Question 1

In 1917, Russian liberals

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A) were drawn from the educated elements of Russian society. ​ 
B) had joined the March revolution with reluctance, fearing the violence of social revolution. ​ 
C) possessed a reputation for leadership as a result of their opposition of autocracy. ​ 
D) opposed national minorities who sought self-determination. ​ 
E) all of the above ​ 
A) were drawn from the educated elements of Russian society. ​ 
B) had joined the March revolution with reluctance, fearing the violence of social revolution. ​ 
C) possessed a reputation for leadership as a result of their opposition of autocracy. ​ 
D) opposed national minorities who sought self-determination. ​ 
E) all of the above ​

Question 2

Each of the following contributed to the creation of the Triple Entente EXCEPT

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A) Germany violated Belgium's neutrality which was guaranteed by Britain. 
B) France deliberately ended its colonial disputes with Britain. 
C) after its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia was more inclined to negotiate with Britain. 
D) Germany's ambitious naval construction plan alarmed Britain. 
E) French diplomacy worked very hard to reconcile the Russians and the British. 
A) Germany violated Belgium's neutrality which was guaranteed by Britain. 
B) France deliberately ended its colonial disputes with Britain. 
C) after its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia was more inclined to negotiate with Britain. 
D) Germany's ambitious naval construction plan alarmed Britain. 
E) French diplomacy worked very hard to reconcile the Russians and the British.

Question 3

Tsar Nicholas II's autocratic government ended in 1917 when

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A) his armies were routed during World War I. 
B) the Bolsheviks overthrew him and sent him and his family to the Urals. 
C) members of the Dumas (the Parliament)staged a coup in March 1917. 
D) soldiers and civilians united in revolution after riots in food lines. 
E) Germany issued an ultimatum that unless Nicholas II abdicated, all Germany would resume hostilities. 
A) his armies were routed during World War I. 
B) the Bolsheviks overthrew him and sent him and his family to the Urals. 
C) members of the Dumas (the Parliament)staged a coup in March 1917. 
D) soldiers and civilians united in revolution after riots in food lines. 
E) Germany issued an ultimatum that unless Nicholas II abdicated, all Germany would resume hostilities.

Question 4

The Bosnian crises in 1908 and 1912

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A) led Austria and Germany to coordinate battle plans in case conflict between Austria and Serbia involved Russia and France. ​ 
B) both resulted in Austria-Hungary's humiliation of Serbia. ​ 
C) led to the creation of Albania. ​ 
D) were facilitated in part by the weakness of the Ottoman Empire. ​ 
E) all of the above ​ 
A) led Austria and Germany to coordinate battle plans in case conflict between Austria and Serbia involved Russia and France. ​ 
B) both resulted in Austria-Hungary's humiliation of Serbia. ​ 
C) led to the creation of Albania. ​ 
D) were facilitated in part by the weakness of the Ottoman Empire. ​ 
E) all of the above ​

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss how some of the intellectual trends presented in earlier chapters might have contributed to Europeans' readiness to go to war in the fall of 1914. Use specific examples to support your answer.

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The intellectual trends presented in ear

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the war contribute to the rise and success of overtly anti-democratic, anti-liberal movements from 1917 onward?

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The war contributed to the rise and succ

Question 7

During the rule of the Provisional Government

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A) the liberals undertook the unpopular decision of continuing the war. 
B) the economy stabilized, causing prices to plummet. 
C) land was redistributed to the peasants. 
D) Russian liberalism was strengthened by the engagement of the peasantry. 
E) law and order was firmly established. 
A) the liberals undertook the unpopular decision of continuing the war. 
B) the economy stabilized, causing prices to plummet. 
C) land was redistributed to the peasants. 
D) Russian liberalism was strengthened by the engagement of the peasantry. 
E) law and order was firmly established.

Question 8

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What factors caused the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, and how did that conflict impact the course of World War I?

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The outbreak of the Russian Revolution i

Question 9

In 1911, German writer Friedrich von Bernhardi argued all of the following EXCEPT

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A) war can be excluded from international relations among "civilized races." 
B) war is a biological necessity. 
C) struggle is a universal law of nature. 
D) flourishing nations require continual expansion. 
E) "higher civilization" imbues the right to annex the lands of the "uncivilized." 
A) war can be excluded from international relations among "civilized races." 
B) war is a biological necessity. 
C) struggle is a universal law of nature. 
D) flourishing nations require continual expansion. 
E) "higher civilization" imbues the right to annex the lands of the "uncivilized."

Question 10

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Treaty of Versailles

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The Treaty of Versailles was a peace tre

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain how the Bolsheviks were able to take advantage of situations that were not always of their making.

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The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, w

Question 12

Which of the following is most likely to be disputed?

