World War I

_____ is the belief that a specific nation, language, or culture is superior to others.
1. Superiorism
2. Militarism
3. Nationalism
4. Socialism
_____ is a policy of aggressive military preparedness.
1. Militarism
2. Marxism
3. Socialism
4. Communism
_____ is a situation in which the strength of rival alliances or nations is nearly equal.
1. An armistice
2. Fairness
3. Stalemate
4. Balance of power
To _____ is to prepare a military force for war.
1. reparate
2. mobilize
3. disarm
4. pacify
The World War I military strategy of defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches was known as _____.
1. self-determination
2. propaganda
3. digging deep/staying low
4. trench warfare
The strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the western front during World War I was known as _____.
1. no-man's land
2. neutral territory
3. the gray zone
4. sedition
A(n) _____ is a situation in which neither side of a conflict can win a decisive victory.
1. tie
2. draw
3. stalemate
4. armistice
A(n) ______ is a truce between warring groups or countries.
1. armistice
2. propaganda
3. stalemate
4. reparation
_____ is the right of people to decide their own political status.
1. Communism
2. Self-determination
3. Socialism
4. Instant-gratification
_____ are payments for damages and expenses brought on by war.
1. Tolls
2. Remittances
3. Propositions
4. Reparations
The counterattack launched by French troops to prevent the Germans from capturing Paris was the _____.
1. First Battle of the Marne (September 1914)
2. Battle of Verdun (February 1916)
3. Battle of the Somme (July 1916)
4. Battle of Belleau Wood (June 1918)
The Triple Alliance included which of the following countries?

Check all that apply.
1. Austria-Hungary
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. France
The Triple Entente included which of the following countries?

Check all that apply.
1. Britain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Germany
The longest battle of World War I which lasted over 10 months fought around this city or fortress was the _____.
1. Battle of Verdun (February 1916)
2. First Battle of Marne (September 1914)
3. Second Battle of Marne (July 1918)
4. Battle of the Argonne Forest (September 1918)
The _____ was one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. It was fought by the British, French, and Germans. Over 20,000 men died on the first day of fighting alone.
1. Battle of Verdun (February 1916)
2. Battle of Belleau Wood (June 1918)
3. Battle of Argone Forest (September 1918)
4. Battle of the Somme (July 1916)
The _______ was the first major battle in which U.S. troops were involved. They joined with the French and stopped a German advance.
1. Battle of Belleau Wood
2. Battle of the Marne
3. Battle of Chateau Thierry
4. Battle of the Somme
In the _____ U.S. Marines stopped a German attack in a forest in northern France.
1. Battle of the Argonne Forest
2. Battle of Belleau Wood
3. Battle of Chateau Forest
4. Battle of the Somme
The last major offensive of World War I by the Germans was the _____.
1. First Battle of the Marne
2. Second Battle of the Marne
3. Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
4. Battle on the Rhine
The _____ was a hard fought battle where both German and American troops suffered more than 100,000 casualties. American forces broke through the German lines forcing them to retreat.
1. Battle of the Somme
2. Battle of Chateau Thierry
3. Second Battle of the Marne
4. Battle of the Argonne Forest
The _____ was an agency created by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to increase public support for the war.
1. War Industries Board
2. National War Labor Board
3. Committee on Public Information
4. Agency of Political Reform
_____ was the head of the Committee on Public Information who began a nationwide publicity campaign to persuade Americans to support the war.
1. Justin Grabowski
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Bernard Baruch
4. George Creel
The _____ enacted laws punishing people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during World War I.
1. War Traitor Act
2. Espionage Act of 1917
3. Selective Service Act
4. Sedition Act of 1918
The _____ was a law passed in 1918 during World War I which made it illegal for Americans to speak disloyally about the U.S. government, Constitution, or flag.
1. Anti-Traitor Act
2. Espionage Act
3. Selective Service Act
4. Sedition Act
The _____ was a law enacted in 1917 requiring men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the draft into the armed forces.
1. Military Preparedness Act
2. Selective Service Act
3. Sedition Act
4. Espionage Act
The _____ was a World War I agency created by President Wilson to oversee the production and distribution of good's manufactured by the war industries.
1. National Distribution Board
2. Wartime Information Board
3. National War Labor Board
4. War Industries Board
The head of the War Industries Board during World War I was _____.
1. Bernard Baruch
2. George Creel
3. Woodrow Wilson
4. John Pershing
The _____ was an agency created by President Wilson in 1918 to settle disputes between workers and management.
1. National War Labor Board
2. National Labor Negotiations Board
3. National Compromise Board
4. National "Get Over It" Board
_____ is a belief that a specific nation, language, or culture is superior to all others.
1. Buddhism
2. Imperialism
3. Nationalism
4. Colonialism
After World War I, many ethnic groups in Europe wanted _____ or the right to decide their own political status.
1. individualism
2. sole-discretion
3. self-determination
4. independence
An example of _____ is when Britain and Germany competed to build a larger navy.
1. balance of power
2. militarism
3. a stalemate
4. reparations
A _____ was an area between the trenches filled with mud, shell holes, and crossed barbed wire.
1. no-man's land
2. stalemate
3. dead man's land
4. time-out zone
Russia _____ for war when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
1. mobilized
2. lobbied
3. negotiated
4. stalemated
The alliance system tried to create a(n) _____ in Europe prior to World War I.
1. trench
2. armistice
3. stalemate
4. balance of power
Trench warfare created a(n) ______ in France for most of the war.
1. no-man's land
2. balance of power
3. alliance
4. stalemate
Germany was forced to pay _____ after World War I.
1. remittances
2. reparations
3. installments
4. loans
The warring countries agreed to stop fighting or declared a(n) _____ on November 11, 1918.
1. amnesty
2. amendment
3. anarchy
4. armistice
Soon after the war started, both sides dug-in and this resulted in the use of _____ for the rest of the war in France.
1. depression
2. trench warfare
3. cleats
4. rations
Which of the following countries belonged to the Triple Entente?

