WWI & Russian Revolution Test

Which of the following is the best example of how World War I was a total war?

• The alliance system drew nation after nation into the war.

• Modern weapons caused high casualty rates on the Western Front.

• Women took over many jobs in war industries.

• U-boats attacked Allied shipping in the Atlantic.

German soldiers are marched through Belgium in August 1914, an action that

• was intended to insure the quick defeat of Germany.

• violated the Schlieffen Plan.

• broke the stalemate on the Western Front.

• brought Britain into the war.

 What is one reason for the staggering casualties that Russia suffered in World War I?

•  the ongoing civil war between the Whites and the Reds

• a poorly equipped army

• the long stalemate on the Western Front

• the necessity of fighting a war on two fronts

How did the Rasputin contribute to the outbreak of the February revolution in Russia?

• He organized the forces that overthrew the Tsar.

• He helped shape the political and economic ideas of the Bolsheviks.

• His influence over the Tsarina weakened faith in the government.

• He conspired to assassinate the Tsar.

 Which type of military technology played the largest role in creating the long stalemate on the Western Front?

•  U-boats

• Zeppelins

• Tanks

• machine guns

"There were vast stretches of mud, of fields once cultivated, but now scarred with pits ... rusty barbed wires. The roads were rivers of clay. They were lined with dugouts, cellars, and caves." —Richard Harding Davis, war correspondent  - This passage describes the impact of

• total war.

• poison gas.

• trench warfare.

• the use of airplanes in World War I.

Why was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand important? 

• It created an alliance between Russia and Germany.

• It encouraged the growth of Serbian nationalism.

• It caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.

• It led to the formation of the Triple Alliance.

Germany, France, and Russia were drawn into the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia as a result of the

• alliance system.

• Schlieffen plan.

• naval arms race.

• second Balkan War.

 How did new military technology influence the fighting in World War I?

• It allowed battle fronts to move widely.

• It shortened the length of the war.

• It increased the number of casualties.

• It brought the European colonies into the war.

  What event in 1917 most benefited the Allies?

• Germany agreed to end unrestricted submarine warfare.

• Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

• Woodrow Wilson published his Fourteen Points.

• The United States declared war against Germany