World War 1 Multiple Choice

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1. Whose death was the spark that started the war?

Kaiser Wilhelm ✓

Franz Ferdinand ✓

Gavrilo Princip ✓

Tsar Nicholas II ✓

2. Which country was NOT a member of the Central Powers?

Bulgaria ✓

Ottoman Empire ✓

Austria-Hungary ✓

Italy ✓

3. What was the name of Germany's strategic plan to force a quick French surrender before Russia could mobilize?

Schlieffen Plan ✓

Code Yellow ✓

Ardennes Plan ✓

Operation Downfall ✓

4. On the Christmas Truce of 1914 some British and German soldiers came together to play what?

Play cards ✓

Play soccer ✓

Play music ✓

Play Hopscotch ✓

5. What British ocean liner was sunk by German U-boats in 1916, shifting U.S. public opinion against Germany?

It wasn't a British ship. It was from the United States. ✓

RMS Endeavor ✓

RMS Victoria ✓

RMS Lusitania ✓

6. What 1914 battle stopped the Germans from taking Paris?

Battle of Verdun ✓

Battle of the Marne ✓

Battle of the Somme ✓

Race to the Sea ✓

7. What secret telegram proposed a military alliances between Germany and Mexico?

Enigma telegram ✓

Munich telegram ✓

Zimmerman telegram ✓

Wagner telegram ✓

8. What was the name of the German defensive positions in the West, finally broken in 1918 by the Allies?

The Fritz Line ✓

The Hindenburg Line ✓

The Ludendorff Line ✓

The West Wall ✓

9. What was the first country to be declared war on?

France ✓

Russia ✓

Serbia ✓

Germany ✓

10. What was the name of the revolution that brought the Bolshevik Party and Lenin to power?

March Revolution ✓

Red Revolution ✓

Labor Revolution ✓

October Revolution ✓

11. Who was the President of the United States during WWI?

Franklin Roosevelt ✓

Woodrow Wilson ✓

Harry Truman ✓

William McKinley ✓

12. Manfred von Richthofen was a famous German fighter also known as?

The Horrible Hun ✓

The Red Herring ✓

The Red Baron ✓

Death From Above ✓

13. The first use of this weapon was by the British in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.

Tanks ✓

Machine Guns ✓

Grenades ✓

Flame Throwers ✓

14. Whose face was on British recruitment posters, proving so popular it inspired imitation in other countries, especially in the United States?

Uncle Sam ✓

Winston Churchill ✓

King George V ✓

Lord Kitchener ✓

15. What was the name of the 48 ton howitzer that could fire a 930 kilogram shell over a distance of 15 kilometers?

Big Bertha ✓

Big Betty ✓

Big Boy ✓

Grosse Gertrude ✓

16. What treaty ended World War 1?

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ✓

Treaty of Versailles ✓

Treaty of Paris ✓

The November Treaty ✓

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