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How did new weapons of war affect World War I? |
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List and briefly discuss three underlying causes of World War I. |
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Give four reasons that the United States entered World War I on the side of the Allies. |
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List and briefly discuss three reasons for the failure of the League of Nations to settle crises among powerful nations. |
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The trend toward international cooperation in the late nineteenth century is demonstrated by all of the following except
-the Red Cross
-the Universal Postal Union
-Bismarck's System
-the revival of the Greek Olympic games |
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Who was the steel manufacturer that gave money to build the Peace Palace in the Netherlands? |
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The climate of fear which overshadowed Europe before World War I is illustrated by all of the following except
-the desire for colonies
-the Treaty of Sevres
-the formation of rival alliances
-the development of large standing armies. |
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The alliances, called "Bismarck's System," were an attempt by the German chancellor to isolate... |
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The Three Emperors' League fell apart because... |
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Russia and Austria-Hungary argued over the Balkans |
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The Triple Alliance included all of the following countries except
-Austria-Hungary
-France
-Germany
-Italy |
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The Entente Cordiale was a "friendly understanding" between France and... |
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In 1905, and again in 1911, Germany tried to break up the Entente Cordiale by... |
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interfering with France's interest in Morocco |
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What country hoped to capitalize on her similar ethnic background with the Balkan peoples in order to extend her influence in the Balkan Peninsula? |
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The immediate cause of Germany's entrance into World War I was... |
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the mobilization of the Russian army |
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The Schlieffen Plan was designed to... |
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defeat France before Russia could organize for war |
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The immediate cause for British entry into World War I was... |
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the violation of Belgian neutrality |
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At what river did the French stop the initial German advance of World War I? |
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Russia was defeated in World War I for all of the following reasons except
-she was economically and militarily unprepared for war
-her troops were crushed by a superior Austro-Hungarian force on the Rhine River
-the Baltic Sea was closed by German warships
-a spontaneous uprising led to the fall of the czar |
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her troops were crushed by a superior Austro-Hungarian force on the Rhine River |
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Italy entered World War I because she... |
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was promised loans and territory by the Allies |
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Italian entrance into the war was important because... |
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the Germans and Austrians were forced to fight on another front |
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Which of the following occurred last?
- the formation of the Triple Alliance
-the Balkan Crises
-the Sinking of the Lusitania
-The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
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the sinking of the Lusitania |
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The sinking of the Lusitania was important because... |
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American protests forced the Germans to halt temporarily unrestricted submarine warfare |
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For the Russians, the greatest advantage of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was... |
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Russia no longer had to fight |
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Which is not one of the reasons the United States entered World War I?
-close monetary ties with Britain and France
-Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
-entering the war would help the United States economically
-German attempts to bring Mexico into the war |
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entering the war would help the United States economically |
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Why did Germany agree to sign an armistice to end World War I? |
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She thought the Fourteen Points would be the basis for the peace treaty. |
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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following except
-freedom of the seas
-the establishment of an independent Poland
-"open cavenants of peace, openly arrive at"
-reparations paid to the United States |
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reparations paid to the United States |
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Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to grant land to all of the following countries except
-Belgium
-France
-Denmark
-Russia |
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Which of the following was one of the results of the Treaty of Versailles?
-Britain received German warships
-Poland was established as an independent country
-Germany gained colonies in Africa
-The kaiser was executed |
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Poland was established as an independent country. |
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Which of the following nations was incorporated into Yugoslavia and disappeared after World War I?
-Bulgaria
-Germany
-Romania
-Serbia |
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What country was forbidden Anschluss with Germany after World War I? |
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When Germany stopped making reparation payments to France in 1923, France retaliated by... |
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Which American banker lent money to Germany after the war? |
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After the war, Britain and France owed the United States... |
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By signing the Locarno Pact, Germany... |
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recognized her western borders as permanent |
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Which of the following occurred first?
