WorksheetsAP Ch 33
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip assassinated
Francis Joseph
Nicholas II.
Alexander Kerensky
Francis Ferdinand.
The first total war in world history was
World War I.
World War II
Crimean War
the Franco-Prussian War
Approximately how many combatants died in World War I?
fifteen million
nine million
three million
twenty million
The term for the idea that people with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states was
positive nationalism
self-determination.
Utopian socialism.
democratic republicanism
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the nationalistic aspirations of subject minorities was most threatening to a state such as
England
Austria-Hungary
Spain.
France
Pan-Slavism was actively promoted by
Germany.
the United States.
Russia.
Austria-Hungary
In 1914, England's share of the world's industrial output stood at
3 percent, tied for tenth in the world
14 percent, roughly the same as Germany's
9 percent, having dropped behind that of the United States and Germany.
32 percent, the world's largest.
Which of the following was NOT an important area of competition and conflict between England and Germany in the years leading up to World War I
religious differences
colonial disputes
industrial and trade rivalry
nationalistic tensions
The members of the Triple Alliance were
England, France, and Russia
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia
Russia, Italy, and Germany
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
The French were deeply suspicious of German expansion because of
Germany's role in the final defeat of Napoleon.
the solid total alliance between the British and the Germans
the inability of the French to forget their humiliating defeat in the Franco-Prussian War
the rise of Adolf Hitler
The military plan that called for an invasion of France through Belgium was called
the Bismarck plan
the Schlieffen plan
the Brest-Litovsk Offense
the Belgian insertion plan
The soldiers who marched off in 1914 to fight in World War I were mostly
enthusiastic young men who expected a quick victory
depressed because of their religious opposition to the war.
extremely poor farmers that needed income for work as a soldier
depressed, because they remembered the incredible slaughter of the Franco-Prussian War.
The German offensive of 1914 was halted at
Gallipoli.
Marne River
Verdun.
Prussia
The western front in World War I was
a German victory, after the French abandoned their English allies
a bloody stalemate
an overwhelming French and English victory
an Italian victory that changed the shape of the war
The massive German assault on the western front in 1916 was
Somme.
Marne.
Gallipoli
Verdun
Which of the following was NOT a common component of the early trench warfare experience in World War I?
lice
rats
machine guns
massive aerial bombing
The Somme was
an English assault in 1916 that gained a few thousand yards.
the first great American victory of the war.
a disastrous Italian defeat that destroyed any hope for an Italian invasion of Austria
the battle in 1914 that halted the German Schlieffen plan
In World War I, the eastern front was
characterized by more fluid battle lines than the western front.
an Austrian victory in which Austria displaced Germany as the leading Central Power.
a bloody stalemate
a hard-fought, albeit slow, English and French victory.
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the new total war of World War I?
the use of propaganda to inspire the participants to even greater sacrifice
women taking on traditionally male jobs
the extension of laissez-faire capitalism to its greatest extent
the recognition of the importance of the home front in the war effort
What effect did World War I have on the status of women?
Women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war.
The slaughter caused by capitalistic tensions caused 32 percent of women to join socialist or communist parties
All women were able to take advantage of new economic opportunities, which lasted long past the end of the war.
The demands of total war actually reduced opportunities for women.
The World War I poet who considered Horace's line "sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country" to be an "old Lie" was
Robert Graves
Siegfried Sassoon.
Wilfred Owen.
Cecil Rhodes.
Which one of the following is NOT an explanation of the expansion of World War I to Asia, Africa, and the Pacific?
European nations carried their animosities into their colonies.
Japan saw the war as an opportunity to grab German colonies
The German invasion of neutral Belgium was a profound breech of international law.
Europeans were forced to recruit soldiers from their colonies because of the demands of the war.
The Twenty-one Demands were issued
by the United States to Japan.
by Japan to China.
by Austria to Serbia.
by England to Germany.
The Japanese fought in World War I due to their
anger over German atrocities against Chinese civilians.
long-standing Franco-Japanese alliance
fear of America entering into China.
desire to acquire German colonies in Asia.
Which of the following was a German African colony conquered by the Allies in the Great War?
Togoland
South Africa
Congo
Algeria
The March Revolution of 1917
swept Lenin into power in Russia and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
resulted in the long-anticipated collapse of the Ottoman empire.
forced France out of the war
was an unplanned and incomplete affair.
The last tsar of Russia was
Alexander II.
Ivan IV.
Nicholas II
Alexander III
The main reason for the failure of the provisional government in Russia in 1917 was
its inability to satisfy popular demands for an end to the war and for land reform
the public's desire for total victory, which clashed with the government's pacifistic approach.
the strain placed on the government by the unpopular alliance with Germany.
Lenin's inexperience in actually running a government.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
was harsh toward the Germans and led to resentment after the war.
forged the alliance between England and France that would later be expanded to the Triple Entente.
forced the Chinese to give Hong Kong to the British.
ended Russia's involvement in World War I.
The official factor in the United States' decision to enter World War I was
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
age-old antagonism between the United States and the Ottoman Turks.
its position as leader of the free world.
its long-standing friendship with Great Britain.
What major power was NOT invited to attend the Paris peace negotiations that led to the Treaty of Versailles?
Britain
France
the United States
the Soviet Union
Which of the following was most indicative of Europe's reduced economic might in the wake of the war?
Europe's inability to field a navy
Europe's greater reliance on income from its colonies
Europe's reversed financial relationship to the U.S.
Europe's inability, over the long term, to overcome serious inflation
In the wake of World War I, Mustafa Kemal became president of
Turkey.
Russia
Egypt.
Persia.
The mandate system
particularly angered the Arab world because it violated promises made by the French and British
allowed for the rapid spread of communism.
allowed the Germans to repay their reparations to the Allied powers.
led to the occupation of Germany after the war.
The underlying causes of the Great War included intense nationalism, ethnic resentments, pursuit of economic interests, colonial rivalries, and a general struggle over the balance of power in Europe
True
False
The Triple Alliance grew out of a close relationship among England, France, and Russia during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
True
False
Known as the Bismarck plan, Germany's war plan called for the swift knockout of France followed by defensive action against Russia.
True
False
Trenches along the western front ran from the English Channel to Switzerland.
True
False
The machine gun represented one of the most important advances in military technology and compelled military leaders to rethink their battlefield tactics.
True
False
The final form of the peace treaty that ended the Great War represented Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.
True
False
