WWI EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Battles at Verdun and Somme. Answer: These 1916 battles along the
Western Front resulted in tremendous loss of life with little territorial gain.
▶ Battle of Tannenberg. Answer: The Russians were defeated by the
Germans at this battle on the Eastern Front, even though the Russians
outnumbered the Germans 4 to 1. Russian general committed suicide due
to humiliation from defeat.
▶ Armenians. Answer: Victims of genocide that took place during WWI
▶ Countries created from land that belonged to Russia. Answer: Finland,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
▶ Countries created from land that once belonged to Austria-Hungary.
Answer: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland
▶ Big Four at Paris Peace Conference. Answer: U.S., France, Britain, Italy
▶ Black Hand. Answer: Organization that was responsible for the
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
▶ No Man's Land. Answer: Area located between enemy trenches
▶ Battle of Gallipoli. Answer: Battle where Ottoman Turks stopped the
Allies from seizing the Dardanelles. Troops from Australia and New
Zealand aided Allied forces.
▶ UN definition of genocide. Answer: Planned, systematic "Intent to
destroy" .
▶ mustard gas. Answer: Weapon that caused blindness and possibly a
slow death over a period of weeks.
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Battles at Verdun and Somme. Answer: These 1916 battles along the
Western Front resulted in tremendous loss of life with little territorial gain.
▶ Battle of Tannenberg. Answer: The Russians were defeated by the
Germans at this battle on the Eastern Front, even though the Russians
outnumbered the Germans 4 to 1. Russian general committed suicide due
to humiliation from defeat.
▶ Armenians. Answer: Victims of genocide that took place during WWI
▶ Countries created from land that belonged to Russia. Answer: Finland,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
▶ Countries created from land that once belonged to Austria-Hungary.
Answer: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland
▶ Big Four at Paris Peace Conference. Answer: U.S., France, Britain, Italy
▶ Black Hand. Answer: Organization that was responsible for the
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
▶ No Man's Land. Answer: Area located between enemy trenches
▶ Battle of Gallipoli. Answer: Battle where Ottoman Turks stopped the
Allies from seizing the Dardanelles. Troops from Australia and New
Zealand aided Allied forces.
▶ UN definition of genocide. Answer: Planned, systematic "Intent to
destroy" .
▶ mustard gas. Answer: Weapon that caused blindness and possibly a
slow death over a period of weeks.
