World War I
Final Test “booklet’
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Directions: Place the letter of the BEST answer in the blank * ON THE ANSWER SHEET.
___ 1. The Balkan Crises demonstrate how a weaker country could. . .
A. engage in peacekeeping activities and conferences
B. become colonies of other imperialistic countries
C. easily be crushed by larger countries
D. wield power by using their alliances
___ 2. Who were the members of the Triple Alliance?
A. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
B. Germany, the Ottoman-Empire, and Austria-Hungary
C. Great Britain, France, and Russia
D. Great Britain, the United States, and France
___ 3. Who were the members of the Triple Entente?
A. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
B. Germany, the Ottoman-Empire, and Austria-Hungary
C. Great Britain, France, and Russia
D. Great Britain, the United States, and France
___ 4. Of what nationality was Gavrilo Princip?
A. Serbian
B. German
C. French
D. American
___ 5. July 28, 1914 is the date of what event?
A. the Schiefflen plan was put into action
B. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
C. the United States entered World War I
D. Great Britain tried to appease Germany
___ 6. What was Gavrilo Princip angry about when he assassinated the archduke?
A. Russia's mistreatment at the Congress of Berlin
B. Austria-Hungary's continued occupation of Bosnia-Herzegovina
C. The French control of Alsace-Lorraine
D. Turkey's control of all access routes to the Black Sea
___ 7. All of the following fueled the conflicts that began WWI, EXCEPT one . . .
A. militarism
B. isolationism
C. imperialism
D. nationalism
___ 8. What does "unrestricted submarine warfare" mean?
A. The submarine would always warn the battleship that it planned to sink her
B. Submarines would engage other submarines in underwater battle
C. Submarines would shoot and destroy enemy and neutral military, merchant, and
sometimes civilian ships
D. Battleships could shoot and destroy submarines at will
___ 9. What was the United States’ policy called as the rest of the world went to war?
A. isolationism
B. imperialism
C. over the top-ism
D. pan-Slavism
___ 10. Place these events in order from earliest to latest.
A. Russian Tsar abdicates, Treaty of Versailles, Alliances formed, Armistice Day
B. Russian Revolution, French Revolution, American Revolution, Civil War, WWI
C. Balkan Crises, Ferdinand assassinated, Lusitania sunk, US joined war, Treaty of
Versailles
D. Bloody Sunday, Austria-Hungary declares war, Princip kills Ferdinand, Tsar abdicates
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A.
B.
C.
D.
What was the “war of attrition”?
the war was attributable to the colonizing powers of Europe
the imperialist nations with the most colonies could decide
whoever had the most weapons and soldiers won
the greatest number of enemy dead makes the other side the winner
___ 12.
future?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of these former rulers/monarchs created fear of a takeover in the
Weimar
McCarthy
Napoleon
Nicholas II
___ 13.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Name the U.S. president who championed the 14 Points & League of Nations?
John Pershing
Theodore Roosevelt
Douglas Haig
Woodrow Wilson
___ 14.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of the following was NOT a reason that the US stayed OUT of WWI?
billion dollar trading with the allies
the sinking of passenger ships by U-boats
it was a conflict or war “over there” and didn’t affect us
the US didn’t have any secret alliances with the countries involved
___ 15. What area of Europe was (and still is) a “tinderbox” and was continually conquered
or colonized, yet maintained its ethnic and religious identities (even so TODAY! )
A. Austria-Hungary
B. the Balkans
C. the Dardanelles
D. Gallipoli
___ 16.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Ottomans of the Ottoman Empire were from ...
Turkey
Israel
Bosnia
Austria
___ 17.
Empire?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Who was the leader of the Ottoman Empire as it moved into the Byzantine
___ 18.
A.
B.
C.
D.
When Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sofie, were killed
the US entered World War I finally
the Balkans became free and sovereign territory
it created the spark that began WWI
their son was heir to the throne
Omar Sharif
Suleyman the Magnificent
Tsar Nicholas II
Vladimir Putin
___ 19. Who was Germany’s leader during WWI?
A. Georges Clemenceau
B. General Pershing
C. Kaiser Wilhelm
D. Woodrow Wilson
___ 20. Which US general would not let our troops become “cannon fodder”?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Harry Truman
C. John Pershing
D. Woodrow Wilson
___ 21. As a part of the US enlistment campaign, where were busses positioned ready
and waiting to take new recruits to military bases?