-Paris Peace Conference
-Kellogg-Briand Pact
-Locarno Pact
-Washington Naval Conference |
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What secret treaty was signed between Germany and Russia? |
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What treaty dismantled the Ottoman Empire? |
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What treaty, signed by Austria, recognized Hungary's independence? |
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What was the nonagression treaty signed by Germany, Belgium, and France in 1925? |
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What was an attempt to disarm the great powers in the early 1920s? |
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Washington Naval Conference |
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Which kaiser of Germany fled to Holland? |
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Which British prime minister attended the Paris Peace Conference? |
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Who was the French representative at the Paris Peace Conference? |
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What international organization did Jean Henri Dunant found? |
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Who established the Peace Prize to recognize men and women whose accomplishments furthered the cause of peace? |
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Name the three countries which made up the Three Emperors' League. |
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Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary |
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Name the three countries which made up the Triple Alliance. |
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Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary |
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What was the "friendly understanding" between Britain and France? |
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What area between the Adriatic and Black Seas was called the "powder keg of Europe" before World War I? |
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Balkans or Balkan Peninsula |
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In what city did the assassination which started World War I occur? |
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Austria sent Serbia a list of demands threatening war if they were not accepted. What is such a statement called? |
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What term means "to make a country's troops ready for battle"? |
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What plan called for Germany to first attack France and then Russia? |
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Germany violated the neutrality of which country on August 4, 1914? |
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What were the first major battles fought between Russia and Germany on the eastern Front? |
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Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes |
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Which German commander (general) led the Germans to an early victory against the Russians at Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes? |
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Which nation ended her neutrality in 1915 and joined in the war against Germany? |
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The long, slender German airships similar to modern blimps are called what? |
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In what year did the Lusitania sink? |
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What phrase describes the sinking of all ships, armed or not, that carried supplies to the Allies? |
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unrestricted submarine warfare |
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Baron Manfred von Richthofen was better known by what nickname? |
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Given the year of the Russian Revolution. |
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Which treaty took Russia out of the war? |
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What were German submarines called during World War I? |
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Name the four Central Power countires |
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Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
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Germany asked what country to declare war on the United States in exchange for pieces of New Mexico and Arizona? |
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Give the year the United States entered World War I. |
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Who led the American Expeditionary Force? |
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Who was named commander in chief of the Allied armies in France? |
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What term means "a temporary cessation of fighting"? |
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What was the day, month, and year of the signing of the armistice to end World War I? |
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President Woodrow Wilson hoped that the basis of the peace would be what? |
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Name the treaty between Germany and the Allies. |
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What separated East Prussia from the rest of Germany after the Treaty of Versailles? |
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Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies forced Germany to pay for war damages. What were these payments called? |
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What clause in the Treaty of Versailles placed the entire blame for the war upon Germany? |
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The territories technically under the control of the League of Nations, but actually held by the various Allied countries, were called what? |
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What organization was established "to guarantee international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security"? |
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What term means "the elimination of weapons or arms"? |
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What pact called upon the nations of the world to renounce the use of offensive war? |
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Which czar of Russia abdicated his throne? |
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What organization was designed after World War I to discuss differences rather than to fight over them? |
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What archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo? |
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Alfred Nobel donated funds to build the Peace Palace at The Hague in order to provide a place to settle international disputes peacefully. |
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Bismarck's System was established to isolate France deplomatically. |
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Bismarck did not worry about the lack of an alliance with Britain since Britain was already a determined foe of France and Russia. |
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Germany intensified bad relations with France by trying to keep France out of Morocco. |
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Germany entered the war when France refused to cease mobilization of her troops. |
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Using the Schlieffen Plan, Germany attacked France on the western front first. |
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The Russians continued to be a threat to Germany's eastern borders throughout the War. |
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Trenches dug on the eastern front caused much of the war there to be a stalemate. |
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The Germans issued a warning to passengers planning to travel on the Lusitania. |
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During World War I the governments of the countires involved failed to control the economic life of their counties. |
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Although Woodrow Wilson's 1916 campaign slogan was "He kept us out of the war," five months after his reelection the United States entered the war. |
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The Germans signed the armistice with the understanding that Wilson's peace program would be the basis of the peace treaty. |
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David Lloyd George insisted that Germany's industry not be revived since it threatened British progress. |
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Germany was willing to accept some blame for the war, but not all the blame. |
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Although the United States initiated the League of Nations, it did not join the League. |
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The Locarno Pact outlawed war. |
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