Exam 24: The First World War

In 1914,the military leaders of Europe were confident that the European war,escalated by a scramble for colonies and an arms race between the two systems of alliance,would be quick due to their advanced technologies and large armies.

The social changes that were forged during the war were recorded in one of the most famous autobiographies of the period,Testament of Youth,by:

The Bolsheviks avoided open civil war in Russia by granting land to the peasants and compensating the former landowners for their losses.However,the landowners largely inflated the loss of land and made profits on the redistribution of lands.

The German "von Schlieffen Plan" envisioned a:

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

One of the changes in British society after the war was the availability of birth control,with the first birth-control clinic opened in London in 1921 by:

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 the:

In the 1890s Germany had developed a plan to fight a two-front war called the:

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

The initial German offensive was slowed by the inability of its soldiers and supply trains to keep up with the expected speed of the operation and by the resistance of the Belgians and the intervention of Britain.

Which of the following best describes the British action at Gallipoli?

On June 28,1914:

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 eventually instituted control by rationing bread in 1917 primarily because:

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

What was the role of Europe's colonies in World War I?

World War I was finally ended by the:

What or who were the soviets?

The Bolsheviks under Lenin attempted to gain widespread support during the summer of 1917 under the slogan:

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 the: