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1
By the end of the nineteenth century, nationalistic movements resulted in independent sovereignty for all of the following except
A)Bulgaria.
B)Germany.
C)Greece.
D)Ireland.
E)Italy.
2
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the catalyst that started World War I because
A)he was a unifying force between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
B)his death caused Russia to rush to the defense of Austria.
C)his death caused Germany to rush to the defense of Serbia.
D)his death ended plans for national self-determination within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
E)his death brought to a head the tensions underlying the alliances in eastern and western Europe.
3
The national rivalries that helped produce World War I included all of the following except
A)an expensive naval race between Germany and Britain.
B)competition over colonies.
C)tariff wars.
D)competition for foreign markets.
E)a proxy war between Britain and Germany fought in China.
4
The Balkans War of 1912-1913 involved all of the following states except
A)the Ottoman Empire.
B)Greece.
C)Serbia.
D)Romania.
E)Italy.
5
The purpose of alliances such as the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente was
A)to create a mutually advantageous free trade association.
B)to provide mutual defense and support in case of attack.
C)to cooperatively share resources in African colonies.
D)to avoid war.
E)all of the above
6
The German Schlieffen Plan called for
A)a quick invasion of Great Britain and destruction of the British navy.
B)a quick invasion of Russia so that the war would only be fought on one front.
C)a blockade of France to starve that country into submission.
D)a swift knockout of France combined with defensive action against Russia.
E)simultaneous invasions of France, Britain, and Russia with heavy reliance on the navy.
7
Which of the following was not a military technology used during World War I?
A)machine guns
B)armored tanks
C)airplanes
D)poison gas
E)ballistic missiles
8
Compared to the western front, fighting on the eastern front was
A)more fluid, as the Germans made inroads into Russia.
B)a deadlock, with German and Austrian troops trapped for months in trenches.
C)more encouraging for the Allies, especially on the Balkan Peninsula.
D)not as deadly, with far fewer casualties.
E)over quickly.
9
In World War I, "no man's land" was:
A)the battle line in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
B)the deadly territory between opposing trenches.
C)the killing field around Verdun.
D)the German route of invasion through Belgium.
E)the peninsula of Gallipoli.
10
What effect did World War I have on the status of women?
A)the demands of total war actually reduced the opportunities for women
B)women engaged in combat for the first time
C)women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war
D)women gained economic status that continued long after the war
E)all of the above
11
Dreadnoughts were new, high-powered heavy artillery that caused great loss of life on the Western Front.
A)True
B)False
12
The Triple Alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
A)True
B)False
13
France joined the Triple Entente in order to control the Balkans.
A)True
B)False
14
Many Europeans greeted the onset of World War I with jubilation.
A)True
B)False
15
Britain entered World War I after Germany invaded Belgium.
A)True
B)False
16
The purpose of the Twenty-one Demands was
A)to demand control of German-held islands in the Pacific.
B)to reduce China to the status of a Japanese protectorate.
C)to demand that the British turn over control of Hong Kong.
D)to reduce Korea to the status of a Japanese protectorate.
E)all of the above
17
The Allied effort to seize the approaches to the Dardanelles Strait in 1915 was significant in that
A)it destroyed the Ottoman Empire.
B)it demonstrated that the British navy was no match for German dreadnoughts.
C)this decisive battle finally broke the stalemate on the western front.
D)this British-directed debacle cost 250,000 casualties on each side.
E)it demonstrated that, after the arrival of American troops, the Allies would win the war.
18
Tsar Nicholas II abdicated was forced to abdicate when
A)the Germans captured Petrograd.
B)army troops in the capital mutinied.
C)Japan declared war on Russia.
D)Lenin invaded Russia with an army.
E)all of the above
19
Key western front battles occurred at
A)Verdun and the Marne.
B)Guadalcanal.
C)Kursk.
D)Borodino.
E)Austerlitz.
20
As a result of the ongoing bloodshed, all of the following occurred except
A)food shortages in central Europe.
B)demonstrations against declining food rations.
C)the breakdown of military discipline.
D)a communist revolution in Great Britain.
E)all of the above
21
The provisional government lost the support of many Russians because it
A)continued to use the police apparatus of the tsar.
B)continued policies that discriminated against minorities.
C)denied Russians the right to free speech and a free press.
D)promised to continue the war to victory.
E)launched an all-out attack on the workers' soviets.
22
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points called for all of the following except
A)freedom of navigation.
B)the destruction of Germany.
C)open covenants.
D)equality of trade conditions.
E)reduction in national armaments.
23
A key factor in the U.S. decision to enter World War I was
A)its long-standing friendship with Great Britain.
B)the U.S. desire to acquire German colonies in the Pacific.
C)American prejudice against German immigrants.
D)the political ambition of Woodrow Wilson.
E)Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare against the United States.
24
At the Paris Peace Conference,
A)the Allies agreed to let ethnic self-determination set the boundaries of the Middle East.
B)Britain and France demanded that Germany pay reparations.
C)Russia was forced to cede much of Manchuria to Japan.
D)Woodrow Wilson gained acceptance of his Fourteen Points.
E)all of the above
25
Which of the following statements about the League of Nations is true?
A)Woodrow Wilson urged that the Covenant of the League of Nations be made an integral part of the peace treaties.
B)It was able to enforce its decisions effectively because of its large and powerful army.
C)It was designed to solve international disputes through arbitration.
D)It lasted into the 1950s.
E)all of the above
26
The Great War became a global conflict in part because European powers augmented their armies by recruiting men from their colonies.
A)True
B)False
27
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk gave Germany control over one-third of Russia's territory.
A)True
B)False
28
Georges Clemenceau, Lloyd George, and Woodrow Wilson dominated the Paris Peace Conference.
A)True
B)False
29
The mandate system was applied to all colonial possessions.
A)True
B)False
30
World War I reinforced the hold of European states over their colonies.
A)True
B)False





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