Question 1

What was the result of all the new technologies introduced during WWI?

Accepted Answer

They made it easier to kill and wound more soldiers than ever before.

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They allowed Germany to take France easily.

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They made the war much shorter than earlier wars.

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They made it easier for the Allies to advance through Germany.

Question 2

What was the immediate cause of World War I?

Accepted Answer

The shooting of a member of the Austrian royal family

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Longstanding tensions between France and Germany

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The alliance that was built between Britain, France,and Russia

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The sinking of a ship called the Lusitania

Question 3

Place the following events in sequence:

A) Russia declares war on Austria;

B) Archduke Franz Ferdinandis shot;

C) America enters the war

Accepted Answer

(B) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot. (A) Russia declares war on Austria (C) America enters the war

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(C) America enters the war (A) Russia declares war on Austria (B) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is sho

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(B) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot (C) America enters the war (A) Russia declares war on Austria

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(A) Russia declares war on Austria (B) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot. (C) America enters the war

Question 4

At first, America adopted an isolationist policy. What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

America wanted to stay out of the war.

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America sympathized with the Allied Powers.

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America wanted to broker a treaty between the warring countries.

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America was looking for ways to become involved in the war.

Question 5

How did the sinking of a British ship, Lusitania by a German submarine help bring the U.S. into WWI?

Accepted Answer

128 American passengers died board the ship when the German U-boat sunk the ship.

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The ship contained American goods being exported to Britain

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The ship was owned by an American company

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There were more than 100 American passengers aboard the ship

Question 6

. Which of these is an opinion about World War I?

Accepted Answer

Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II was a terrible military strategist.

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The loss of Russia weakened the Allied Powers.

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Woodrow Wilson disagreed with some of the terms inthe Treaty of Versailles.

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The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919.

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