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World War 1 Quiz Part 2
Test your World War One knowledge. Find out how much you know about the start of the war and the way it was fought.
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Last updated: April 28, 2023
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1.
Which was a political result of Britain’s invasion of Gallipoli?
Winston Churchill was elected prime minister
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A major shakeup in the leadership of the Royal Navy ensued
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Australia and New Zealand refused any further participation in the war
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The Royal Air Force was formally established
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2.
What was the initial purpose of Britain’s invasion of Mesopotamia?
To open shipping routes on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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To liberate Kuwait
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To capture Tehran
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To seize oil fields along the Persian Gulf
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3.
Which best describes the outcome of Townshend’s campaign in Mesopotamia?
Ten thousand British troops were surrendered after a failed march on Baghdad
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Townshend’s army took 100,000 Turkish prisoners of war in a single day
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Constantinople was cut off from the Turkish mainland
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The Ottoman Empire lost control of the entire region
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4.
How is the western front in World War I best characterised?
A mostly inactive front, along which both sides took a primarily defensive stance, resulting in relatively few casualties
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The first war front in history dominated by air power
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A stagnant war fought from trenches, with neither side gaining or losing much ground in spite of huge casualties
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One of the most dynamic front lines of the twentieth century
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5.
Italy’s action in the war was primarily against?
Germany
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Mexico
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France
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Austria-Hungary
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6.
A war of attrition is defined as:
A war that is ended by a single crushing strike
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A war in which victory is determined not by which side seizes the most territory but by which side loses the most men
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A war that is won by cutting off the enemy’s supply line
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A war in which both sides periodically exchange prisoners and then continue fighting
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7.
Which battle lasted for ten months, the longest of the war?
Battle of Verdun
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Battle of the Somme
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Battle of Passchendaele
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Battle of Messines Ridge
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8.
Which country joined the war on the side of the Allied Powers in 1916?
Greece
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Romania
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Bulgaria
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Serbia
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9.
What major change in German policy contributed to the United States entering the war?
An anti-British propaganda campaign in the American media, paid for by the German embassy
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An end to diplomatic relations with the United States
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Economic sanctions against the United States
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The declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare
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10.
The Zimmermann telegram urged which country to attack the United States?
Mexico
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Cuba
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Panama
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Canada
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11.
What country first intercepted the Zimmermann telegram?
France
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Canada
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USA
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Great Britain
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12.
What was the name of the first U.S. civilian ship to be sunk by a German submarine?
Lusitania
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Titanic
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Housatonic
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Maine
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13.
On what date did the United States declare war on Germany?
November 4, 1917
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April 6, 1917
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December 7, 1914
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January 29, 1918
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14.
Who was the commander of U.S. forces in Europe?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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John J. Pershing
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15.
What did Germany do in 1917 to hasten Russia’s exit from the war?
Revealed that the tsar’s German-born wife was spying for the kaiser
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Helped Russian revolutionaries in exile to get back to Russia
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Bombed food warehouses in major Russian cities
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Hired mercenaries to assassinate the tsar
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