AP EURO SPRING REVIEW

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

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

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

Which aspect of German strategy was employed during both World War I and World War II?

• a large-scale military push early in the war in the Balkans

• formation of an alliance with Japan

• violation of Belgium's neutrality in order to attack France

• respect for the rights of the US on the sea

Which state existed in 1919, but not in 1914?

• Poland

• Belgium

• Croatia

• Bulgaria

Which European countries felt the impact of the Great Depression before the United States?

• the UK

• France

• Germany

• the Netherlands

The "Prague Spring" refers to

• a new agricultural program introduced by the Czechoslovak Communist leadership that led to the "green revolution" in Eastern Europe.

• the unsuccessful liberalization programs attempted by Alexander Dubcek.

• a great drought in 1968.

• cultural flowering of Czech literature in the immediate post-World War II era.

Between the death of Stalin and the rise of Gorbachev, the Soviet Union

• dismantled the KGB.

• solved its agricultural problems.

• experienced some liberalization along with increasing economic decline.

• did not attempt to compete with the West in consumer goods.