World War I

Question 1

Leader of the new Russian government:

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Lenin

Question 2

Who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand?

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Gavrilo Princip

Question 3

Why did Russia withdraw from WWI?

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Russian people began a revolution

Question 4

Who commanded the US forces in Europe?

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John Pershing

Question 5

What Mexican paramilitary leader was hunted by the US for border raids?

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Pancho Villa

Question 6

Russia, Great Britain, and France were the major countries fighting as the:

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The Allied Powers

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a result of WWI's end?

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Formation of new countries in Asia

Question 8

What document officially ended WWI?

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Treaty of Versailles

Question 9

The Western Front of WWI involved what kind of warfare?

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Trench Warfare

Question 10

How did some artists contribute to the recovery and rehabilitation of WWI soldiers?

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By creating tin and porcelain masks for facial injuries

Question 11

What is Militarism?

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Arms Race

Question 12

What was blamed for appx. 50 million deaths after WWI?

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Influenza Pandemic

Question 13

To start WWI, which country declared war on which country?

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Austria-Hungary on Serbia

Question 14

One of the most decorated US WWI soldiers; captured more than 100 German soldiers.

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Sergeant Alvin York

Question 15

Political and economic system in which state owns all resources and land, controls production.

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Communism

Question 16

Area between two opposing forces, criss-crossed by barbed wire and covered by machine guns:

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No Man's Land

Question 17

Why did the US need to use propaganda in WWI?

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So many people wanted the US to remain neutral

Question 18

American soldiers in WWI were called?

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Doughboys

Question 19

Ottoman government's systematic extermination of an ethnic minority Christian group:

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Armenian Genocide

Question 20

Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria formed the:

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The Central Powers

Question 21

What was the short-term cause, or spark, of WWI?

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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Question 22

Who was the most famous ace fighter pilot of WWI with 80 kills?

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Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron

Question 23

Which of the following were long-term causes of WWI?

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Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliances

Question 24

What were the two main reasons the US entered WWI?

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The Zimmerman Telegram and Sinking of Lusitania

Question 25

Why did the US NOT join the League of Nations?

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Congress wanted US to remain neutral

Question 26

Some men were not physically injured but suffered psychological damage known as?

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Shell Shock

Question 27

What was the official US policy for most of WWI?

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Neutrality

Question 28

Why did Germany realize it could not win the war?

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All of these

Question 29

To attack opposing forces, soldiers had to climb out of trenches and into No Man's Land:

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Going over the top

Question 30

The German war plan, a quick strike on France through Belgium and then on to Russia, was?

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The Schlieffen Plan

Question 31

Most famous of the Harlem Hellfighters; saved his entire regiment:

Accepted Answer

Private Henry Johnson

Question 32

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Russian Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Fear of the Influenza Pandemic

Question 33

Famous African-American regiment that fought heroically in WWI:

Accepted Answer

Harlem Hellfighters

Question 34

The Harlem Hellfighters fought under the command of which country?

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France

Question 35

Which of the following was NOT a new weapon in WWI?

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Rocket Launcher

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