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Chapter 24 Quiz
The World at War (Part I) 1914–1918
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Which of the following were factors in the outbreak of WWI?
Militarism
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Nationalism
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Unification of Germany
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Social Darwinism
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Journalist Norman Angell argues against war, using the language of _______.
religion
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morality
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business
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nationalism
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The event that triggered the outbreak of WWI was the assassination of _______.
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The German Von Schlieffen Plan required them to attack _______ first.
Russia
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Belgium
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France
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England
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk took _______ out of the war early.
England
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Russia
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The United States
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France
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T. E. Lawrence instigated the Arab Revolt against _______.
The Ottomans
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The British
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The Saudis
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The Persians
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement aimed to divide the Middle East between _______ and _______.
Great Britain
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Germany
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The Ottoman Empire
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France
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The _______ Front was dominated by trench warfare.
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Siegfried Sassoon was a(n) _______ war poet.
English
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Russian
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German
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French
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_______ lost more citizens in WWI than any other country.
England
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The United States
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Russia
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France
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To keep their societies supportive of the war effort, most governments _______. (Select all that apply)
Instituted censorship
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Instituted propaganda campaigns
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Jailed dissenters
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Prevented communication between the home front and the front lines
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Many _______ were the most vocal protesters against the war, and made up a large part of the pacifist movement from 1914 on.
Clergy
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Workers
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Labor leaders
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Women
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The strategy and tactics learned by officers going into WWI closely resembled those used in _______.
The Wars of Religion
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The Napoleonic Wars
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The Boer War
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The American Civil War
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The Spanish flu pandemic was the worst natural disaster since _______.
The Little Ice Age
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The Black Death
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Smallpox
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The Napoleonic Wars
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The primary difference between the uprising during the 1905 Russo-Japanese War and the one during WWI was _______.
Food shortages in cities
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The participation of industrial workers
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The participation of the military
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The existence of a revolution-minded intellectual elite
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The Bolsheviks understood that most Russians desperately wanted _______.
democracy
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To win the war
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To take over Germany
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Land reform
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The Bolshevik leader was _______.
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Lenin's New Economic Policy represented _______.
A return to free-market capitalism
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The triumph of a completely state-owned economy
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A throwback to early socialism and cooperative ownership
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A mixed, socialist-capitalist system
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The Treaty of Versailles was between the Allies and _______.
The Central Powers
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Germany
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Austria-Hungary
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The Ottoman Empire
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The new international body created at the end of WWI to try to maintain world peace was called _______.
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At the end of WWI the Middle East was controlled by _______.
The new Soviet Union
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The new nation-state of Turkey
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The British and French under mandate from the League of Nations
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The British Empire
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At the end of WWI the new nation-state of Turkey controlled _______.
The entire Middle East
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Most of the old Ottoman Empire
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The old Anatolian heartland of the Ottoman Empire
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Only the territory around Istanbul
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Based on Map 24.1, what was Germany's biggest strategic problem during WWI?
Lack of seaports
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Lack of a shared border with its allies
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Having enemies on two borders
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Lack of natural resources
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Who does the gorilla in this propaganda poster represent?
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Based on this photo of a WWI airplane, what would you say airplanes were used for during the war?
reconnaissance
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Bombing
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Transporting troops
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Transporting goods
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