OPTIONAL FINAL QUIZZIZ

What is the stock market?

• A type of farmers market where people buy and sell food.
• A place where parts of businesses are bought and sold.
• A special type of grocery store that sells stocks.
• A type of bank that gives out loans to new businesses.

The DOW Jones Industrial Average is an index of 30 American companies.  Why is the DOW Jones Industrial Average important?

• It tells Americans how much debt the country is in.
• It helps economists predict when a stock market crash will happen.
• It tells Americans how many jobs are out there.
• It provides a snapshot of how the stock market and the US economy is doing.

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When did War World I begin?

• 1912
• 1915
• 1918
• 1914

What were the two sides of WW1 called?

• Allied Powers and Central Powers

• Americans and Communists

• British and Russians

• Allied Powers and City Powers

When did the U.S. enter WWI?

• 1914
• 1917
• 1918
• 1920

Who was made to pay reparations after WWI?

• Austria Hungary

• Serbia

• Russia

• Germany

America entered World War I partly due to the

• It felt a loyalty to Great Britain

• sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram changing sentiment

• bombings on America's land.

• attack at the U.S. navy base.

The Treaty of Versailles placed total blame for World War I on one country.  It included harsh punishments which led to World War II.  Which country was blamed by the treaty?

• Germany
• Serbia
• Russia
• France

The Central Powers and the Allies fought against one another in World War I.  Which nations made up the Central Powers?

• Spain, Norway, Sweden
• Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Portugal
• Russia, France, Great Britain, United States, Romania
• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

By 1918, the nations involved in World War I agreed to stop fighting.  the war officially ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles.  Allied leaders used this treaty to

• give colonies to Germany.
• return land in France to Germany.
• punish Germany for starting the war.
• force France to pay money to Germany.