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