WWI Test
Which action pulled Britain into WW1?
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Invasion of Belgium
Invasion of Russia
Invasion of Canada
Invasion of France
Which countries went to war because Britain was at war?
Canada
Australia
Japan
South Africa
India
United States
New Zealand
France
Which of the following made up the central powers at the beggining of the war
Russia
Germany
France
Britain
Austria
The first shots of the war were fired by
Germany at Russia
Germany at Belgium
Austria at Serbia
Britain at Germany
An early problem that endangered Canadian soldiers was
The Ross Rifle Scandal
Quebec's separatism
Women's suffrage
Enemy Aliens
The "race to the sea" refers to
The German invasion of Russia
The rapid build up in naval vessels to control the Atlantic
The attempts of each army to out flank the other and the resulting series of trenches that stretched from Switzerland to the English Channel
The launching of German U-boats against allied shipping
Russia wanted to attack Austria first but_____pushed them to invade Germany instead
United States
Britain
Italy
France
The battle of Tannenberg was lost, in part, because
The Russians were outnumbered
The German weapons malfunctioned
The two Russian generals hated each other
The Germans were unable to read the sophisticated Russian code
The battle of Masurian Lakes
Pushed the Russians out of Germany
Pushed the Germans out of Russia
Freed Poland
Wiped out the Serbian army
The Turkish attack on Russia was foolish because
The Turkish army was too small
The British were helping the Russians
They attacked over the Caucasus mountains in december
Turkey was already fighting against the Ottoman Empire
The German navy was unable to face the British navy so the Germans relied on
The Austrian navy
Terrorists
U-Boats
Their air force
King George of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas of Russia were all
Oxford Graduates
Friends
Allies
Cousins
Enemy aliens
Refers to people living in Canada from areas in Europe controlled by the Central powers
Refers to people living in areas of France that had been conquered by Germany
Was phrase used in German newspapers to refer to the allies
Are the bad Guys in the last star trek movie
Zeppelins were used to
Provide propaganda to lower the morale enemy
Transport troops
Bomb Britain
Sink enemy ships
The sinking of the Lusitania
Brought Lithuania into the war
Nearly brought the United states into the war
Killed over 1,200 Germans
Was a British mistake
The Battle of Ypres is important to Canada because
We were able to break through the German lines
It was the greatest loss of Canadian lives in the war
The Canadians were able to hold the line when the Algerians fled in a gas attack
It proved that the new Canadian built tank was superior to the German tank
Poison gas attacks were responsible for more deaths than any other weapon used in WW1
True
False
The British and French were assisted at Gallipoli by a large number of soldiers from
India
United States
Canada
Australia and New Zealand
The British and Russians fought the Ottoman Empire in Persia and Mesopotamia. Today these are the nations of
Egypt and Lebanon
Jordan and Syria
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Iran and Iraq
Why did Germany attack at Verdun
It was the best route to Paris
It would provide an excellent way to defeat Russia
They felt that it would make Canada quit the was because most Canadians no longer wanted to fight
It would enable them to kill enough French soldiers to weaken France
The famous rallying cry from Verdun was
"We have met the enemy and they are ours!"
"The British are coming!"
"We shall fight them on the beaches!"
"They shall not pass!"
At the Battle of the Somme, on July 1, the ____ Regiment had only 68 out of 790 soldiers left at the end of 22 minutes in battle
Newfoundland
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
The Battle of Jutland was
A Russian offensive against Austria
The biggest naval battle in history
A victory by Denmark against Germany
A German victory over France
Laurence of Arabia was
A British officer who convinced the Arabs to revolt against the Ottoman Empire
An Arab spy who was responsible for the Turkish defeat at Baghdad
A British officer who infiltrated the Ottoman army as a spy
The leader of the British army in Mesopotamia
In 1916 Romania joined the Allies and
Was successful against Austria
Its army was wiped out
Captured Transylvania
Was victorious at Tannenberg
Who was Canada's Prime Minister in WW1?
Robert Borden
Wilfred Laurier
John A. Macdonald
George Washington
The lowest percentage of voluntary enlistments in the Canadian army came from
Ontario
Quebec and the Maritimes
Alberta
Hawaii
The Americans did not immediately begin fighting on the battlefields of WW1 because
They lacked the courage to fight
Most Americans did not believe in the war and refused to enlist
They wanted to be fully prepared to win and not prolong the war
They lacked the ships to transport their men
Vimy ridge succeeded due to
Intense planning
German errors
French mutinies
An overwhelming artillery barrage
Vimy Ridge is important because
It defeated Germany
It led to a Canadian commander being put in charge of the Canadian corps
It showed that a rolling barrage was not a good idea
It convinced Russia not to surrender
After Passchendaele
Only 1/5 of the Canadian soldiers involved were still alive
France surrendered
Germany was able to advance over 60 km
Attacks on trenches became easier
Commander Arthur Currie was in charge of the ____ forces
American
Canadian
British
Australia/New Zealand
Germany believed they could win the war if they focused on defeating the
Americans
British
Russians
French
The advance is called
The March to Victory
The Back to the Wall Offensive
The Paris Push
Canada's 100 Days
Without the entrance of America in WW1 the Allies could not have won the victory
True
False
Put these in order by their surrender (Austria, Germany, Turkey)
Austria, Germany, Turkey
Germany, Austria, Turkey
Turkey, Austria, Germany
Turkey, Germany, Austria
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