History WW1 test

Question 1

What does the acronym M.A.I.N represent?

Answer 1

Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism

Question 2

competition for colonial territories was a major cause of

Answer 2

rising international tensions in the early 1900s

Question 3

Militarism did what

Answer 3

glorified war and helped feed the arms race which helped cause World War I

Question 4

Who assassinated the Austro-Hungarian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand

Answer 4

Gavrilo Princip

Question 5

On the eve of World War I, Bosnia was ruled by

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Austria-Hungary

Question 6

There was a stalemate and trench warfare on the Western Front when the ____________ failed

Answer 6

Schlieffen Plan

Question 7

__________ was leader of Germany as World War I began

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 8

___________ helped start The Great War

Answer 8

an assassination

Question 9

The Balkans were known as the

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“powder keg of Europe”

Question 10

What triggered World War I

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the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 11

Russia joined in World War I because

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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and Russia supported Serbia

Question 12

Germany declared war on Russian when

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they began to mobilize for war

Question 13

the British declared war on Germany to

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protect Belgium

Question 14

Germany invaded _________ and there was an understanding to keep Belgium neutral which caused

Answer 14

Belgium, Britain to fight in World War I

Question 15

the Schlieffen Plan was designed to

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avoid a war on two fronts

Question 16

What made it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare

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the machine gun

Question 17

A stalemate developed along the Western Front early in the war because

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Trench warfare made it difficult for either side to win an advantage

Question 18

A nation devoting all of their resources to the war effort is known as

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total war

Question 19

the Lusitania was sunk by __________ in May 1915, killing approx.. ______ passengers

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German U-boats, 1200

Question 20

Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare contributed to the

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United States’ decision to enter the war

Question 21

In the Zimmerman telegram, Germany offered ____________ if they joined the Central Powers

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The return of Mexican land lost to the United States to Mexico

Question 22

Some colonies were eager to participate in the war because

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they believed they would gain greater civil rights or independence

Question 23

The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause is known as

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propaganda

Question 24

women ______________ to help in the war effort

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worked in factories making supplies for the war

Question 25

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended ___________ in World War I

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Russia’s participation

Question 26

Woodrow Wilson’s list of terms for resolving World War I and future wars was knowns as the

Answer 26

Fourteen Points

Question 27

The Treaty of Versailles Forced

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Germany to pay reparations

Question 28

the ______________contributed most to the stalemate on the Western Front

Answer 28

automatic machine gun

Question 29

World War I was more destructive than earlier wars because

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modern weapons were more deadly

Question 30

the Ottoman Empire joined the _____________ in World War I

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Central Powers

Question 31

the role of women during World War I helped

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keep their nations’ economies going during the war

Question 32

the press was _______ as an effect of “total war” in Britain

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censored

Question 33

The area between opposing trenches was known as

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No Man’s Land

Question 34

The conditions of the Treaty of Versailles were

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War guilt clause, the Creation of the League of Nations and War reparations for Germany

Question 35

World War I was originally called

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The Great War

Question 36

The __________ was one factor that led to the US supporting the Allies

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Zimmerman Telegram

Question 37

Gavrilo Princip was a member of the Slavic Nationalist group called the

Answer 37

Black Hands

Question 38

The Christmas Day Truce took place in

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1914

Question 39

The Germans sank the

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Lusitania

Question 40

Italy eventually sided with the ______ during World War I

Answer 40

Allies

Question 41

Soldiers were not often able to ___________ during WWI

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cook food in the trenches

Question 42

T/F Russia did play a major role in the decisions during the Paris Peace Conference

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False

Question 43

T/F The United States did not join the League of Nations

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True

Question 44

policy of glorifying war and keeping an army prepared for war

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Militarism

Question 45

the battlefields that stretched along the French/German border

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Western Front

Question 46

a stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border in World War I

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Eastern Front

Question 47

a type of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from parallel trenches

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Trench warfare

Question 48

one-sided information designed to persuade

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Propaganda

Question 49

war in which countries devote all their resources to the war effort

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Total war

Question 50

system in which a government limits the amounts of items people can buy

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Rationing

Question 51

Woodrow Wilson’s plan for achieving a just and lasting peace after WWI

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Fourteen Points

Question 52

The President of the United States during World War I was

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Woodrow Wilson

Question 53

What was an international association whose goal was to keep peace among nations

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The League of Nations

Question 54

The peace settlement dictated by the Allies at the end of World War I was the

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Treaty of Versailles

Question 55

An agreement to stop fighting is called

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armistice

Question 56

World War I alliance that included Great Britain, France and Russia was called the

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Triple Entente

Question 57

Alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy was known as

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Triple Alliance

Question 58

At the start of the war, the countries that made up the Allies were

Answer 58

France, Britain and Russia

Question 59

Serbian Nationalists were angered by the ________________________ in 1914

Answer 59

Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s visit to Bosnia