A. hospitals
B. movie theatres
C. churches
D. school yards
___ 22. At first, American recruits saw the war as
A. a great adventure
B. murder, you know
C. a way to escape unemployment
D. a means to become educated
___ 23. “Basket Case” as a term came from WWI and then meant
A. crazy
B. patriotic
C. a load of laundry
D. without arms or legs
___ 24. What epidemic killed about 20 million people worldwide and
also contributed to the end of World War I?
A. Bubonic Plague
B. Polio
C. Influenza (Flu)
D. Rubella (Chicken Pox)
___ 25. A Tsar is a Russian word for
A. monarch or king
B. president
C. prime minister
D. religious leader
___ 26. The secret alliances or “treaties of support” contributed to World War I because
A. they quickly pushed other countries to attack others
B. they pledged support money for weapons and clothing
C. they called into question one’s loyalty for one’s nation
D. they ultimately created hostilities against the United States
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Germany’s Schiefflen Plan and France’s Plan VII also contributed to WWI because
they each supported the other in their aims at expansion in the continent of Africa
they each already had plans in place to attack other countries as a matter of course
they each loaned money heavily to the various countries in the Balkans
they each prepared strategies to attack the United States should she enter the war
___ 28. Imperialism is
A. a country that glorifies the use and build-up of arms and weapons
B. a country believing in itself; its own loyalty and superiority
C. one country colonizing another in order to convert its religion
D. one country taking over another for its resources and for power
___ 29. Militarism is
A. a country that glorifies the use and build-up of arms and weapons
B. a country believing in itself; its own loyalty and superiority
C. one country colonizing another in order to convert its religion
D. one country taking over another for its resources and for power
___ 30. Nationalism is
A. a country that glorifies the use and build-up of arms and weapons
B. a country believing in itself; its own loyalty and superiority
C. one country colonizing another in order to convert its religion
D. one country taking over another for its resources and for power
___ 31. What two areas of the world were heavily colonized by France and Britain at
this time?
A. Asia and Africa
B. India and Canada
C. Asia and Australia
D. the US and Russia
___ 32. What was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month?
A. Armistice, or the end of WWI
B. secret battle plans to attack at Meuse Argonne
C. broken codes used by the German U-boats
D. deadly toxic gas used in the trenches at Verdun
___ 33. The word, armistice means
A. armament or weapons
B. treaty negotiations
C. ending trench warfare
D. ceasefire
___ 34.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Trench warfare involved all of the following EXCEPT one . . .
over the top strategy
immobile front
shallow pits
disease
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Great Britain’s leader during WWI
Georges Clemenceau
T. Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George
Narin Sonnino
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Russia/Soviet Union’s leader during WWI
Vladimir Lenin
T. Woodrow Wilson
Vittorio Orlando
David Lloyd George
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of the following was NOT one of President Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Freedom of the seas
Self-determination for Eastern Europe and the colonies
League of Nations
Reparations to the Allies
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A.
B.
C.
D.
U-boats were
German submarines
the British navy vessels
commercial ships from the U.S.
amphibious ships, newly invented
___ 39. The condition in war of not being able to move, nor to advance without being killed
(neither winning nor losing) is called
A. attrition
B. over the top
C. stalemate
D. mobilization
___ 40. What is total war?
A. a term of degrees; any conflict involving over one million soldiers is called a total war
B. a term of modernity; any war with mechanized arms is called a total war
C. a term of warfare; any two-front war is called a total war
D. a term of scope; any conflict that requires every economic, political, military, and
cultural resource to gain the one goal of victory
___ 41. Which of the following was NOT an example of the new technology in World War I
warfare?
A. tanks
B. machine Guns
C. railroads
D. chemical warfare
___ 42.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bloody Sunday, January 9, 1905, was the
result of the Balfour Declaration in Palestine occupied territories
day after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
biggest allied loss of the war on the Western Front
tsar’s backlash against workers asking for money and better conditions in Russia
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Another consequence or escalation into WWI was which of the following?
colonizing Africa and Asia
the neutrality of the seas
the rise of communism
religion and its effects in neighboring countries
___ 44.
A.
B.
C.
D.