Check all that apply.
1. Britain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Italy
Which of the following were causes of World War I?

Check all that apply.
1. Increasing nationalism in Europe
2. Imperialism and competition over foreign trade
3. Militarism, growing military forces in many countries in Europe
4. Alliances which caused minor skirmishes between nations to become major battles
Which of the following were direct causes of World War I?

Check all that apply.
1. Religious differences between the Roman Catholics in England, and the Protestants in France.
2. A breakdown in communication and trust between Germany and Austria-Hungary.
3. Serbians wanting to break away from Austria-Hungary. A Serbian terrorist assassinates heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
4. Economic instability between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers.
Which of the following countries belonged to the Triple Alliance?

Check all that apply.
1. Austria-Hungary
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. France
Russian _____ sent troops to help Serbia fight against Austria-Hungary.
1. Czar Nicholas II
2. Kaiser Wilhelm II
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Arthur Zimmermann
An alliance between which countries comprised the Central Powers?

Check all that apply.
1. Austria-Hungary
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. France
An alliance between which countries comprised the Allied Powers?

Check all that apply.
1. Britain
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. France
5. Italy
The German Commander-in-Chief during World War I was _____.
1. Paul von Hindenburg
2. Prince Wilhelm
3. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
4. Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany's fleet of _____, or submarines, was the world's largest and most advanced and caused heavy losses to Allied shipping during World War I.
1. john boats
2. submersive vessels
3. U-boats
4. divers
By late 1914 the war on the western front had become a _____, a situation in which neither side can win a clear victory.
1. stalemate
2. draw
3. tie
4. canundrum
In May 1915 a U-boat sank the British passenger liner _____ off the coast of Ireland. The U.S. and President Wilson were outraged.
1. Lusitania
2. Sussex
3. Titanic
4. Searay
After a German U-boat sunk a French passenger ship President Wilson threatened to end diplomatic relations with Germany. Germany then issued the _____, which included a promise not to sink merchant vessels "without warning and without saving human lives."
1. Essex Pledge
2. Lemon Pledge
3. Zimmerman Pledge
4. Sussex Pledge
In a German telegram foreign secretary _____ proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States.
1. Franz Ferdinand
2. Nicholas II
3. Arthur Zimmermann
4. Kaiser Wilhelm II
The _____ was one of the reasons President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany.
1. Zimmermann Note
2. Sussex Pledge
3. Sedition Act
4. Battle of the Marne
_____, the head of the Committee on Public Information used rallies, parades, posters, and pamphlets to persuade Americans to support the war effort.
1. Palmer E. Pierce
2. Douglas Fairbanks
3. George Creel
4. Bernard Baruch
The _____ punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty.
1. Sedition Act
2. Selective Service Act
3. Espionage Act
4. National War Act
The _____ outlawed actions against the U.S. government.
1. Espionage Act
2. Sedition Act
3. Traitor Act
4. Anti-Loyalty Act
The _____ required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register to be drafted into the armed forces.
1. Citizenship Act
2. Patriot Act
3. Sedition Act
4. Selective Service Act
The U.S. government issued war bonds, called _____. Money from the sale of these bonds provided loans to the Allies, allowing them to buy food and war supplies.
1. Liberty Bonds
2. War Loan Bonds
3. Victory Bonds
4. National War Bonds
President Wilson created the _____ to oversee the production and distribution of goods made by the country's war industries.
1. War Stuff Board
2. American Industrial Board
3. War Resources Board
4. War Industries Board
_____, head of the War Industries Board, explained the agency's role. "No steel, copper, cement, rubber, or other basic materials can be used without our approval."
1. Arthur Zimmermann
2. Bernard Baruch
3. Jeannette Rankin
4. John Pershing
President Wilson created the _____ to settle disputes between workers and management to prevent strikes.
1. War Industries Board
2. Liberty Board
3. National War Labor Board
4. Sedition Board
The _____ included a large force of volunteers and draftees as well as soldiers from the regular army and the National Guard. These forces arrived in France to assist the Allied Forces in fighting off Russia.
1. American Expeditionary Force
2. Selective Service
3. Foreign Legion
4. American Supplemental Brigade
The _____ took control of Russia's government in November 1917.
1. League of Nations
2. Lunatiks
3. Carpetbaggers
4. Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks were _____--people who seek the equal distribution of wealth and an end to all forms of private property.
1. Capitalists
2. Communists
3. Anarchists
