World War I Lecture

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The Triple Alliance was a loose agreement of cooperation among

• Serbia, Germany, and Britain.

• Italy, Serbia, and France.

• Germany, Italy, and Russia.

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

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True or False: Some historians believe that fear of revolution encouraged some leaders to pursue war in 1914.

• True

• False

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True or False: The first military draft in Europe was introduced in 1915.

• True

• False

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True or False: Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist.

• True

• False

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True or False: Germany gave Austria-Hungary no indication of support in 1914.

• True

• False

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Which one of the following is NOT considered a major cause of World War I?

• the growth of nationalism

• impressionism

• militarism

• internal dissent

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Austria-Hungary feared that Serbia would

• create a large Slavic state.

• kill Archduke Ferdinand.

• invade Russia.

• invade Germany.

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Germany viewed the Russian czar’s full mobilization of the army as an

• act of support for Austria-Hungary.

• act of kindness.

• act of war.

• act of bad judgment.

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The German military plan devised by General von Schlieffen

• called for war on two fronts.

• relied on carpet-bombing.

• depended on help from Serbia.

• depended on French neutrality.

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True or False: The western front was more mobile than the eastern front because forces in the east became stuck due to trench warfare. 

• True

• False

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To maintain high morale and maintain support for the war among their citizens

• only the authoritarian regimes used propaganda.

• only the authoritarian powers allowed peace rallies.

• the democratic states used propaganda.

• the democratic states never resorted to exaggeration.

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Air warfare in World War I involved all of the following EXCEPT

• the first long-range missiles.

• spotting enemy positions.

• attacking ground targets.

• shooting down enemy aircraft.

Multiple Select

All select the nations that were part of the Central Powers

• Germany

• Italy

• Austria-Hungary

• Ottoman Empire

• France

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The United States entered the war largely over the issue of

• Serbian independence.

• trench warfare.

• German use of zeppelins.

• unrestricted submarine warfare.

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During the war, new roles in the workforce were created for women because

• they were experienced workers.

• so many men entered the military effort.

• women needed something to do.

• women demanded equality.

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Across Europe, wartime governments

• maintained free-market conditions.

• set up planned economies.

• reduced their powers.

• deregulated prices, wages, and rent.

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Russia was unprepared for war in all of the following ways EXCEPT one. Which one?

• no competent military leaders

• weak armament industry

• poorly armed military

• no czar

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Women workers in Petrograd marched in protest, then

• organized a general strike.

• learned to bake bread.

• consulted with Rasputin.

• joined the czar’s army.

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Kerensky’s provisional government made the fatal mistake of deciding to

• continue the war.

• sign a peace treaty with Germany.

• assassinate the czar.

• continue the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty.

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True or False: V. I. Lenin was sent to Russia by German military leaders to create disorder.

• True

• False

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True or False: The provisional government of 1917 was overthrown by the Bolsheviks.

• True 

• False

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Outwardly, Lenin turned over power to the all-Russian Congress of Soviets, then

• invaded Poland with a mercenary army of peasants.

• signed a peace treaty with the czar and became deputy czar.

• passed real power to a Council of People’s Commissars that he controlled.

• retired from politics and settled in the Ukraine.

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True or False: The Allies sent troops into Russia with the hopes of ending the revolution and of Russia rejoining the war.

• True

• False

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Military opposition or other forms of challenges to the Red Army came from all of the following EXCEPT

• Siberian anti-Communists.

• Italian royalists who supported Lenin.

• Allied material aid to the anti-Communists.

• the Ukrainians.

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True or False: Unlike the Reds, the anticommunist Whites shared a single-minded sense of purpose.

• True

• False

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True or False: By 1921, the new communist regime rewarded the Allies for their help against the Whites.

• True

• False

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True or False: France came to the 1919 peace talks prepared to help Germany recover.

• True

• False

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True or False: One of France's chief concerns at the 1919 peace talks was its future national security against Germany.

• True

• False

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True or False: Wilson's idea of a world organization like the League of Nations was aimed at preventing future wars.

• True

• False

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True or False: The Treaty of Versailles left the Germans with a sense that they were being treated fairly by the Big Three.

• True

• False

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American president Wilson argued at the Paris Peace conference most strongly for

• forgiving Germany.

• restoration of Russia’s czar to end communism.

• a League of Nations to prevent future wars.

• the outright annexation of territories by the Allies.

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To gain Arab support against the Ottoman Turks during the war, the Allies had promised to

• recognize independent Arab states.

• destroy the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

• keep Russia out of Egypt.

• buy Arabian oil.

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Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to do all of the following EXCEPT

• return Alsace and Lorraine to France.

• give up land to a new Polish state.

• pay for war damage.

• run Italy as a mandate.

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The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Big Three powers as a peace settlement with

• Germany, Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey.

• Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Bulgaria.

• Germany and Austro-Hungary.

• Germany.

Multiple Choice

After German emperor William II fled the country in 1918, Germany formed a

• Communist soviet.

• democratic republic.

• constitutional monarchy.

• military dictatorship.