On what slogan did President Wilson win re-election in the United States in 1916?
"Down with the Hun!"
"He Kept Us Out of War!"
"Peace! Land! Bread!"
"America Needs You!"
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A.
B.
C.
D.
On what slogan did the Bolsheviks gain support in revolutionary Russia?
"Down with the Hun!"
"An End to Autocracy!"
"Peace! Land! Bread!"
"Workers of the World, Unite!"
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A.
B.
C.
D.
The Zimmerman Note was
a German spy and his encoded message about German U-boats
Princip’s apology to his country for his actions against the archduke
a plan to attack France right away at the outset of any conflict
a land promise to Mexico if she attacked the U.S.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Self determination was a policy that stated . . .
uncivilized peoples should be educated by white colonizers
ethnic and national groups should control their own futures
Woodrow Wilson would agree to meet and confer with all members
the terms of surrender in World War One at Versailles
___ 48.
A.
B.
C.
D.
What was the proximate cause of US entry into the war?
The sinking of the Lusitania
Growing support for Britain
Zimmerman Telegram
Russian withdrawal from the war
___ 49.
A.
B.
C.
D.
When did the US enter the war?
at the beginning, 1914
1915
1916
1917
___ 50.
A.
B.
C.
D.
When did Russia and Germany sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
March 1917
March 1918
April 1917
April 1918
___ 51.
A.
B.
C.
D.
What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk accomplish?
a further promise to aid Germany’s effort
Russia’s withdrawal from WWI
the overthrow of Nicholas II for the peasants
the American involvement in WWI
___ 52. When did World War I end?
A. 1916
B. 1917
C. 1918
D. 1920
___ 53.
A.
B.
C.
D.
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
June 28, 1919
March 31, 1918
April 4, 1917
November 11, 1918
___ 54. The war reparations (of $33 billion) outlined in the Treaty of Versailles
contributed to...
A. new territories for the Allies
B. the rebuilding of Europe
C. Hitler’s rise to power
D. Lenin’s rise in popularity
___ 55. The Bosnia/Kosovo conflict of the recent past can be traced back to . . .
A. Bloody Sunday
B. Nicholas II’s abdication
C. War reparations
D. The 3 Balkans Crises
___ 56. The War Guilt Clause blamed World War I on . . .
A. The Balkans
B. Germany
C. Bosnia
D. France
___ 57. The irony about Wilson’s Fourteen Points was that
A. his wife wrote them
B. there were only nine
C. Congress never saw them
D. the U.S. never joined the League of Nations
___ 58.
A.
B.
C.
D.
What is the start date and end date for World War One?
1920-1929
1909-1914
1914-1918
1917-1919
___ 59. As a direct contrast to the bright innovations and inventions of the Turn of the
Century, World War showed the world how ________ man can be.
A. brave
B. creative
C. compassionate
D. brutal
___ 60. World War II can be considered as
A. the extinction of nationalism
B. the spark for Slobodan Milosevic
C. the end of colonialism
D. an extension of WWI
~OVER~
ESSAY. Pick ONE of the following topics and write a well-crafted essay response. You will need
introductory sentences with a strong THESIS, support details (*use test!) you should have a
minimum of FOUR specific pieces of evidence, and concluding sentences. You should be able to
create ONE really solid paragraph. It will be a rather LONG paragraph, however.
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Explain the causes of World War One.
Explain why the U.S. did not get involved in the war immediately and why we eventually did.
What was Russia’s dilemma during WWI?
Why was the world so shocked by World War I?
What was Wilson’s dream of ending war in the future?
How exactly is World War Two just a continuation of World War One? (Treaty of Versailles)
Checklist:
Organize your thoughts, evidence and STRUCTURE of essay paragraph
Spelling (use the test to double check) and mechanics, grammar
Introductory sentence that contains your thesis
Please craft an original intro (*don’t merely REphrase the prompt!)
FOUR specific support details (history) that you will UNDERLINE
the four specific details must be explained and/or commented on - link them to thesis
Concluding sentence which “clinches” the idea of your thesis
World War I
Test / Answer Sheet
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Extra Credit
________________ Name Russia’s current leader
________________ What year did the Ottoman Expansion end?
________________ What was the Balfour Declaration?
________________ When did the US join World War TWO?