ww1 stimulus FINAL (woods questions)

Moltke’s prediction in Source 1 about the consequences of a potential war between Germany and France is most directly explained by the fact that…

• fascists within Germany sought to use a potential war with France as an excuse to establish a dictatorship

• previous conflicts had stirred intense nationalism in France and Germany

• France had a much larger population than Germany

• France’s recent industrialization made it militarily superior to Germany

Giolitti’s concerns in Source 2 about the potential consequences of conflict in the Balkans are most directly explained by which of the following developments in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• Ethnic and religious diversity in European states ensured that ethnic tensions in one region would quickly spread across Europe and spark civil wars.

• European states entered into military alliances with each other that forced them to come to their allies’ aid in the event of conflict with a nonallied state.

• Military experts feared that future wars between European states would likely be far deadlier than past wars, because of the recent development of more advanced weapons.

• Conflict between European rivals had already led to the dissolution of imperial states such as the Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In addition to the potential destabilization of the Ottoman Empire, Giolitti’s argument in Source 2 regarding Italy’s ambitions in Libya is likely explained by the concern that any attempt by a European state to acquire colonies in Africa could…

• Lead African states to unite with each other against European powers

• greatly endanger the spread of Catholicism and enable the spread of Islam

• encourage Japan to take advantage of the situation and conquer Italian colonies in Asia

• dangerously intensify rivalries between European states seeking to acquire territories and resources

The results of the attacks described in the passage are best explained in the context of:

• the emergence of new technologies that disrupted traditional military tactics

• governments employing genocide as a means of removing minority populations

• the increasing use of colonial soldiers from overseas in European conflicts

• the growth of propaganda as a means of mobilizing wartime populations

The battle described in the passage was significant in that it was part of which of the following developments of the First World War?

• The stalemate that resulted from trench warfare on the Western Front

• The breakup of large multiethnic European empires

• The emergence of racial ideology as a motivation for conflict

• The globalization of what began as a European conflict

As soldiers on both sides realized that no one could gain an advantage in trench warfare…

• savage treatment of prisoners became commonplace.

• most of the participants on all sides mutinied and the war came to a quick conclusion

• they were increasingly encouraged by their officers not to fight and to await a peace treaty ending the war.

• daily life for the soldier became increasingly squalid and miserable in rat-infested trenches.

Watson, in the first paragraph of Source 1, uses the newspaper quote to support the claim that:

• ordinary Germans were not genuinely afraid of the effects of a possible Russian invasion

• parts of eastern Germany were occupied by Russian troops in the early stages of the war

• German propaganda portrayed the conflict with Russia as a defensive war

• Russian troops committed atrocities against German civilians

Which of the following types of evidence does Watson (Source 1) cite to support his claim that early German support for the war was not limited to the young?

• The works of other historians of the war

• Muster rolls and letters

• Propaganda ministry records

• Newspaper articles

Goldfarb, in Source 2, most directly supports her claim that the British press during the First World War routinely suppressed important war news by citing

• the case of the sinking of a battleship and the Battle of Jutland

• rewards given to journalists by the British government

• the more obtrusive press censorship of German authorities

• letters by soldiers complaining of the incompetence of their leaders

Shigenobu’s point of view regarding Western attitudes toward Japan as expressed in the passage is significant in that similar ideas were used by members of the Japanese government during the period between the First and the Second World Wars to justify:

• overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate and establishing the Meiji

• engaging in war with Russia over influence in Manchuria

• militarizing the Japanese state and expanding its territories in Asia

• introducing reforms that industrialized Japan’s economy