World War I Interpretive Skills Test Version A

World War I Interpretive Skills Test Version A

____ 1. What newly independent country emerged on the former Eastern Front?

a. / Czechoslovakia
b. / Poland
c. / Hungary
d. / Finland

____ 2. What new state was created between France and Germany?

a. / Saar
b. / Belgium
c. / Netherlands
d. / Switzerland

____ 3. Which of the following Allies gained territory?

a. / Belgium
b. / France
c. / Italy
d. / Russia

____ 4. What happened to the countries Montenegro and Serbia?

a. / They became part of Yugoslavia.
b. / The became part of Greece.
c. / Their people migrated to Germany.
d. / All their people died in the war.

____ 5. What major difference might be present on the postwar map had Russia NOT pulled out of the war?

a. / It might still be known as Russia.
b. / It might have retained its western boundary.
c. / It might have gained Germany as a colony.
d. / All of the above are true.

____ 6. Which country was most similar to Russia in the number of battlefield deaths?

a. / Great Britain
b. / France
c. / Austria-Hungary
d. / Germany

____ 7. How many more troops did the major Allied Powers lose than the major Central Powers?

a. / 875,000
b. / 1,349,000
c. / 3,325,000
d. / 4,674,000

____ 8. What major Central Power lost the most troops?

a. / Germany
b. / British Empire
c. / Ottoman Empire
d. / Austria-Hungary

____ 9. What was true of the combined losses of the United States, Italy, and the British Empire?

a. / They equaled the losses of France.
b. / They were less than the losses of France.
c. / They were greater than the losses of Russia.
d. / They were less than the losses of Russia.

____ 10. Consider what you know about the two fronts of the war. What relationship existed between the battlefronts and the war deaths?

a. / The countries between the two fronts suffered the highest losses.
b. / The countries along the two fronts suffered the highest losses.
c. / The countries farthest from the two fronts suffered the highest losses.
d. / The location of the front had no effect on how high a country's losses were.

World War I Interpretive Skills Test Version A

Answer Section

1. ANS: B PTS: 4 REF: D1CB4C98-6678-11DA-A428-000A95C855C0

STA: CA.CACS.SST.98.C.10.6.1 TOP: Test: Form B

NOT: modernwh_2006

2. ANS: A PTS: 4 REF: D1CD0887-6678-11DA-A3E6-000A95C855C0