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Test your knowledge of World War I with this free quiz. These World War 1 practice questions cover the causes of the war, major battles, key leaders, American involvement, and the events that brought the conflict to an end. See how much you know about the Great War and its impact on the United States and the world.

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1. Question

The assassination of the presumptive heir of which country led to the outbreak of World War I?

2. Question

Which strategic plan formed the basis for the German offensive in 1914?

3. Question

The invasion of which country brought the United Kingdom into World War I?

4. Question

What battle in September 1914 halted the German advance towards Paris?

5. Question

The British and Japanese successfully laid siege to which German colonial possession in China during World War I?

6. Question

Which battle marked the first use of chemical weapons (poison gas) on the Western Front?

7. Question

The sinking of which ship, as part of Germany’s unrestricted U-boat campaign, helped push the United States into World War I?

8. Question

What did the American “Preparedness” movement advocate?

9. Question

Where did the Italians and Austro-Hungarians fight a dozen inconclusive battles during World War I?

10. Question

The failed Allied amphibious landings at Gallipoli were intended to knock out which member of the Central Powers?

11. Question

When did the Battle of the Somme occur?

12. Question

Which battle was the largest engagement between surface naval ships of World War I?

13. Question

Which engagement on the Eastern Front resulted in a Russian victory?

14. Question

Which battle saw the first use of tanks during World War I?

15. Question

Which engagement was the longest battle of World War I?

16. Question

What was the name of the German defensive line on the Western Front between 1916 and 1917?

17. Question

Where did T. E. Lawrence lead a successful uprising against the Central Powers?

18. Question

Who were the Harlem Hellfighters?

19. Question

Which battle included the explosion of subterranean mines that were one of the largest man-made detonations until the atomic bombs?

20. Question

The Zimmerman telegram was intended to draw which country into the war on the side of the Central Powers?

21. Question

When did the United States enter World War I?

22. Question

When did the Bolsheviks launch a revolution in Russia?

23. Question

Which pilot was America’s top flying ace in World War I?

24. Question

Which American won the Medal of Honor for capturing 132 Germans during the Battle of St. Mihiel?

25. Question

The Battle of Belleau Wood plays an important part in the lore of which part of the armed forces?

26. Question

Which French commander was known as the “Lion of Verdun?”

27. Question

Which British officer was known as the “Butcher of the Somme?”

28. Question

Which general commanded the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I?

29. Question

Which German commander preferred to focus resources and manpower on the Eastern Front?

30. Question

Which pilot was the highest scoring flying ace of World War I?

31. Question

Which of these events occurred on the US home front during World War I?

32. Question

Which of the following was NOT a part of President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points?