WWI PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Armistice, 1918. Answer: This was the agreement between the Allies
and Central Powers that ended WWI fighting. It began at 11/11/1918 at
11:11 am.
▶ Reparations. Answer: This term refers to the payments that Germany
was required to make under the treaty of Versailles.
▶ League of Nations. Answer: This intergovernmental organization was
the only one of Wilson's 14 points to make it into the Treaty of Versailles. It
did not work effectively to prevent WWII.
▶ War Guilt Clause. Answer: This clause of the Treaty of Versailles placed
all blame for WWI with Germany and its allies.
▶ Causes of World War I Imperialism. Answer: This cause of World War II
resulted from the competition among European nations for colonies in
Africa and Asia from 1880-1914. This created tension, especially between
Germany and Great Britain.
▶ Causes of World War I Alliances. Answer: This was a major cause of
WWI. Two major alliances formed the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria,
Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, England, Russia). This alliance
system made world war likely, by drawing all countries into a small war.
▶ M.A.I.N.. Answer: These are the four long-term causes of World War I.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.
▶ Triple Alliance. Answer: This alliance was made Germany, Austria-
Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. IN RED ABOVE
▶ Triple Entente. Answer: This alliance was made between Great Britain,
France and Russia in the years before WWI. IN BLUE ABOVE
, ▶ Balkan Region. Answer: Slavic Region of intense nationalism and
imperial domination in mountains of south/eastern Europe - spark to set off
powder keg of Europe.
▶ Central Powers. Answer: This was a major alliance at the 'center' of
Europe during World War I, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire.
▶ Western Front. Answer: This was a major front in World War I. A line of
trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break
from Switzerland to the North Sea.
▶ Schlieffen Plan. Answer: This was Germany's military plan at the
outbreak of WWl to avoid a 2-front war. The plan called for an invasion of
France through neutral Belgium. A small force would be sent east to
Russia.
▶ Eastern Front. Answer: This was a front in WWI. The region of fighting
happened along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs
battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
▶ How did the overseas colonies contribute to the Allied victory in World
War I?. Answer: Colonies provided troops and labor.
▶ United States. Answer: This country entered the war in 1917. Its
entrance was the greatest factor in ending the stalemate and achieving
Allied victory.
▶ Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Answer: A policy that the Germans
announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink
any ship in the British waters. Resulted in entry of the US into World War I.
▶ Militarism. Answer: This cause of World War I was a policy of building
up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
▶ Treaty of Versailles. Answer: Treaty which ended World War I.
▶ Mandate system. Answer: System by which Great Britain and France
were given control over lands of the former Ottoman Empire to help them
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Armistice, 1918. Answer: This was the agreement between the Allies
and Central Powers that ended WWI fighting. It began at 11/11/1918 at
11:11 am.
▶ Reparations. Answer: This term refers to the payments that Germany
was required to make under the treaty of Versailles.
▶ League of Nations. Answer: This intergovernmental organization was
the only one of Wilson's 14 points to make it into the Treaty of Versailles. It
did not work effectively to prevent WWII.
▶ War Guilt Clause. Answer: This clause of the Treaty of Versailles placed
all blame for WWI with Germany and its allies.
▶ Causes of World War I Imperialism. Answer: This cause of World War II
resulted from the competition among European nations for colonies in
Africa and Asia from 1880-1914. This created tension, especially between
Germany and Great Britain.
▶ Causes of World War I Alliances. Answer: This was a major cause of
WWI. Two major alliances formed the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria,
Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, England, Russia). This alliance
system made world war likely, by drawing all countries into a small war.
▶ M.A.I.N.. Answer: These are the four long-term causes of World War I.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.
▶ Triple Alliance. Answer: This alliance was made Germany, Austria-
Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. IN RED ABOVE
▶ Triple Entente. Answer: This alliance was made between Great Britain,
France and Russia in the years before WWI. IN BLUE ABOVE
, ▶ Balkan Region. Answer: Slavic Region of intense nationalism and
imperial domination in mountains of south/eastern Europe - spark to set off
powder keg of Europe.
▶ Central Powers. Answer: This was a major alliance at the 'center' of
Europe during World War I, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire.
▶ Western Front. Answer: This was a major front in World War I. A line of
trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break
from Switzerland to the North Sea.
▶ Schlieffen Plan. Answer: This was Germany's military plan at the
outbreak of WWl to avoid a 2-front war. The plan called for an invasion of
France through neutral Belgium. A small force would be sent east to
Russia.
▶ Eastern Front. Answer: This was a front in WWI. The region of fighting
happened along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs
battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
▶ How did the overseas colonies contribute to the Allied victory in World
War I?. Answer: Colonies provided troops and labor.
▶ United States. Answer: This country entered the war in 1917. Its
entrance was the greatest factor in ending the stalemate and achieving
Allied victory.
▶ Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Answer: A policy that the Germans
announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink
any ship in the British waters. Resulted in entry of the US into World War I.
▶ Militarism. Answer: This cause of World War I was a policy of building
up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
▶ Treaty of Versailles. Answer: Treaty which ended World War I.
▶ Mandate system. Answer: System by which Great Britain and France
were given control over lands of the former Ottoman Empire to help them
