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WorksheetsThe Great War & Interwar Years
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
The Crimean War was important for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT -
Exposed Russia's obsolete economy and poor industrialization
led to the emancipation of the serfs
encouraged modernization of the Russian army
stimulated greater tolerance for ethnic minorities in Russia
Social Darwinism represented a
justification for racial theory
response to Marxism and utopian socialism
challenge to European imperialism
tension between objectivity and individual expression
Which of the following czars can be considered a reformer in Russia?
Alexander II
Nicholas II
Nicholas I
Alexander III
Keynesian economics is an theory that argues for
increasing government spending in order to rebound an economy
cutting social services and state expenditures to balance the budget
imposing greater tariffs and protectionism to support home industries
import substitution within former colonial nations
What country did not have an electoral system by the end of the nineteenth century?
Russia
Germany
Poland
Austria
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
• ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
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
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
Which state existed in 1919, but not in 1914?
Poland
Belgium
Croatia
Bulgaria
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 European countries felt the impact of the Great Depression before the United States?
the UK
France
Germany
the Netherlands
The enchantment with mysticism among the Russian nobility, including the tsar and tsarina, is closely linked to
Grigori Rasputin
Alexander Samsonov
Leon Trotsky
Ivan Turgenov
Mussolini was able to attract support because of -
His active politics
His promise to restore Italian greatness
His desire to expand Italian territory
His anti-communist rhetoric
Which 19th century ideology best explains German acceptance of Hitler's theories?
Volkish thought
Social Darwinism
Anti-Semitism
Which reason best explains why King George V did not save his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II?
He was bound by the constitution and jealous of his cousin's autocratic powers
He disliked his cousin and his Slavic heritage
He did not want to appear pro-authoritarianism post WWI
He was closer with Kaiser Wilhem II
All of the following are reasons that the League of Nations failed to keep the peace in the 1920s and 1930s EXCEPT -
The USSR refused to intervene
There was no military force prepared to intervene
The French diplomats were too aggressive and militaristic
The US failed to join
