WWI - Quiz

WWI - Mini Pop Quiz

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Directions: Students are to complete this mini pop quiz in an email and send it to Mr. Oliveros. This is due by the end of class on Friday, April 15th, 2011. Whatever grade you receive in this mini pop quiz, will replace any "bad" grade that you earned in any previous quiz. You can only complete this bonus quiz if you attended school on the last day before Spring Break. If you were absent, tough cookies.

note: Questions must be copied and pasted into the body of the email. Choose your answer by putting your choice in bold.

True or False

1. T or F The Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland.

2. T or F Most of the passengers on the Lusitania were Americans.

3. T or F German troops traveled through Belgium to strike at France.

4. T or F Spain entered the war after Belgium was invaded.

Fill in the Blank

5. _____________ was the first country to use poison gas in World War I.

6. Austria-Hungary blamed the assassination of Francis Ferdinand on _____________.

Multiple Choice

7. The country with the most airplanes at the beginning of the war was

    a. Great Britain

    b. France

    c. Germany

8. A pilot became an "ace" when he shot down this number of enemy planes.

    a. 10

    b. 15

    c. 5

9. The country obligated by treaty to protect Serbia was

    a. Russia

    b. Great Britain

    c. Germany

10. What were "cruiser rules"? (in your own words)

Bonus: Pick one only

1. On what date was the Lusitania sunk?

2. On what date did the United States declare war on Germany?

3. On what date did WWI end?

e-mail your mini pop quiz to misteroliveros@gmail.com