3. Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

4. 1,000,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 4th Grade Topic 3 4th Grade Topic 4 3rd Grade Topic 5 3rd Grade Topic 6 2nd Grade Topic 7 2nd Grade Topic 8 1st Grade Topic 9 1st Grade Topic 10 500,000 300,000 175,000 100,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000

5. 5th Grade Topic 1 Question / Which of the following was NOT one of the factors that helped set the stage for the outbreak of WWI? a. Isolationism among the nations of Europe b. Growing nationalism in Europe c. Alliances among different nations of Europe d. Competition between the nations of Europe / Which of the following was NOT one of the factors that helped set the stage for the outbreak of WWI? a. Isolationism among the nations of Europe b. Growing nationalism in Europe c. Alliances among different nations of Europe d. Competition between the nations of Europe

6. 5th Grade Topic 1 Answer / A. Isolationism among the nations of Europe

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8. 5th Grade Topic 2 Question / During WWI, what did the countries of Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, and Belgium become known as?

9. 5th Grade Topic 2 Answer / The Allied Powers

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11. 4th Grade Topic 3 Question / Which is NOT one of the reasons why the US decided to break its policy of isolationism and enter WWI? a. A German submarine sank the British steamship Lusitania and killed more than 100 US citizens. b. Germany promised to help Mexico get back lands it had lost to the US. c. Immigrants in the US were born in some of the countries that were fighting the war. d. German submarines sank 3 American-owned trade ships. / Which is NOT one of the reasons why the US decided to break its policy of isolationism and enter WWI? a. A German submarine sank the British steamship Lusitania and killed more than 100 US citizens. b. Germany promised to help Mexico get back lands it had lost to the US. c. Immigrants in the US were born in some of the countries that were fighting the war. d. German submarines sank 3 American-owned trade ships.

12. 4th Grade Topic 3 Answer / C. Immigrants in the US were born in some of the countries that were fighting the war.

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14. 4th Grade Topic 4 Question / What is one example of the way in which new technologies in WWI changed the way battles were fought? a. Soldiers dug trenches. b. Soldiers traveled by sea. c. Airplanes became a weapon of war. d. Guns were used regularly in battle. / What is one example of the way in which new technologies in WWI changed the way battles were fought? a. Soldiers dug trenches. b. Soldiers traveled by sea. c. Airplanes became a weapon of war. d. Guns were used regularly in battle.

15. 4th Grade Topic 4 Answer / C. Airplanes became a weapon of war.

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17. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / Whose idea was the League of Nations?

18. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer / President Woodrow Wilson

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20. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / What type of warfare was used in WWI?

21. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer / Trench Warfare

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23. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / Which of the following countries was aligned with the Central Powers? a. France b. Great Britain c. Germany d. Russia / Which of the following countries was aligned with the Central Powers? a. France b. Great Britain c. Germany d. Russia

24. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer / C. Germany

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26. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / The German telegram suggesting that Mexico form an alliance with Germany and was intercepted by the US is known as the _____________.

27. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer / Zimmerman’s Note

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29. 1st Grade Topic 9 Question / Under President Woodrow Wilson, the US was _________. It believed that countries should not get involved in each other’s problems.

30. 1st Grade Topic 9 Answer / Isolationist

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32. 1st Grade Topic 10 Question / The sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to a. enter WWII b. enter WWI c. outlaw ocean liners d. build the Titanic / The sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to a. enter WWII b. enter WWI c. outlaw ocean liners d. build the Titanic

33. 1st Grade Topic 10 Answer / B. enter WWI

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35. Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11

36. 1,000,000 Question / In the years after WWI, the economies of the countries in Europe suffered. Only the US did well economically after the war. Which factor MOST influenced this change in the world economy?

37. 1,000,000 Answer / The debt that Germany owed the US

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