Another set of questions on World War I and World War II. Click on “Show Answer” under each question to reveal the correct answer.
1. Which region’s dispute between Austria‑Hungary and Serbia helped create the tensions that sparked World War I?
2. What was the derogatory nickname given by Germans to the Versailles Treaty, reflecting widespread resentment in Germany after WWI?
3. Which global pandemic, beginning in 1918 near the end of WWI, killed tens of millions of people worldwide?
4. Which battle in 1915–1916 saw the Allies attempt (and fail) to secure a sea route to Russia through the Dardanelles in WWI?
5. Which political ideology, combining extreme nationalism, dictatorship, and suppression of opposition, rose in Italy and Germany between the world wars?
6. Which civil war of the 1930s, involving Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy supporting one side, is often seen as a prelude to WWII?
7. Which North African campaign, involving battles like El Alamein, pitted German–Italian forces against the British and later U.S. forces in WWII?
8. What was the codename for the Allied invasion of German‑occupied North Africa in November 1942?
9. Which U.S. strategy in the Pacific theater involved capturing key islands while bypassing others to move closer to Japan in WWII?
10. Which post‑WWII economic aid program, launched by the United States in 1948, helped rebuild Western Europe and prevent the spread of communism?
