World History Quiz

World War I

Pandemic and Calendar

• A deadly influenza pandemic spread worldwide, killing 20 million people.
• Russia's calendar is 13 days behind the Western European calendar.

Leaders and Governments

• Alexander Kerensky was the leader of the provisional government who failed to deal with land reforms.
• President Woodrow Wilson of the US compromised on several issues at the Paris peace conference to achieve the League of Nations.
• Arthur Zimmermann was the German foreign minister who authorized proposals to Mexico.

War Events

• The British liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine in May 1915, killing almost 1200 passengers, including 128 Americans.
• The Allies tried to regain access to the Dardanelles in the Battle of Gallipoli.
• Germany gave Austria a "blank check" after the assassination of Archduke Francis.

World War I Dates

• World War I began on July 28, 1914, and ended on November 11, 1918.

Russian Politics

• The Cheka was the secret police force, similar to the tsar's.
• Gregory Rasputin was an illiterate peasant and self-proclaimed "holy man" who advised Alexandra during Nicholas' absence.
• Lenin called for an elite group to lead the revolution and set up a "dictatorship of the proletariat" in Russia.
• The Bolsheviks' slogan was "Peace, Land, and Bread".

Key Figures

• Georges Clemenceau was the French leader who wanted to weaken Germany.
• Gavrilo Princip was the conspirator who assassinated Archduke Francis and his wife in Sarajevo.
• Colonel T.E. Lawrence was later known as Lawrence of Arabia.

War Strategies

• The war on the Western Front turned into a stalemate after the First Battle of the Marne.
• Propaganda was used to influence public opinion as part of total war.