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US History World Ww1 Test 1

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History World Ww1 (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History World Ww1 (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History World Ww1 (High School) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1
What treaty ended WWI?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Geneva Pact
C) League Treaty
D) Treaty of Paris
Question 2
What best defines the Meuse-Argonne Offensive?
A) Defensive line
B) Major US battle
C) Naval battle
D) Air raid
Question 3
Which person was assassinated starting WWI?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Czar Nicholas
C) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
D) Kaiser Wilhelm
Question 4
What best defines League of Nations?
A) Trade bloc
B) War alliance
C) Court
D) Failed peace group
Question 5
Who was Pershing?
A) US commander
B) President
C) Admiral
D) Senator
Question 6
Which term means "Fighting from defensive ditches"?
A) the Zimmermann Telegram
B) trench warfare
C) the League of Nations
D) the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Question 7
What was League of Nations?
A) Trade bloc
B) War alliance
C) Failed peace group
D) Court
Question 8
What best defines the Sedition Act (1918)?
A) Ended war
B) Gave vote
C) Created draft
D) Limited anti-war speech
Question 9
Who was "US commander"?
A) Pershing
B) president during WWI
C) assassinated starting WWI
D) Franz Ferdinand
Question 10
What pandemic followed WWI?
A) cholera
B) influenza of 1918
C) polio
D) plague
Question 11
What best defines flu 1918?
A) Mild cold
B) No flu
C) Pandemic millions dead
D) Animal only
Question 12
What was women's war role?
A) No role
B) Home only
C) Nurses only
D) Jobs plus service
Question 13
Did US join League?
A) No, Senate refused
B) Yes joined
C) Never asked
D) Joined later
Question 14
Identify Pershing.
A) President
B) US commander
C) Admiral
D) Senator
Question 15
When exactly did the US enter WWI?
A) 1914
B) 1918
C) 1917
D) 1916
Question 16
Which act required military service in 1917?
A) War Powers Act
B) Draft Act 1914
C) Sedition Act
D) Selective Service Act
Question 17
Who was "Franz Ferdinand"?
A) "Austrian heir"
B) "US commander"
C) "Archduke Franz Ferdinand"
D) Pershing
Question 18
Name "Archduke Franz Ferdinand".
A) president during WWI
B) assassinated starting WWI
C) Franz Ferdinand
D) Pershing
Question 19
What were alliances?
A) NATO Warsaw
B) No blocs
C) Triple Entente Central
D) One alliance
Question 20
Name the person who were the Big Four at Versailles.
A) None
B) Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt
C) Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin
D) Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Orlando

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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