4. Imperialists
In 1917 _____ led the new Communist government in Russia.
1. Nikita Khrushchev
2. Joseph Stalin
3. John Philip Sousa
4. Vladimir I. Lenin
In March 1918 Russia signed the _____, a peace agreement with the Central Powers.
1. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
2. North Atlantic Treaty
3. Treaty of Versailles
4. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
On the __th hour of the __th day of the __th month of 1918, the armistice, or truce, officially ended World War I.
1. 9
2. 10
3. 11
4. 12
President Wilson outlined a plan for postwar Europe and proposed a system to avoid future wars. This plan was called the _____.
1. Preventive Measures Plan
2. Fourteen Points
3. World Security Plan
4. Ounce of Prevention Plan
One idea of President Wilson's was to create a _____ to be a congress of nations to settle international disputes and maintain peace and collective security.
1. United Nations
2. League of Nations
3. World Peace Organization
4. Congress of World Negotiation
The final peace settlement of World War I was the _____.
1. North Atlantic Treaty
2. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
3. Treaty of Paris
4. Treaty of Versailles
At the Paris Peace Conference it was determined that Germany should pay $33 billion in _____.
1. remittance
2. fines
3. reparations
4. repentance
The propaganda technique of calling someone or thing a name whether it is true or not is _____.
1. Bandwagon
2. Name Calling
3. Identifying a Cause with a Person or a Noble Idea
4. Overgeneralization
Mrs. Maloney wearing a Heinz Tomato Ketchup sweatshirt is an example of the ______ propaganda technique.
1. Bandwagon
2. Symbolism
3. Identifying a Cause with a Person or a Noble Idea
4. Overgeneralization
_____ is the propaganda technique of using a symbol to identify for or against a cause.
1. Bandwagon
2. Symbolism
3. Identifying a Cause with a Person or a Noble Idea
4. Overgeneralization
_____ is the propaganda technique of making such a general statement that many unrelated things are included.
1. Name Calling
2. Implication by Association
3. Half-truths
4. Overgeneralization
_____ is the propaganda technique suggesting you should do what everyone else is doing.
1. Bandwagon
2. Symbolism
3. Identifying a Cause with a Person or a Noble Idea
4. Overgeneralization
_____ is the propaganda technique of making a statement that includes some truth, but important information is left out.
1. Name Calling
2. Implication by Association
3. Half-truths
4. Overgeneralization
_____ is the propaganda technique of saying someone is like someone else because they know each other.
1. Name Calling
2. Implication by Association
3. Half-truths
4. Overgeneralization
The propaganda technique used in this poster is _____.
1. symbolism
2. implication by association
3. overgeneralization
4. identifying a cause with a person or a noble idea
The propaganda technique used in this poster is _____.
1. half-truths
2. name calling
3. overgeneralization
4. identifying a cause with a person or a noble idea
The propaganda technique used in this poster is _____.
1. identifying a cause with a person or a noble idea
2. overgeneralization
3. name calling
4. bandwagon
The propaganda technique used in this poster is _____.
1. name calling
2. implication by association
3. half-truths
4. overgeneralization
On the map below 5 is _____.
1. France
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. Austria-Hungary
On the map below 10 is _____.
1. Austria-Hungary
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. France
On the map below 8 is _____.
1. Austria-Hungary
2. France
3. Britain
4. Italy
On the map below 7 is _____.
1. France
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. Austria-Hungary
On the map below 2 is _____.
1. Britain
2. Ireland
3. Sweden
4. France
On the map below 14 is _____.
1. Russia
2. Austria-Hungary
3. Germany
4. Spain
On the map below 10 is _____.
1. Austria-Hungary
2. France
3. Germany
4. Russia
On the map below 2 is _____.
1. France
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. Spain
On the map below 5 is _____.
1. France
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. Austria-Hungary
On the map below 6 is _____.
1. Germany
2. Austria-Hungary
3. France
4. Italy
On the map below 8 is _____.
1. Italy
2. France
3. Germany
4. Spain
The bright pink on the map below shows countries belonging to the _____.
1. Allied Powers
2. Central Powers
3. Neutral Powers
4. Foreign Powers
The bright green on the map below shows countries belonging to the _____.
1. Allied Powers
2. Central Powers
3. Neutral Powers
4. Foreign Powers
The dark purple on the map below shows countries belonging to the _____.
1. Allied Powers
2. Central Powers
3. Neutral Powers
4. Foreign Powers
On the map below 10 is _____.
1. Germany
2. France
3. Austria-Hungary
4. Russia
On the map below 17 is _____.
1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. Peru
4. Britain
On the map below 11 is _____.
1. England
2. Ireland
3. France
4. Germany
On the map below 2 is _____.
1. Russia
2. Austria-Hungary
3. Germany
4. Turkey
The correct key for this map above would be:
On the map below 9 is _____.
1. Austria-Hungary
2. Germany
3. Spain
4. France

