Question 1

The immediate cause of World War I was

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A)  an uprising of Catholic peasants in Bavaria.
B)  the assassination of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
C)  the German invasion of Poland.
D)  the German naval blockage of Britain.
E)  the French occupation of the Ruhr.

Question 2

define the following term:
-Yugoslavia

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define the following term:
-Petrograd

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Question 4

define the following term:
-nationalization

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Question 5

define the following term:
-Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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Question 6

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-Bolsheviks

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Question 7

During 1914, in contrast to events in Western Europe, the war in the east

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A)  was marked by immobility.
B)  was marked by mobility.
C)  developed methodically and took months to get heated.
D)  was marked by careful diplomacy.
E)  involved smaller numbers of troops.

Question 8

In August 1914, the general perception of the upcoming war among Europeans was that

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A)  it would be the dawn of a new socialist Europe.
B)  the war would be very short, possibly only weeks in duration.
C)  it would mark the end of European civilization.
D)  its long-term nature would revive Europe's suffering economy.
E)  it would be avoided at the last minute, once the diplomats finally met together.

Question 9

Most Europeans believed that the Great War would

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A)  be much like the American Civil War in length.
B)  be an exciting, emotional release from the otherwise dull and boring existence of mass society.
C)  last for years and create a rousing state of perpetual heroics as proclaimed by Nietzsche in his writings on the "superman."
D)  ultimately bring about the unification of Europe in one centralized and highly militarized government.
E)  result in a new balance of power throughout all of Western civilization.

Question 10

After World War I, the United States Senate voted to

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A)  forgive the war loans to England and France.
B)  renounce the Versailles Treaty that Wilson had negotiated.
C)  join and actively participate in the League of Nations.
D)  occupy northern Mexico in retaliation for the Zimmerman Telegram.
E)  form a military alliance with England, France, and Russia.

Question 11

define the following term:
-reparations

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Question 12

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-Central Powers

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Question 13

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-"blank check"

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Question 14

The underlying motive that led Great Britain to declare war on Germany was

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A)  the German invasion of Belgium.
B)  a desire to plunder on the continent.
C)  the desire to maintain world power.
D)  fear of German intentions in France.
E)  anxiety concerning a possible German invasion of Britain.

Question 15

How did the Russian Revolution alter the dynamics of European statecraft and policy during the waning months of the war and into the time of the Paris Peace Conference?

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Question 16

The German High Command supported Lenin in his attempts to sow chaos in Russia in early 1917.

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 B)False

Question 17

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-Georges Clemenceau

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Question 18

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-"Peace, land, and bread"

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Question 19

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-Britain's Ministry of Munitions

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Question 20

In World War I, the participating states gave industrialists and businessmen greater freedom and independence from government regulations under the assumption that laissez-faire capitalism would be more efficient and productive in achieving the hoped-for victory.

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A) True 
 B)False

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