WWI and Russian Revolution Quiz/Review

Russian Revolution

Which group of people revolted against the Russian revolutionary provisional government and took power in October of 1917?

• Bolsheviks

• Czarists

• Nobility 

• White Army

World War I

World War I took place between what years?

• 1939 - 1945

• 1915 - 1920

• 1914 - 1918

• 1899 - 1914

World War I

Which weapon was NOT a new technology introduced in WWI?

• atomic bomb

• submarine

• tank

• poison gas

World War I

The Zimmerman Telegram can best be described by which of the following?

• Great Britain promised the U.S. that they would help them gain territories in Europe

• Mexico vowed to help the U.S.  and the Allies in World War I

• Germany asked Mexico to declare war on the U.S. and regain lost territories

• Russia withdrew from the war due to the revolution that was occurring in the country

Treaty of Versailles

Because of the Treaty of Versailles …

• Germany had to accept all the blame for the war and pay reparations

• Germany had to give up land and all of its overseas colonies

• Germany had to reduce its troops and arms

• All of the above

Who won World War I?

• Austria- Hungary
• Allied Powers
• Central Powers
• Axis Powers

World War I

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

• Russia’s plan to defeat Austria-Hungary

• A plan to defeat Britain in unrestricted submarine warfare

• Military strategy to convince Mexico to invade the United States

• Military strategy for Germany to avoid fighting a two front war

World War I

Which country was Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the throne?

• Serbia

• Austria-Hungary

• Ottoman Empire

• Russia

Russian Revolution

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists)?

• Lenin

• Putin

• Hitler

• Franco

Russian Revolution

Who ruled Russia prior to the Russian Revolution?

• The Romanov Dynasty

• Peter the Great

• Presidents

• Serfs