perpetrators, and the city the assassination was carried out in. (4 Total Points)
1.
_________________________________________
2.
_________________________________________
3.
_________________________________________
4.
_________________________________________
Part III: Fill in the Blank (10 Points)
25.
Fill in the short-term causes of the Great War using the Word Bank. Place a number by the events to place them
in chronological order. Use 1 for the first event and 5 for the last event. You will not use all the words in the
Word Bank.
Word Bank:
Blank Check, Ultimatum, Serbia, Mobilize(s), Russia, Germany, Stalemate, United States, Peace Treaty,
Yugoslavia, Belgium
_______
Germany gives Austria-Hungary a “___________” of military support.
_______
___________ declares war on Russia and two days later on France.
_______
Austria-Hungary declares war on ___________.
_______
___________ mobilizes troops along the borders of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
_______
Austria-Hungary gives Serbia an ___________.
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