World War I

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

_____ is the belief that a specific nation, language, or culture is superior to others.

_____ is a policy of aggressive military preparedness.

_____ is a situation in which the strength of rival alliances or nations is nearly equal.

To _____ is to prepare a military force for war.

The World War I military strategy of defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches was known as _____.

The strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the western front during World War I was known as _____.

A(n) _____ is a situation in which neither side of a conflict can win a decisive victory.

A(n) ______ is a truce between warring groups or countries.

_____ is the right of people to decide their own political status.

_____ are payments for damages and expenses brought on by war.

The counterattack launched by French troops to prevent the Germans from capturing Paris was the _____.

The Triple Alliance included which of the following countries?

The Triple Entente included which of the following countries?

The longest battle of World War I which lasted over 10 months fought around this city or fortress was the _____.

The _____ was one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. It was fought by the British, French, and Germans. Over 20,000 men died on the first day of fighting alone.

The _______ was the first major battle in which U.S. troops were involved. They joined with the French and stopped a German advance.

In the _____ U.S. Marines stopped a German attack in a forest in northern France.

The last major offensive of World War I by the Germans was the _____.

The _____ was a hard fought battle where both German and American troops suffered more than 100,000 casualties. American forces broke through the German lines forcing them to retreat.

The _____ was an agency created by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to increase public support for the war.

_____ was the head of the Committee on Public Information who began a nationwide publicity campaign to persuade Americans to support the war.

The _____ enacted laws punishing people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during World War I.

The _____ was a law passed in 1918 during World War I which made it illegal for Americans to speak disloyally about the U.S. government, Constitution, or flag.

The _____ was a law enacted in 1917 requiring men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the draft into the armed forces.

The _____ was a World War I agency created by President Wilson to oversee the production and distribution of good's manufactured by the war industries.

The head of the War Industries Board during World War I was _____.

