Exam 3: World War I: World on Fire

According to the liberal perspective, the argument that the iron and rye coalition in the German government that excluded the growing working class and its socialist leaders who held the majority in the Reichstag is an argument from the ______ level of analysis.

According to the liberal perspective, each diplomatic blunder narrowed the options for the next decision, which eventually led to the ______ of the prisoner's dilemma, in which war seemed to be inevitable.

According to the liberal perspective, why did diplomacy fail to prevent war in 1914?

The ______ contributed to the rise of hypernationalism in Germany because it created a whole new arms industry that promoted and thrived on accelerating arms races.

That Kaiser Wilhelm II's clumsy diplomacy caused both the naval competition between Germany and Great Britain and the military provocation of France and Russia is an example of which argument?

Otto von Bismarck's skillful diplomacy prevented other great powers from aligning against Germany until after he left office.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. According to the identity perspective, what factors at the domestic level of analysis caused World War I?

What customs union created by Prussia in the 1830s contributed to the rise of German power through the lowering trade barriers that sparked rapid industrial development?

According to the realist perspective, the balance of power was disrupted by ______ in 1871.

The militarist mentality in Europe created the cult of the offensive, which led to the development of rapid mobilization plans and their interaction at the end of July 1914.

The realist perspective argues that bureaucratic and cognitive factors influence perceptions of the value of offensive and defensive technology and strategy.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are factors that are typically stressed by the liberal or identity perspectives but are sometimes added to realist arguments to explain outcomes?

Which type of war might a country consider if it fears that the growth of power in another country may enable that country to attack it in the future?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following realist perspectives explains the breakdown of the balance of power between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance, leading to the start of war in 1914?

The iron and rye coalition was a liberal coalition that ran the German government consisting of agricultural, industrial, and socialist leaders.

In what city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, assassinated in 1914?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. According to the liberal perspective, which of the following factors made diplomacy less likely to prevent World War I?

The identity perspective emphasizes the weakness of common institutions initiated by the Hague Conferences and the collapse of the Concert of Europe conference system as causes of World War I.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. According to the liberal perspective, which of the following factors at the systemic process level of analysis caused World War I?

According to the identity perspective, which of the following developments led to increased military competition before World War I?