World War I
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- Q1The Schlieffen Plan was created tohave a battle plan for Germany in case he had to go to war with the Triple Entente members Russia, or France, or bothfind ways to keep England from fighting against Germanyprepare Germany to go to war with Russia and take its African coloniesmake a quick victory against the Czar in Russia30s
- Q2What nation started World War I and which nations then escalated, or caused the war to expand?Austria-Hungary started the war, then Russia and France escalated itSerbia started it by allowing the assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinand; Austria-Hungary and Russia escalated it.Russian started it by mobilizing its troops on the border with Germany; Austria-Hungary and Britain escalated it.Austria-Hungary started the war with actions against Serbia; then Germany and Britain escalated it by sending their armies to help.30s
- Q3In 1882, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Germany become theTriple EnenteAlliesTriple AllianceCentral Powers30s
- Q4Why were tensions heightened among countries in Europe after 1900?Nations were mobilizing for warSocialists had seized power in several countriesPeople were joining the Black Hand movement for independence.Some nations refused to trade with each other.30s
- Q5U.S. President Woodrow Wilson argued at the Paris Peace Conference most strongly fora League of Nations to prevent future warsforgiving Germany of war reparationsthe outright annexation of German and Ottoman territories by the Allies.restoration of the Russian czar to end communism30s
- Q6One outcome, or legacy of World War I was (most correct answer):elimination of etinic minorities in eastern Europe by deporting them to the Middle Eastthe breakup of the Ottoman Empireexpansion of the Austro-Hungarian Empirerejection of strong central governments30s
- Q7A major cause of the Bolshevik Revolution wasinflammatory rhetoric from Communist leadersCzar Nicholas' failed military and economic policiesRasputin's influence at the royal courtRussia's withdrawal from World War I30s
- Q8In total war, governments were able to controlthe economies of the their allieseconomies and resources within their own countriesthe enemy's resourcestheir citizen's voting preferenences30s
- Q9The military draft is also known asreparation of troopsmobilizationmandate systemconscription, or mandatory military service30s
- Q10The original members of the Triple Entente wereFrance, Great Britain and BelgiumRussia, France and SpainFrance, Great Britain and RussiaGreat Britain, Italy and France30s
- Q11In 1918, the Allies signed a truce withthe Kingdom of Serbiathe Social Democratic government of Germanythe German Communist PartyKaiser William III30s
- Q12The provisional Russian government (after the Czar abdicated) made the fatal mistake of deciding toremain in World War I with the Triple Entente, or Alliessign a peace treaty with Germanyassassinate the Czar and his familycontinue the 300-year-old royal Romanov dynasty as a constitutional monarch30s
- Q13The strip of territory that separated the troops of opposing sides was known asdemilitarized zoneno-man's landthe trenchesthe death zone30s
- Q14During the war, new roles in the workforce were created for women becausewomen demanded equality with menthey were experienced workersthey had more endurance than menso many men entered the military.30s
- Q15The competition for lands abroad, especially in (fill-in the blank) ___________, led to conflict and heightened the existing nationalistic rivalries among European nationsCentral AmericaAsiaAfricaSouth America30s
