The Great War

Who was the president during WWI

• Herbert Hoover
• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

The build-up of a country’s military is called

• militarism
•   isolationism
• imperialism
• colonialism

Which of the following is a way that imperialism led to World War I?

• Countries were competing to gain as many colonies as they could
• Countries shared resources and colonies
• Countries wanted other nations to become more powerful
• Countries helped other nations to industrialize

Which of these is a cause of World War I?

• Spain wanted to end Cuba’s liberation movement
• Nationalism was increasing throughout Europe.
• Hitler broke the Versailles treaty.
• Africa was being colonized too quickly.

The event that sparked the beginning of World War I was:

• The 1929 stock market crash
• The attack on Pearl Harbor
• The creation of the League of Nations
• The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

The purpose of alliances, such as the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, was:

• To create a mutually beneficial trade union
• To provide mutual defense and support in case of war
• To cooperatively share resources
• To help expand empires in Africa

Which of the following was the first to declare war after their archduke was assassinated?

• Austria-Hungary
• Great Britain
• Russia
• France

Once WWI began, what were the two new alliances?

• Triple Entente and Central Powers
• Allies and Triple Alliance
• Allies and Central Powers
• Triple Entente and Triple Alliance

Germany did not want to fight Russia and France at the same time because

• Germany was not as strong as France or Russia was
• Germany promised not to fight
• Germany would rather fight Great Britain
• Germany would be fighting on both sides of their country

The area between the trenches was called:

• The Western Front
• No Man’s Land
• The League of Nations
• The Central Powers