Exam 24: The First World War

Although Germany was subjected to many crippling provisions of the Treaty of Versailles,the most dangerous were the punitive reparations,according to the eminent British economist:

Bankers and financiers were great supporters of the war as they hoped to profit from wartime production and capture colonial markets.

The American journalist John Reed,in covering the Russian Revolution,wrote of the events of October 1917 that they were "ten days that shook the world." Although many attitudes and things were immediately shaken,it did have a more lasting effect because it:

Many in Europe recognized that the end of the war had brought about "a new and unfamiliar world," but no one knew the form this new world was going to take.As Tomas Masaryk stated,"Postwar Europe was:

With an Allied victory in the major battles of 1916-1917,one Allied veteran stated:

What was the effect of the war on the minorities of Europe?

The Russian army was not only the largest in Europe,it was the best supplied due to the innovative reforms of Tsar Nicholas.

The Allied powers' extensive borrowing of funds from the British resulted in the hobbling of France as a financial power and the rise of the United Kingdom as a financial power within Europe after the war.

The Russian people revolted against their tsar in 1917 because of:

What was the single greatest U.S.contribution to the defeat of German forces on the battlefield in 1918?

In the years preceding World War I,Europe was divided into two groups of nation-states united by treaty.Germany,Austria-Hungary,and Italy were opposed by Russia,France,and Great Britain,who were known collectively as:

At the Paris Peace Conference beginning in 1919,each of the so-called Big Four was represented by their political leaders,with Italy being represented by:

Although the German naval blockade of Britain destroyed more tonnage,the British blockade against Germany was far more devastating as it put increased demands on the German national economy.

The American journalist John Reed described the Russian Revolution as "ten days that shook the world." What was the impact of the revolution on the rest of Europe?

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated his throne and thus made way for the formation of a transitional government for Russia in what is now known as: