Exam 24: The First World War

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:

During spring 1918,the war changed momentum on the Western Front due to several factors,the most important of which was:

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 nations of Europe,following the assassination at Sarajevo,embarked on five weeks of what has since been characterized as:

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

What was the effect of the Gallipoli disaster on the war and society?

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

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

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:

Why was Bosnia so key in the European conflict?

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.

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.

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

Italy sided with Germany and Austria before the war and was held to this alliance despite its sympathies with the French and British cause.

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

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

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

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.

To what does the term total war refer?

Woodrow Wilson was the first American president to attend European peace talks while in office.