Question 1

What nation formed a "Woman's Battalion of Death" to serve in combat and shame recalcitrant male soldiers?

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Germany 
D)  The United States 
E)  Russia 
A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Germany 
D)  The United States 
E)  Russia E

Question 2

What was inflammatory about the Zimmerman telegram?

Accepted Answer

A)  It attempted to bring Mexico into the war on the side of the Central Powers. 
B)  It asked Mexico to engage in war with the United States to draw it out of the European arena. 
C)  It promised Mexico the return of land lost to the United States in the nineteenth century if it would side with Germany. 
D)  It offered Mexico control of Spain at the end of the war for engaging the United States. 
E)  None of these. 
A)  It attempted to bring Mexico into the war on the side of the Central Powers. 
B)  It asked Mexico to engage in war with the United States to draw it out of the European arena. 
C)  It promised Mexico the return of land lost to the United States in the nineteenth century if it would side with Germany. 
D)  It offered Mexico control of Spain at the end of the war for engaging the United States. 
E)  None of these. C

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-No man's land

Accepted Answer

Territory between the two opposing enemy lines of trenches that had to be crossed in an attack

Question 4

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Balkan Wars

Accepted Answer

Two wars, in 1912 and 1913, am

Question 5

Which of the following areas was not a newly independent state after the War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ukraine 
B)  Hungary 
C)  Poland 
D)  Finland 
E)  Vienna 
A)  Ukraine 
B)  Hungary 
C)  Poland 
D)  Finland 
E)  Vienna

Question 6

Why was Italy looked at as a "junior" partner in the Triple Alliance? What benefits did Italy supply to its partners?

Accepted Answer

Italy was a relatively late unified nati

Question 7

Why did Germany believe victory was still possible in 1917?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had gained considerable lands on the Eastern Front. 
B)  The Russian Civil War meant that Russia dropped out of the war. 
C)  The United States maintained a policy of non-intervention. 
D)  Austrian and German forces defeated the Italians at the Battle of Caporetto. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  They had gained considerable lands on the Eastern Front. 
B)  The Russian Civil War meant that Russia dropped out of the war. 
C)  The United States maintained a policy of non-intervention. 
D)  Austrian and German forces defeated the Italians at the Battle of Caporetto. 
E)  All of these.

Question 8

What was Germany's intent in its strategy at the Battle of Verdun in 1916?

Accepted Answer

A)  To cut off internal access to Paris 
B)  To prevent a flank of British troops from attempting to join the French 
C)  To inflict the greatest number of casualties possible in a battle of attrition 
D)  To demonstrate their superior fire power to the French 
E)  To break through the final line of French defense and take Paris 
A)  To cut off internal access to Paris 
B)  To prevent a flank of British troops from attempting to join the French 
C)  To inflict the greatest number of casualties possible in a battle of attrition 
D)  To demonstrate their superior fire power to the French 
E)  To break through the final line of French defense and take Paris

Question 9

Discuss the April Theses of V.I. Lenin.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Lenin stunned his Bol

Question 10

Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace was known as what?

Accepted Answer

A)  The League of Nations 
B)  The Fourteen Points 
C)  Paris Peace Accords 
D)  The Geneva Convention 
E)  The October Manifesto 
A)  The League of Nations 
B)  The Fourteen Points 
C)  Paris Peace Accords 
D)  The Geneva Convention 
E)  The October Manifesto

Question 11

Trench warfare was characterized by ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  relative immobilization 
B)  rampant disease 
C)  deadly stalemates with numerous deaths 
D)  an impassable section of territory called no man's land 
E)  All of these. 
A)  relative immobilization 
B)  rampant disease 
C)  deadly stalemates with numerous deaths 
D)  an impassable section of territory called no man's land 
E)  All of these.

Question 12

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Armenian Massacre

Accepted Answer

Killing of as many as 1.5 mill

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Pan-Slavism

Accepted Answer

Movement from later nineteenth

Question 14

Russia was drawn out of World War I by what crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  The abdication of Tsar Nicholas II 
B)  The failure of the provisional government 
C)  The seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917 
D)  The imminent eruption of civil war 
E)  All of these. 
A)  The abdication of Tsar Nicholas II 
B)  The failure of the provisional government 
C)  The seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917 
D)  The imminent eruption of civil war 
E)  All of these.

Question 15

The first of the European nations to declare war on another at the start of World War I was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  Germany 
C)  Russia 
D)  Austria 
E)  England 
A)  France 
B)  Germany 
C)  Russia 
D)  Austria 
E)  England

Question 16

Discuss the state of Europe after the war, and describe the effects the war had in dispelling nationalism's influences.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. At the end of the war

Question 17

The primary event that sparked the beginning of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

At the outset of war, Germany marched into ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Poland 
B)  Belgium 
C)  France 
D)  Serbia 
E)  Ukraine 
A)  Poland 
B)  Belgium 
C)  France 
D)  Serbia 
E)  Ukraine

Question 19

What was true of war propaganda?

Accepted Answer

A)  An unrealistic model trench was built in London. 
B)  It was generally upbeat. 
C)  It had little effect on the war's outcome. 
D)  It was almost unbearable for returning soldiers to witness. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  An unrealistic model trench was built in London. 
B)  It was generally upbeat. 
C)  It had little effect on the war's outcome. 
D)  It was almost unbearable for returning soldiers to witness. 
E)  All of these.

Question 20

The beginning of World War I was greeted with ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  enthusiasm and patriotism 
B)  popular protest at the diplomatic failure 
C)  strong condemnation of the liberal factions 
D)  sheer joy by the military industrialists 
E)  caution and nervousness by the neutral countries of Europe 
A)  enthusiasm and patriotism 
B)  popular protest at the diplomatic failure 
C)  strong condemnation of the liberal factions 
D)  sheer joy by the military industrialists 
E)  caution and nervousness by the neutral countries of Europe

Exam 25: War and Revolution

What nation formed a "Woman's Battalion of Death" to serve in combat and shame recalcitrant male soldiers?

What was inflammatory about the Zimmerman telegram?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -No man's land

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Balkan Wars

Which of the following areas was not a newly independent state after the War?

Why was Italy looked at as a "junior" partner in the Triple Alliance? What benefits did Italy supply to its partners?

Why did Germany believe victory was still possible in 1917?

What was Germany's intent in its strategy at the Battle of Verdun in 1916?

Discuss the April Theses of V.I. Lenin.

Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace was known as what?

Trench warfare was characterized by ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Armenian Massacre

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Pan-Slavism

Russia was drawn out of World War I by what crisis?

The first of the European nations to declare war on another at the start of World War I was ______________.

Discuss the state of Europe after the war, and describe the effects the war had in dispelling nationalism's influences.

The primary event that sparked the beginning of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

At the outset of war, Germany marched into ______________.

What was true of war propaganda?

The beginning of World War I was greeted with ______________.

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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