Exam 24: The First World War

Propaganda campaigns had been used throughout the war and would make it difficult for any country to accept a nonpunitive peace settlement,as the injustices,motivations,hatreds,and atrocities of the war had been so deeply ingrained in the peoples of Europe.

World War I saw the first use of many new weapons.One of these,poison gas,was particularly devastating due to its:

How did the Balfour Declaration affect the postwar policies of the Middle East?

The social changes that were forged during the war were recorded in one of the most famous autobiographies of the period,Testament of Youth,by:

Who appeared at the Versailles Conference to advocate the rights of colonial peoples?

What event galvanized the cause of Irish nationalism during World War I?

Woodrow Wilson was the first American president to attend European peace talks while in office.

What was the effect of the war on the minorities of Europe?

Opposed to Lenin and his plan for a takeover of the Russian government was another part of the Social Democratic Party:

Which of the following was NOT a major element in the German collapse of November 1918?

What was the effect of the Gallipoli disaster on the war and society?

Although every country fighting in World War I suffered food shortages at various times during the war,Great Britain eventually instituted control by rationing bread in 1917 primarily because:

Why was Bosnia so critically important to the outbreak of the First World War?

What was the role of Europe's colonies in World War I?

Japan joined the war as an ally of Germany in order to gain advantages in Asia.

Italy sided with Germany and Austria before the war and was held to this alliance despite its sympathies with the French and British cause.

The German "Schlieffen Plan" envisioned a:

The Bolsheviks under Lenin attempted to gain widespread support during the summer of 1917 under the slogan:

What were the mandates of the Treaty of Versailles?

Although the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary had ethnic problems within many of its provinces,the most volatile of all proved to be within the province of: