Exam 24: The First World War

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

Why was Bosnia so critically important to the outbreak of the First World War?

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

On June 28,1914:

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?

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

Many social changes occurred in Europe as a result of World War I.Among them was the emergence of the "New Woman," an occurrence that was greeted:

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

What or who were the soviets?

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

To what does the term total war refer?

The second Russian revolution in 1917 was led by the:

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

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

What was meant by the term total war?

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.

Great Britain fought against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East where the most crucial advantage in its victory over the Turks was:

Which Bolshevik leader made the most notable contribution to Lenin's efforts during the fall of 1917?

How did the war change women's lives in 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: