AP European History - Period 4

The Austrian annexation of Bosnia in 1908 threatened the nationalist aspiration of which of the following countries?

• Turkey

• Romania

• Serbia

• Bulgaria

All of the following were contributory causes of World War I EXCEPT

• alliances between the great powers

• the arms race

• Bolshevism

• Balkan nationalism

The Schlieffen Plan indicated that the German General Staff

• did not expect to go to war with Russia

• anticipated a war on two fronts

• expected a long, drawn out war

• did not expect Austria-Hungary to honor the Triple Alliance

The building of a large German navy in the first decade of the 20th century antagonized

• France

• Britain

• Russia

• the United States

Popular opinion in Germany, Austria, and Russia largely reacted to the outbreak of war in 1914 with

• horror and aversion

• resigned acceptance

• fear of defeat

• great enthusiasm

Trench warfare was established along the western front early in World War I because

• airplanes allowed most of the fighting to be done in the skies

• improvements in the rifle made snipers the principal combatants

• the terrain made it difficult to assemble large armies

• defensive weapons had gained the advantage over offensive ones

British promises and assistance to Arabs fighting in the Middle East were designed to

• create their own independent countries

• gain enough Arab goodwill so that opposition to a new Jewish state would be minimal

• remove French and Russian influence from the region

• help the Allied war effort by denying Arab support to Turkey

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the fundamental difference behind what Woodrow Wilson expected from the treaty ending World War I and what the Allies wanted?

• The Allies wanted reparations from Germany; Wilson opposed them.

• Wilson was hampered by the need to negotiate a treaty that would pass the Senate, whereas the Allies had no political concerns.

• Establishment of the League of Nations was of less importance to Wilson than it was to the British and French representatives.

• Wilson wanted a peace that would not lead to another war, whereas the Allies wanted revenge.

"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts, the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage. . .as a consequence of the war."

Which of the following best states one purpose of this clause from the Treaty of Versailles?

• to justify large reparations payments from Germany

• to give the League of Nations the power to impose economic and military sanctions

• to provide a basis for international disarmament talks

• to include Germany in the peace negotiations

After World War I, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq came under the control of Britain and France. These British and French administered territories were called

• demilitarized zones

• mandates

• spheres of influence

• free-trade zones