WWI People
WWII People
Vocabulary
WWI Events
WWII Events
100

Who was the president of the United States during World War I? 

Bonus: What caused the U.S. to finally join the war in 1917? 

Woodrow Wilson 

Bonus: The Zimmerman Telegram AND/OR the sinking of American merchant ships by German U-boats.

100

Which of these countries was NOT part of the Axis powers? Italy, Japan, the USSR, Germany

The USSR

100

The organized killing of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during World War II.

The Holocaust

100

Which country acted first in World War I and what country did they attack? 

Germany invaded France (by going through Belgium)! 
100

What event caused the United States to get involved in World War II?

The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941

200

Name the countries in the Central Powers.

Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Germany

200

List the 4 major Allied countries that were a part of WWII 

France, Britain, the USSR, the US

200

What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I? And what country was punished in the treaty? 

BONUS: What country did not sign the treaty? 

The Treaty of Versailles - Germany

The United States

200
What was the "spark" that set off World War I and what two countries did it involve? 

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary and Serbia 

200

What was the official start of World War II, and when did this occur?

The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939

300

Name 3 of the main countries in the Allied powers during World War I

France, Russia, Britain (also Japan, Italy, Belgium)

300

Who was the president of the United States during World War II? 

Bonus: Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during World War II?  

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Bonus: Winston Churchill

300

What was the name of the organization that formed after World War I - their goal was to talk through issues to avoid war? (Hint: it FAILED!)

BONUS: What is the new organization that formed in 1945?   

The League of Nations 

It became the United Nations

300

Name one new military technology used during World War I.

Bonus: What made WWI fighting unique?

Aircraft carriers, U-boats (submarines), Zeppelins, Tracer bullets, battleships/dreadnoughts, artillery field guns, tanks, airplanes, poisonous gases, and machine guns

Bonus: Trench Warfare

300

Which was the last country to surrender?

Japan

400

Name the people that were massacred, forced into concentration camps, or fled the Ottoman Empire in World War I.  

Armenians

400

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) during World War II? 

Bonus: What type of government did the U.S.S.R. have? 

Stalin

Bonus: Communist government

400

Name one of the causes of World War I (Think MAIN)?

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism


400

What years did World War I take place? 

1914-1918
400
What years did World War II take place? 

1939-1945

500

How were the Czar of Russia, the King of England, and the Kaiser of Germany related? 

They were cousins.

500

Name the leader of Italy during World War II? 

Bonus: What type of government did Italy (and German) have? 

Benito Mussolini

Bonus: Fascist Government

500

This is the tactic countries used with Hitler to try and  "satisfy" him in order to avoid war.

Appeasement
500

What caused the Russians to leave World War I? 

They had a revolution - they overthrew their government and had a civil war. 

500

What is the name of the famous invasion that allowed the Allies to take back France? 

D-Day (Operation Overlord)