Question 1

The Spartacist movement threatened postwar government in

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The answer of The Spartacist movement threatened postwar government in...

Question 2

What caused the resentment the Japanese had after the war had ended?

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A) peacemakers' refusal to declare equality for all races 
B) being blamed for causing the war 
C) American racism toward the Japanese in Hawaii 
D) the League of Nations' failure to invite Japan to join 
E) being denied reparation payments

Question 3

Who assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife?

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A) Gavrilo Princip 
B) Guiseppe Mazzini 
C) Bertrand Russell 
D) George Shaw 
E) T)E.Lawrence

Question 4

The formation of the Triple Alliance

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A) frightened Russia,France and Britain into resolving their differences. 
B) ensured that Germany's eastern frontier would be secure. 
C) led immediately to the outbreak of World War I. 
D) signaled that Germany and England had resolved their differences. 
E) played no role in the events leading up to World War I.

Question 5

In 1917,which of these actions did German strategists determine must occur if they wanted to win the war?

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A) Allied supply lines from America must be cut. 
B) Germany had to recruit more soldiers. 
C) The German fleet of ships must take reign over the sea. 
D) The Central Powers must capture the capital city of France. 
E) The Allied forces must turn against each other.

Question 6

What catch phrase did Woodrow Wilson use to describe World War I?

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A) "the war to make the world safe for democracy" 
B) "the war to end all wars" 
C) "the sword is drawn and together we will win" 
D) "the war that should never have been" 
E) "a just war settled by a just peace"

Question 7

Under the postwar mandate system in the Middle East

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A) the British and French treated lands slated for independence as colonies. 
B) Arab nationalists were given the recognition they had demanded. 
C) Ottoman control of the Middle East was restored. 
D) the former Ottoman territories were disarmed. 
E) the United States took over Germany's colonies.

Question 8

By 1918,in most countries,what percentage of the workforce was female?

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A) one-third 
B) one-quarter 
C) one-half 
D) two-thirds 
E) three-quarters

Question 9

What economist argued that the new German government was incapable of meeting the reparations demands of Britain and France?

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A) John Maynard Keynes 
B) Barbara Tuchman 
C) Woodrow Wilson 
D) Winston Churchill 
E) T)E.Lawrence

Question 10

The bloody trench warfare of World War I was a result of

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A) unimaginative military leaders who disregarded heavy casualties. 
B) the lack of effective weapons on either side. 
C) both sides' refusal to come out into the open and fight. 
D) soldiers' thirst for heroic glory for their nation. 
E) the superiority of offensive over defensive tactics.

Question 11

The biggest losers from World War I and its aftermath were

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A) the great multinational empires. 
B) merchants and bankers. 
C) England and her allies. 
D) nationalists. 
E) people in the smaller European countries.

Question 12

Germany's war plan was developed by

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The answer of Germany's war plan was developed by...

Question 13

The first two years of combat did not prove to be successful for the Germans so they decided to break France's will to fight by destroying

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A) Verdun. 
B) Paris. 
C) Amiens. 
D) Lyon. 
E) Brussels.

Question 14

To ensure that the old regime would not be restored,the Bolsheviks

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A) murdered the tsar and his family. 
B) made an alliance with the White Army. 
C) divided up feudal holdings into private peasant farms. 
D) promised to repay all tsarist debts. 
E) launched a new military offensive against Germany.

Question 15

Who was the leader of Arab troops when they combined with British forces to push back the Turks?

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A) T)E.Lawrence 
B) Winston Churchill 
C) Lord Hardinge 
D) Tsar Nicholas II 
E) Kaiser William II

Question 16

Who developed Germany's war plan?

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A) Count Alfred von Schlieffen 
B) Kaiser William II 
C) Sir Edward Grey 
D) Erich Ludendorff 
E) Emperor George V

Question 17

World War I started when

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A) the Habsburg Empire declared war on Serbia. 
B) the Ottoman Empire declared war on Serbia. 
C) the Russian Empire declared war on Serbia. 
D) Germany declared war on the Russian Empire 
E) Serbia declared war on Germany

Question 18

The Spartacist League led an unsuccessful pro-Bolshevik movement after the war in

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A) Germany. 
B) France. 
C) Ireland. 
D) England 
E) the United States.

Question 19

In 1914,the German Schlieffen Plan

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A) appeared successful at first but failed after the Battle of the Marne. 
B) would have succeeded without American intervention in the war. 
C) showed that the war would be over by Christmas. 
D) showed that modern war could be fought with few casualties. 
E) was never executed out of fear of provoking Britain to declare war.

Question 20

What was Germany's purpose of using U-boats?

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A) to prevent food and supplies from reaching Britain 
B) to secretly gain entrance to Great Britain 
C) to spy on opposing nations' naval fleets 
D) to hide from opposing nations' aircraft 
E) to store heavy artillery supplies

Exam 22: World War I: the End of Enlightenment