War History Trivia! Test Your Knowledge! Quiz
There has been a lot of bad blood between countries or political groups for different reasons leading to wars. Do you know some of the battles that happened in history, the reasons for the start-up, and how they ended? This war history trivia is specifically designed to help you test your knowledge on some of the most notable wars, how they began and what led to their end. Give it a shot!
- 1.What country felt they were denied their "place in the sun" before world war one?
- A.
Japan
- B.
Germany
- C.
Russia
- D.
England
- E.
France
- 2.The causes of WW1 do not include
- A.
Imperialism
- B.
Nationalism
- C.
Mandates
- D.
Military build up
- 3.Why did Austria declare war on Serbia?
- A.
The assasination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand man
- B.
The rejection of the ultimatum from Austria to Serbia
- C.
Serbian nationalists
- D.
Austrian nationalists
- 4.Schlieffen refers to?
- A.
The declaration of war on the Triple entente.
- B.
Austria's plan of attack
- C.
Germany's plan of attack
- D.
Germany's army
- 5.How many countries attended the Paris Peace Conference?
- A.
30
- B.
29
- C.
32
- D.
87
- 6.Who was not apart of the Paris Peace Conference?
- A.
David Lloyd George
- B.
Franklin Roosevelt
- C.
Woodrow Wilson
- D.
Georges Clemenceau
- 7.Which leader wanted to "punish and destroy Germany" at the Peace Conference?
- A.
Britain
- B.
America
- C.
France
- D.
Russia
- 8.Wilson's ideas for a better world were called
- A.
Treaty of Versailles
- B.
14 points
- C.
Self determination
- D.
Disarmament
- 9.What was the name of the assembly created at the end of WW1?
- A.
League of Nations
- B.
United Nations
- C.
World Assembly
- D.
Peace Keepers
- 10.What were the 4 main points of the Treaty of Versailles?
- 11.What is not a place that Germany lost to the Treaty of Versailles?
- A.
Alsace and Lorraine
- B.
Danzig
- C.
Schelswig
- D.
Rhineland
- 12.What were the aims of the League of nations?
- 13.What powerful country was not in the League?
- A.
USSR
- B.
Russia
- C.
Poland
- D.
France
- 14.What did the Kellogg Briand Pact promise?
- A.
Cereal for all
- B.
No more weapons
- C.
Mass production of weapons
- D.
No more war
- 15.Which country invaded Manchuria?
- A.
China
- B.
Japan
- C.
Germany
- D.
Russia
- 16.Why was the league an EPIC failure?
- 17.Lebensraum is. . .
- A.
German food
- B.
Expansion of territory
- C.
German's expansion of territory
- D.
A really weird word
- 18.Hitlers 3 main aims were . .
- 19.Anschluss is
- A.
The union between Germany and Hungary
- B.
The term used for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles
- C.
The Union between Germany and Austria
- D.
The brief truce between Russia and Germany
- 20.During the Munich agreement, Germany was given. .
- A.
Poland
- B.
Appeasement
- C.
Czhechoslovakia
- D.
Sudetenland
- 21.What were the steps to WW2?
- 22.What was Kristallnacht?
- A.
A starry night
- B.
The breaking of Jewish businesses
- C.
The laws put up by Hitler against jewish people
- D.
The purging of the Nazi party for conspirators or untrustworthy people
- 23.List the reasons why Britain was unable to make a pact with Russia Briefly explain
- 24.Why was Germany able to make a pact with Russia?
- 25.What was the Reichstag?
- A.
The German army
- B.
German secret forces
- C.
Parliment building in Germany
- D.
Hitler's german government
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