BUZZO

Grade 10 · World history

World history quiz for grade 10: The First World War

This quiz helps revise “The First World War” in World history for grade 10. It has 25 questions in five categories: Road to War, Fronts and Battles, On the Battlefield, Home Front and World, Peace and Aftermath. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 15–16
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

Play

Buzzo quiz: The First World War

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Road to War

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which Habsburg heir, pictured here, was assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914?

  2. 200

    Which empire declared war on Serbia on 28 July 1914?

  3. 300

    What prewar understanding linked…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which German strategy aimed…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is the diplomatic…

    In the game

Fronts and Battles

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which September 1914 battle stopped the German advance toward Paris?

  2. 200

    Which 1915 campaign sought to force the Dardanelles and open a sea route to an eastern ally?

  3. 300

    Near which French city…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which joint British-French offensive…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1916 naval battle…

    In the game

On the Battlefield

  1. 100

    Which rapid-fire weapon from fixed positions made infantry attacks especially costly?

  2. 200

    What protective equipment became essential after chemical attacks spread?

  3. 300

    Which armoured tracked vehicle…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What German naval term…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What system locked armies…

    In the game

Home Front and World

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What system limited how much scarce food civilians could buy and aimed to distribute it fairly?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which British passenger liner, pictured here, was torpedoed off Ireland on 7 May 1915?

  3. 300

    What coded German message…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What name is given…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1917 upheaval brought…

    In the game

Peace and Aftermath

  1. 100

    What agreement took effect at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918 and stopped fighting on the Western Front?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which 1919 peace agreement ended the state of war between Germany and most Allied powers?

  3. 300

    Which international organization created…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which peace agreement in…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which numbered clause made…

    In the game

Play this quiz

All 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.

Play

How it works

  1. Pick a quiz and press “Play”.
  2. Send students or friends the link — they join from a phone or a computer.
  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

Similar quizzes

All High school quizzes