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A) The Paris Peace Conference produced separate treaties with Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey. 
B) The Treaty of Versailles was a punitive treaty with Germany that helped to lead to World War II. 
C) The Treaty of Versailles solved France's security needs to the French's satisfaction. 
D) The Treaty of Versailles presented Germany with an open-ended reparations bill. 
E) The peace settlement ceded Upper Silesia to Poland. 
A) The Paris Peace Conference produced separate treaties with Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey. 
B) The Treaty of Versailles was a punitive treaty with Germany that helped to lead to World War II. 
C) The Treaty of Versailles solved France's security needs to the French's satisfaction. 
D) The Treaty of Versailles presented Germany with an open-ended reparations bill. 
E) The peace settlement ceded Upper Silesia to Poland.

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the military situation on the Eastern front?

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A) While the Austrians were able to defeat the Serbians, Germany had to rescue them from a Russian attack. 
B) The Eastern Front was also a stalemate beginning in the fall of 1914 and lasting until the Russians left the war in 1918. 
C) The unexpected Russian attack in 1914 resulted in the Russian occupation of East Prussia until the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. 
D) The war involved less stalemate, and German territory was inviolate after August 1914. 
E) German successes were spectacular initially, but after three years of stalemate, the Bolsheviks were able to push the German back to their positions in August 1914. 
A) While the Austrians were able to defeat the Serbians, Germany had to rescue them from a Russian attack. 
B) The Eastern Front was also a stalemate beginning in the fall of 1914 and lasting until the Russians left the war in 1918. 
C) The unexpected Russian attack in 1914 resulted in the Russian occupation of East Prussia until the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. 
D) The war involved less stalemate, and German territory was inviolate after August 1914. 
E) German successes were spectacular initially, but after three years of stalemate, the Bolsheviks were able to push the German back to their positions in August 1914.

Question 14

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Refer to the diplomatic reactions of states upon the crisis of 1914. What were the major goals of these states as they slid into war?

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The diplomatic reactions of states upon

Question 15

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Fourteen Points

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The Fourteen Points refers to a set of p

Question 16

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Pan-Slavism

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Pan-Slavism is a political and cultural

Question 17

The conspiracy to kill Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand was organized by

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A) the Russian secret police, who aimed to provoke a pan-Slav war against Austria. 
B) the chief of Serbian military intelligence, Dragutin Dimitrijevic. 
C) Serbian students living in Sarajevo. 
D) the French, who sought to force Germany into war to defend its ally. 
E) Gavrilo Princip, the assassin. 
A) the Russian secret police, who aimed to provoke a pan-Slav war against Austria. 
B) the chief of Serbian military intelligence, Dragutin Dimitrijevic. 
C) Serbian students living in Sarajevo. 
D) the French, who sought to force Germany into war to defend its ally. 
E) Gavrilo Princip, the assassin.

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 "no-man's-land"

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"No-man's-land" is a term that has been

Question 19

At Verdun, World War I's bloodiest battle, France and Germany together suffered

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A) 160,000 casualties. 
B) 225,000 casualties. 
C) 500,000 casualties. 
D) 750,000 casualties. 
E) 1 million casualties. 
A) 160,000 casualties. 
B) 225,000 casualties. 
C) 500,000 casualties. 
D) 750,000 casualties. 
E) 1 million casualties.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is correct?

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A) After 1870, Bismarck was interested in gaining more territory for the German Empire. 
B) Bismarck and Kaiser William II shared similar goals in foreign policy. 
C) Bismarck thought a war between Austria and Russia would benefit Germany . 
D) Bismarck showed little concern for France in his foreign policy, concentrating instead on the ambitions of Germany's eastern neighbors. 
E) Bismarck sought to preserve order and stability in Europe. 
A) After 1870, Bismarck was interested in gaining more territory for the German Empire. 
B) Bismarck and Kaiser William II shared similar goals in foreign policy. 
C) Bismarck thought a war between Austria and Russia would benefit Germany . 
D) Bismarck showed little concern for France in his foreign policy, concentrating instead on the ambitions of Germany's eastern neighbors. 
E) Bismarck sought to preserve order and stability in Europe.

Exam 28: World War I the West in Despair

In 1917, Russian liberals

Each of the following contributed to the creation of the Triple Entente EXCEPT

Tsar Nicholas II's autocratic government ended in 1917 when

The Bosnian crises in 1908 and 1912

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss how some of the intellectual trends presented in earlier chapters might have contributed to Europeans' readiness to go to war in the fall of 1914. Use specific examples to support your answer.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the war contribute to the rise and success of overtly anti-democratic, anti-liberal movements from 1917 onward?

During the rule of the Provisional Government

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What factors caused the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, and how did that conflict impact the course of World War I?

In 1911, German writer Friedrich von Bernhardi argued all of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Treaty of Versailles

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain how the Bolsheviks were able to take advantage of situations that were not always of their making.

Which of the following is most likely to be disputed?

Which of the following best describes the military situation on the Eastern front?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Refer to the diplomatic reactions of states upon the crisis of 1914. What were the major goals of these states as they slid into war?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Fourteen Points

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Pan-Slavism

The conspiracy to kill Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand was organized by

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? "no-man's-land"

At Verdun, World War I's bloodiest battle, France and Germany together suffered

Which of the following statements is correct?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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