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Which groups experienced a relative improvement in income and standards of living as a result of World War I?


A) aristocrats and the middle class
B) middle-class and working-class families
C) working-class families and peasants
D) the middle class and peasants
E) women

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The chief feature of the war on the Western front was


A) the invasion of Italy by French and British troops.
B) inconclusive battles fought in trench warfare.
C) a propaganda war with little actual fighting.
D) a series of important naval engagements as Germans attempted to establish a blockade of Britain.
E) immediate victories.

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In 1923 French and Belgian forces occupied Germany's Ruhr district


A) because they wanted to ensure the success of the democratic Weimar Republic.
B) because internal political conflict in Germany threatened European peace.
C) because Germany had failed to make reparations payments.
D) because the Weimar Republic requested their help in ending popular strikes.
E) both because they wanted to ensure the success of the democratic Weimar Republic and because the Weimar Republic requested their help in ending popular strikes.

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During the Great War, women


A) worked in key wartime industries.
B) became increasingly independent.
C) resisted the change in their traditional roles.
D) both worked in key wartime industries and became increasingly independent.
E) All these answers are correct.

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Allies.

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Consider the photos in this chapter of Craonne and Verdun.What caused the destruction seen in these photos? What kinds of challenges did that kind of destruction pose for societies after the war?

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Central Powers.

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Why did World War I become a stalemated war of attrition? What eventually broke the deadlock?

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Adolf Hitler.

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Congress of Berlin.

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Morocco.

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: U-boats.

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Review the feature entitled "The Terms of the Triple Alliance" in this chapter.Evaluate the terms of the agreement.Are the terms practical? How did this agreement seek to avoid conflict?

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Review the feature entitled "The Terms of the Triple Alliance" in this chapter.What kinds of situations did this agreement not provide for?

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The gravest problem faced by the Weimar Republic was


A) the Spartacist uprisings.
B) inflation.
C) Freikorps agitation.
D) political challenge from the right.
E) nationalist movements.

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During World War I the most striking break from prewar conditions on the home front was


A) the use of volunteer armies.
B) central planning of the economy.
C) censorship.
D) anti-patriotic sentiment.
E) conscription.

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The major factor that led to German surrender was


A) the exhaustion of German resources and manpower.
B) stiffened allied resistance following the Treaty of Brest Litovsk.
C) British/Arab victory in the Middle East and the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.
D) the collapse of Austria-Hungary.
E) All these answers are correct.

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Which state existed in 1919, but not in 1914?


A) Belgium
B) Denmark
C) Poland
D) Switzerland
E) Danzig

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Balkans.

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Discuss the origins of World War I.Can any single country be blamed for starting the war? In what ways did the alliance system, implemented to maintain a peaceful balance of power in Europe, in fact have the opposite effect?

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