Question 1

After 1920, which of the victorious powers continued to support the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A) Britain, France, the United States, and Turkey 
B) Britain, France, and the United States 
C) Britain and France 
D) France 
E) none of the above 
A) Britain, France, the United States, and Turkey 
B) Britain, France, and the United States 
C) Britain and France 
D) France 
E) none of the above

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a lingering hostility in the decades before World War I identified by the text?

Accepted Answer

A) France remained irreconcilable to the loss of Alsace-Lorraine. 
B) After centuries of hostilities, relations between France and Britain were potentially explosive. 
C) Austria-Hungary feared Russia's Pan-Slavism and ambitions in the Balkans. 
D) Austria-Hungary never reconciled itself to being excluded from Germany. 
E) Britain resented and feared Germany's growing military and industrial might. 
A) France remained irreconcilable to the loss of Alsace-Lorraine. 
B) After centuries of hostilities, relations between France and Britain were potentially explosive. 
C) Austria-Hungary feared Russia's Pan-Slavism and ambitions in the Balkans. 
D) Austria-Hungary never reconciled itself to being excluded from Germany. 
E) Britain resented and feared Germany's growing military and industrial might.

Question 3

Which of the following contributed to the military stalemate on the Western Front in 1914?

Accepted Answer

A) A faster Russian attack than the Germans had expected 
B) The advancing Germans were exhausted and had outrun their supplies. 
C) The French regrouped near Paris and fought with astonishing courage. 
D) Unknowingly, Germans had exposed their flanks. 
E) all of the above 
A) A faster Russian attack than the Germans had expected 
B) The advancing Germans were exhausted and had outrun their supplies. 
C) The French regrouped near Paris and fought with astonishing courage. 
D) Unknowingly, Germans had exposed their flanks. 
E) all of the above

Question 4

At the outbreak of hostilities in 1914

Accepted Answer

A) socialists initially organized antiwar demonstrations. ​ 
B) the Social Democrat deputies in the Reichstag voted against providing funds for war. ​ 
C) the Socialist deputies in Paris voted against providing funds for war. ​ 
D) socialists refused to place patriotism before their dedication to an international working class movement. ​ 
E) all of the above 
A) socialists initially organized antiwar demonstrations. ​ 
B) the Social Democrat deputies in the Reichstag voted against providing funds for war. ​ 
C) the Socialist deputies in Paris voted against providing funds for war. ​ 
D) socialists refused to place patriotism before their dedication to an international working class movement. ​ 
E) all of the above

Question 5

In the closing months of World War I, Austria-Hungary

Accepted Answer

A) was occupied by German troops to keep it in the war. 
B) signed a separate peace with the Allies even before the German offensive in France was halted. 
C) disintegrated as its different nationalities established their own independent states. 
D) was occupied by a Franco-British army that, during most of the war, had been confined to Greece. 
E) continued the war effort until the armistice on November 11, 1918. 
A) was occupied by German troops to keep it in the war. 
B) signed a separate peace with the Allies even before the German offensive in France was halted. 
C) disintegrated as its different nationalities established their own independent states. 
D) was occupied by a Franco-British army that, during most of the war, had been confined to Greece. 
E) continued the war effort until the armistice on November 11, 1918.

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why did many Europeans see the coming of war in 1914 as a cause for celebration?

Accepted Answer

Many Europeans saw the coming of war in

Question 7

The fundamental problem in Austria-Hungary in the eve of World War I was

Accepted Answer

A) uneven industrialization with Bohemia and Lower Austria far more advanced than the rest the empire. 
B) the continuing tension between the two halves of the Empire. 
C) a brewing nationalism among most of its Slavic peoples. 
D) the genetically handicapped Hapsburg dynasty and the subordination of the empire to Germany. 
E) a gnawing fatalism progressively diffusing through Austrian society. 
A) uneven industrialization with Bohemia and Lower Austria far more advanced than the rest the empire. 
B) the continuing tension between the two halves of the Empire. 
C) a brewing nationalism among most of its Slavic peoples. 
D) the genetically handicapped Hapsburg dynasty and the subordination of the empire to Germany. 
E) a gnawing fatalism progressively diffusing through Austrian society.

After 1920, which of the victorious powers continued to support the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Which of the following was NOT a lingering hostility in the decades before World War I identified by the text?

Which of the following contributed to the military stalemate on the Western Front in 1914?

At the outbreak of hostilities in 1914

In the closing months of World War I, Austria-Hungary

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why did many Europeans see the coming of war in 1914 as a cause for celebration?

The fundamental problem in Austria-Hungary in the eve of World War I was

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

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Exam 28: World War I the West in Despair

After 1920, which of the victorious powers continued to support the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Which of the following was NOT a lingering hostility in the decades before World War I identified by the text?

Which of the following contributed to the military stalemate on the Western Front in 1914?

At the outbreak of hostilities in 1914

In the closing months of World War I, Austria-Hungary

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why did many Europeans see the coming of war in 1914 as a cause for celebration?

The fundamental problem in Austria-Hungary in the eve of World War I was

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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