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Chpt 27 World History quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

fighting conducted from a system of ditches protected by barbed wire

a)

Triple Entente

b)

Bolshevik Revolution

c)

trench warfare

d)

Fourteen Points

2.

Woodrow Wilson's peace proposal that asserted people's right to self-determination

a)

total war

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Fourteen Points

3.

France, Great Britain, and Russia

a)

total war

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Triple Alliance

4.

British officer who urged princes in the Middle East to revolt against the Ottomans

a)

armistice

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Lawrence of Arabia

5.

war based on wearing the other side down with constant attacks and heavy losses

a)

total war

b)

war of attrition

c)

trench warfare

6.

international peacekeeping organization created at the end of World War I

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Triple Alliance

c)

Bolshevik Revolution

d)

League of Nations

7.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

a)

Triple Entente

b)

Triple Alliance

c)

trench warfare

d)

armistice

8.

complete mobilization of a nation's resources and people

a)

war of attrition

b)

trench warfare

c)

total war

9.

uprising in 1917 that led to Russia's withdrawal from World War I

a)

League of Nations

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Bolshevik Revolution

d)

Triple Alliance

10.

agreement that brings an end to fighting

a)

total war

b)

armistice

c)

League of Nations

d)

war of attrition

11.

Why were tensions heightened among countries in Europe after 1900?

a)

A. Socialists had seized power.

b)

B. Some nations refused to trade with each other.

c)

C. Nations began mobilizing for war.

d)

D. People were joining the Black Hand.

12.

Serbia angered Austria-Hungary when it

a)

A. developed imperialist ambitions.

b)

B. tried to form an independent state.

c)

C. mobilized troops along Austria’s border.

d)

D. promised to support Germany’s interests

13.

Which nations were the first to get involved in the initial conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?

a)

A. Germany and Russia

b)

B. France and Belgium

c)

C. United States and Britain

d)

D. Italy and Bulgaria

14.

Initially, the war effort on the Western Front was characterized by

a)

A. slow but steady advancement of the German army on the ground.

b)

B. trench warfare that kept both sides in the same positions for four years.

c)

C. decisive victories by the French army and swift retreat of German forces.

d)

D. innovative strategies that used new technologies available to both armies.

15.

As the war progressed, both the Allied Powers and the Central Powers sought new allies in order to

a)

A. get more money and supplies.

b)

B. expand their colonial empires.

c)

C. open new avenues for commerce.

d)

D. pave the way for peace negotiations.

16.

Civil war broke out in Russia after World War I because

a)

A. foreign troops remained on Russian soil.

b)

B. the Bolsheviks did not fulfill their promises.

c)

C. many people opposed the Bolshevik government. .

d)

D. Lenin acquired too much territory in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

17.

Negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference were complicated by

a)

A. Russia's refusal to attend the talks.

b)

B. territorial disputes among the Big Three.

c)

C. Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.

d)

D. Germany's refusal to pay for the war.

18.

Germany was especially opposed to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles because it

a)

A. forced Germany to reduce the size of its army and navy.

b)

B. returned the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France.

c)

C. awarded sections of eastern Germany to the new Polish state.

d)

D. held Germany (and Austria) responsible for the war and required reparations

19.

A major cause of the Bolshevik Revolution was

a)

A. Rasputin's influence at the royal court.

b)

B. Russia's withdrawal from World War I.

c)

C. inflammatory rhetoric from Communist leaders.

d)

D. Czar Nicholas's failed military and economic policies.

20.

One legacy of World War I was the

a)

A. breakup of the Ottoman Empire.

b)

B. rejection of strong central governments.

c)

C. expansion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

d)

D. elimination of ethnic minorities in eastern Europe.