Exam 24: The First World War

Which weapon was considered the best bet to break the stalemate on the Western Front?

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand precipitated the "July Crisis" and led to World War I because he was:

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

Although all countries involved in the war used propaganda to bolster the morale of their civilian population,what was one unintended consequence?

Military planners preparing for war in 1914 believed that the war would be short,limited,and decisive,basing their success on the twin ideas of:

The bloodiest battles of World War I occurred during 1916-1917,with the first of these being fought at:

Britain's involvement in the war was a foregone conclusion due to its pacts with France and its support of Belgium's neutrality.

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

The term wastage refers to the routine loss of supplies and devastation of land that occurred in trench warfare.

The aims of the Bolsheviks included an end to the war,improvement in working and living conditions for the workers,and a redistribution of aristocratic land to the peasants.

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

How did the war change women's lives in Europe?

What or who were the soviets?

The United States' public support of U.S.entry into the war in Europe was so great that over 10 million volunteers signed up for duty.

With so much of the male population of European countries in uniform during the war,women increasingly filled industrial positions from which they had heretofore been excluded.In Britain,these women were collectively dubbed:

The German army,in the early days of the war,won a stunning victory over the Russians at the battle of:

The entry of the United States into World War I on the side of the Allies was due to several factors; among them were the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans and:

What were the mandates of the Treaty of Versailles?

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

Which of the following was a consequence of the Hindenburg Plan?