WhatTweensandTeens
ShouldKnowAboutWWI
Worksheet
by Linda Lacour Hobar
1. WhatwerethefivecausesofWWI?
1)N_______________________
2)E_______________________C_______________________
3)F_______________________ofA____________________
4)S_______________________D_______________________
5)M______________________
2. WhatthreecountriesfirstmadeuptheCentralPowers?
1)________________________________________________________________________
2)________________________________________________________________________
3)________________________________________________________________________
3. WhatthreecountriesfirstmadeuptheAlliedPowers?
1)________________________________________________________________________
2)________________________________________________________________________
3)________________________________________________________________________
4. WhatfamousassassinationtriggeredtheFirstWorldWar?
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5. NamethethreefrontsofWorldWarI.
1)________________________________________________________________________
2)________________________________________________________________________
3)________________________________________________________________________
6. AttheSecondBattleofYpres,theGermansintroduced__________________________
tothebattlefield,whichcouldresultinblindnessordeath.
7. WhatfamousBritishshipdidtheGermanssinkonMay7,1915?
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8. Whatcountrymadeanabout-facein1915andchangedsidesinWWIfromtheCentral
PowerstotheAlliedPowers?
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9. TheGallipoliCampaignwasfoughtforthecontrolofwhatnarrowwaterway?
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10. Whatwasthe“BigBertha”andwhouseditattheBattleofVerdun?
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11. Whowastherealnameofthefamed“RedBaron”nicknamedforhisbrightredplane?
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12. ManywouldsaythattheBattleofthe_______________________wastheworstconflict
ofWWIbecauseofthemammothdeathtollandthefactthatthebattleendedina
_________________.
13. ThefamousChristmasTrucetookplaceinwhatyearandonwhatfront?
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14. Whatcountry“exited”WWIbecauseoftheBolshevikRevolution?
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15. Whatcountry“entered”WWIafterthediscoveryoftheZimmermanNote*(*thenote
thatofferedMexicolandintheU.S.forjoiningtheCentralPowers)?
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16. WhatnationalitywasLawrenceofArabia?
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17. NametwoofthreereasonswhytheBritishwereinterestedintheMiddleEastduring
WWI?
1)________________________________________________________________________
2)________________________________________________________________________
18. WhatdayoftheyeardidtheAlliesdeemas“ArmisticeDay”?
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19. TheTreatyofVersailleswassignedinthecityof__________________onJune28,
___________.
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20.Fillinthe5-4-3-2-1CountdowntoWWItablebelow.
5-4-3-2-1CountdowntoWorldWarI
Five
Causes
Four
YearSpan
Three
Fronts
Two
ShiftingSides
One
HarshTreaty
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
__________________vs.___________________
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