First World War - Germany/Austria vs Britain/France/Russia
  • 1. Who was the leader of the German Empire during World War I?
A) Kaiser Wilhelm II
B) Friedrich Ebert
C) Adolf Hitler
D) Otto von Bismarck
  • 2. Which event marked the entry of the United States into World War I?
A) Battle of Jutland
B) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
C) The sinking of the Lusitania
D) Russian Revolution
  • 3. Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War I?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) David Lloyd George
D) Herbert Asquith
  • 4. Who was the last Tsar of Russia during World War I?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Alexander II
C) Peter the Great
D) Nicholas II
  • 5. What was the name of the German battleship that sunk the British ship HMS Hood, leading to the Battle of Jutland?
A) USS Arizona
B) Bismarck
C) SMS Derfflinger
D) HMS Dreadnought
  • 6. Which treaty ended Russia's participation in World War I?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Treaty of Trianon
C) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
D) Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  • 7. What was the name of the battle in which British and French forces failed to defeat the Ottomans in Gallipoli?
A) Battle of Jutland
B) Battle of Verdun
C) Battle of Gallipoli
D) Battle of the Somme
  • 8. Which country declared war on Austria-Hungary first, leading to a chain reaction of declarations in World War I?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) United Kingdom
C) Serbia
D) France
  • 9. Where was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which sparked World War I, carried out?
A) Budapest
B) Sarajevo
C) Vienna
D) Prague
  • 10. Who was the President of France during World War I?
A) Paul Painlevé
B) Georges Clemenceau
C) Charles de Gaulle
D) Raymond Poincaré
  • 11. Which battle saw French and British forces stop the German advance into France in 1914?
A) Battle of the Marne
B) First Battle of Ypres
C) Battle of the Somme
D) Battle of Tannenberg
  • 12. Which treaty formally ended World War I?
A) Treaty of Sevres
B) Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
C) Treaty of Trianon
D) Treaty of Versailles
  • 13. What event led to the British declaration of war on Germany in World War I?
A) The Zimmerman Telegram
B) German invasion of Belgium
C) The sinking of the Lusitania
D) Russian mobilization
  • 14. What was the name of the agreement that divided the Middle East between Britain and France after World War I?
A) Balfour Declaration
B) Mudros Armistice
C) Sykes-Picot Agreement
D) Treaty of Sèvres
  • 15. Which country experienced a revolution in 1917 that led to its withdrawal from World War I?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Italy
D) United Kingdom
  • 16. Which British passenger liner was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, leading to American public opinion turning against Germany?
A) Lusitania
B) Mauretania
C) Titanic
D) Aquitania
  • 17. Who was the British commander of the Western Front during the latter part of World War I?
A) Douglas Haig
B) Horace Smith-Dorrien
C) John French
D) Bernard Montgomery
  • 18. Which city was the capital of the German Empire during World War I?
A) Munich
B) Hamburg
C) Frankfurt
D) Berlin
  • 19. Who was the leader of Austria-Hungary during World War I?
A) Leopold II
B) Sisi
C) Franz Joseph I
D) Ferdinand I
  • 20. Which country was part of the Central Powers in World War I alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary?
A) Spain
B) Poland
C) Sweden
D) Ottoman Empire
  • 21. Which Russian revolutionary leader overthrew the Tsar and led to Russia's exit from World War I?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Nicholas II
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Leon Trotsky
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