Exercises on the First World War

(Cetrede) At the end of the First World War, a National Assembly was installed in Germany and met in Weimar to prepare a new Constitution for the country. A new state was born there, called:

a) Holy Roman Empire.

b) Weimar Republic.

c) German Confederation.

d) German Democratic Republic.

e) Federal Republic of Germany.

(Avança-SP) Of the phenomena mentioned below, mark the one that is considered to have caused the First World War.

a) The assassination of the Russian imperial family.

b) The end of African colonialism.

c) The emancipation of the Arab peoples.

d) Germany's failure to comply with the Treaty of Versailles.

e) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne.

(Fundatec) The Treaty of Brest-Litovski, signed during World War I, made official the:

a) incorporation of Italy into the Triple Entente.

b) Russians' exit from the war.

c) incorporation of France by Germany.

d) disintegration of the German Empire.

e) US offensive in Eastern Europe.

(Pref. Betim-MG) It is consistent with the reasons that led to the 1st World War:

a) One of the facts that contributed to the end of the confrontation was the entry of Russia into the war, as it had a large and well-prepared army, imposing vexatious defeats on the Germans.

b) The process of imperialism, promoted by the great capitalist powers of Europe, mainly France, England and Germany, generated conflicts and even confrontations for the dispute of territories, to the point of triggering the 1st War.

c) Fearing a German offensive, Japan, England and France formed the Triple Alliance.

d) The beginning of the war took place when German troops invaded Poland, introducing the world to the famous lightning war, leaving disastrous marks for the Poles.

e) None of the above.

Select the alternative that presents a phase of World War I.

a) Lightning War

b) Nuclear Race

c) Trench Warfare

d) Axis Defeat

e) Red Army Advance

The Treaty of Versailles was a document prepared at the Paris Peace Conference and determined the impositions of the victorious countries of the First World War against the Germans, the defeated ones. Which of the countries below did NOT SEND delegations to this conference?

a) Honduras

b) Nicaragua

c) Brazil

d) Italy

e) Germany

As ​​for the military impositions that the Treaty of Versailles carried out on Germany, select the INCORRECT alternative.

a) Germany was banned from having a navy.

b) Germany was banned from having war aviation.

c) Germany kept its military installations in the Rhineland in exchange for returning Alsace-Lorraine.

d) Germany was limited to a maximum of 100,000 troops.

e) Germany was banned from having tanks and heavy artillery.

During World War I, the Germans implemented the Schlieffen Plan, which was:

a) a plan to identify and neutralize possible spies inside Germany.

b) an annexation plan for Austria.

c) a plan for building a nuclear bomb.

d) a plan to defeat the Russians on the eastern front.

e) a plan to defeat and conquer France.

One ​​of the greatest battles of the First World War was fought in:

a) Verdun.

b) Ardennes.

c) Berlin.

d) Leningrad.

e) Midway.

The Armenian Genocide was carried out during the years of the First World War, resulting in the deaths of over a million people. This genocide was committed by which country?

a) Germany

b) Russia

c) Ottoman Empire

d) France

e) Great Britain

Which country was part of the Triple Alliance, but refused to participate in the war for that group when the conflict began in 1914?

a) Italy

b) Austria-Hungary

c) Ottoman Empire

d) Bulgaria

e) Russia

What was the reason for the United States' entry into World War I?

a) German hostility towards the United States.

b) The attack on US citizens who were in Austria-Hungary.

c) The imprisonment of an American delegation in France.

d) Terrorist attacks carried out in the United States at the behest of the Central Powers.

e) None of the above.

LETTER B

The Weimar Republic existed in Germany from 1919 to 1933 and was formed when the Social Democrats took over German power. This period became known as a democratic experience in German history, although it was politically unstable, mainly due to the rise of extreme right-wing movements, Nazism being the biggest one.

LETTER E

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, took place on June 28, 1914, carried out by a Bosnian Serb student fighting for Bosnian independence. The event started the July Crisis and resulted in the declaration of Austria-Hungary against Serbia on July 29, 1914.

LETER B

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed in March 1918 and made Russia's exit from World War I official. In this agreement, Russia ratified its departure to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria), accepting a series of impositions, which resulted in vast territorial losses for Russia.

LETER B

Imperialism or neocolonialism, especially in territorial disputes on the African continent, served to strengthen rivalries between European nations. In the case of Germany, the war was seen as a natural way for the country's territorial objectives to be achieved.

LETER C

Trench Warfare was one of the phases of World War I, stretching from 1915 to 1918. Trenches were underground corridors built to house troops. Each side built its own trenches, making the war marked by little troop movement.

LETTER E

Germany did not participate in the Paris Peace Conference as it had been defeated in World War I and the event was held to debate the terms that would be imposed on the Germans.

LETTER C

The Treaty of Versailles imposed that the Rhineland region, which was on the German border with Holland and France, should remain demilitarized, having its military installations destroyed. The region was occupied by the French until the early 1930s and was remilitarized by Hitler in 1936.

LETTER E

The Schlieffen Plan was devised by Alfred von Schlieffen, a German army commander who thought of a way in which the Germans could win a war in Europe. To make this possible, Schlieffen drew up a plan in which a large part of the German army would be mobilized to conquer France.

LETER A

The Battle of Verdun lasted throughout the year 1916 and was fought by French and English in Verdun, a city located in northeastern France. It was one of the biggest battles of the First World War, causing the death of around 700,000 people.

LETER C

The Armenian Genocide was promoted by the Ottoman government. Armenians inhabited the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century, and the Ottomans mobilized troops to persecute this ethnic minority, ordering the murder of many and their forced migration to desert regions. It is estimated that over a million Armenians died.

LETER A

With the outbreak of the First World War, the Italians refused to participate in the Triple Alliance because they had an interest in annexing lands that were under Austrian rule, a member country of this military alliance. As a result, Italy refused to participate in the conflict and ended up allying with the countries of the Triple Entente.

LETER A

The entry of the United States into the conflict was due to diplomatic disagreements between the Germans and the Americans. These disagreements were caused by the action of German submarines, which attacked American vessels in the Atlantic Ocean. In all, seven US vessels were destroyed.