The _____ was an agency created by President Wilson in 1918 to settle disputes between workers and management.

_____ is a belief that a specific nation, language, or culture is superior to all others.

After World War I, many ethnic groups in Europe wanted _____ or the right to decide their own political status.

An example of _____ is when Britain and Germany competed to build a larger navy.

A _____ was an area between the trenches filled with mud, shell holes, and crossed barbed wire.

Russia _____ for war when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

The alliance system tried to create a(n) _____ in Europe prior to World War I.

Trench warfare created a(n) ______ in France for most of the war.

Germany was forced to pay _____ after World War I.

The warring countries agreed to stop fighting or declared a(n) _____ on November 11, 1918.

Soon after the war started, both sides dug-in and this resulted in the use of _____ for the rest of the war in France.

Which of the following countries belonged to the Triple Entente?

Which of the following were causes of World War I?

Which of the following were direct causes of World War I?

Which of the following countries belonged to the Triple Alliance?

Russian _____ sent troops to help Serbia fight against Austria-Hungary.

An alliance between which countries comprised the Central Powers?

An alliance between which countries comprised the Allied Powers?

The German Commander-in-Chief during World War I was _____.

Germany's fleet of _____, or submarines, was the world's largest and most advanced and caused heavy losses to Allied shipping during World War I.

By late 1914 the war on the western front had become a _____, a situation in which neither side can win a clear victory.

In May 1915 a U-boat sank the British passenger liner _____ off the coast of Ireland. The U.S. and President Wilson were outraged.

After a German U-boat sunk a French passenger ship President Wilson threatened to end diplomatic relations with Germany. Germany then issued the _____, which included a promise not to sink merchant vessels "without warning and without saving human lives."

In a German telegram foreign secretary _____ proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States.

The _____ was one of the reasons President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany.

_____, the head of the Committee on Public Information used rallies, parades, posters, and pamphlets to persuade Americans to support the war effort.

The _____ punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty.

The _____ outlawed actions against the U.S. government.

The _____ required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register to be drafted into the armed forces.

The U.S. government issued war bonds, called _____. Money from the sale of these bonds provided loans to the Allies, allowing them to buy food and war supplies.

President Wilson created the _____ to oversee the production and distribution of goods made by the country's war industries.

_____, head of the War Industries Board, explained the agency's role. "No steel, copper, cement, rubber, or other basic materials can be used without our approval."

President Wilson created the _____ to settle disputes between workers and management to prevent strikes.

The _____ included a large force of volunteers and draftees as well as soldiers from the regular army and the National Guard. These forces arrived in France to assist the Allied Forces in fighting off Russia.

The _____ took control of Russia's government in November 1917.

The Bolsheviks were _____--people who seek the equal distribution of wealth and an end to all forms of private property.

In 1917 _____ led the new Communist government in Russia.

In March 1918 Russia signed the _____, a peace agreement with the Central Powers.

On the __th hour of the __th day of the __th month of 1918, the armistice, or truce, officially ended World War I.

President Wilson outlined a plan for postwar Europe and proposed a system to avoid future wars. This plan was called the _____.

One idea of President Wilson's was to create a _____ to be a congress of nations to settle international disputes and maintain peace and collective security.

The final peace settlement of World War I was the _____.

At the Paris Peace Conference it was determined that Germany should pay $33 billion in _____.

The propaganda technique of calling someone or thing a name whether it is true or not is _____.

Mrs. Maloney wearing a Heinz Tomato Ketchup sweatshirt is an example of the ______ propaganda technique.

_____ is the propaganda technique of using a symbol to identify for or against a cause.

_____ is the propaganda technique of making such a general statement that many unrelated things are included.

_____ is the propaganda technique suggesting you should do what everyone else is doing.

_____ is the propaganda technique of making a statement that includes some truth, but important information is left out.

_____ is the propaganda technique of saying someone is like someone else because they know each other.

The propaganda technique used in this poster is _____.

The propaganda technique used in this poster is _____.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2006 Justin Grabowski; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

**Which of the following countries belonged to the Triple Entente?**

**Which of the following countries belonged to the Triple Alliance?**

**An alliance between which countries comprised the Central Powers?**

**An alliance between which countries comprised the Allied Powers?**

On the th hour of the th day of the __th month of 1918, the armistice, or truce, officially ended World War I.