* not completed

. By 1917, Siegfried Sassoon believed that World War 1 was a conflict of

defense and liberation correct incorrect

imperialism and conquest correct incorrect

aggression and conquest correct incorrect

defense and aggression correct incorrect

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. On the Eastern Front, Russia

was hampered by their relatively backward economy correct incorrect

overwhelmed German forces through sheer numbers correct incorrect

joined with the Serbs to defend Belgrade correct incorrect

suffered humiliating defeats at Austrian hands in what is now the Ukraine correct incorrect

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. During the war, women made up __________ of those employed in the British defense industries.

10% correct incorrect

25% correct incorrect

40% correct incorrect

60% correct incorrect

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. In the countryside, peasants called to the war effort were

at best reluctant, fearing their crops would go untended correct incorrect

joyful, eager for the chance to “be a hero” correct incorrect

unwilling, with many attempting to flee to avoid conscription correct incorrect

overcome with a sense of duty to serve their country correct incorrect

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. As a percentage of total population, the country that lost more soldiers than any other was

Russia correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

Austria correct incorrect

Serbia correct incorrect

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. After years of rosy propaganda, the German population was shocked in November 1918 to learn

that their forces had surrendered correct incorrect

that their food supply was on the verge of collapse correct incorrect

the war’s true death toll correct incorrect

that their U-boats had sunk neutral and civilian ships correct incorrect

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. After the Battle of Ypres, the armies on the Western Front

raced northward, attempting to outflank each other correct incorrect

dug in their trenches and remained mostly immobile correct incorrect

attempted to push each other back with a series of ever closer trenches dug into No Man’s Land correct incorrect

pushed southward across France correct incorrect

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. By 1916, the German population was facing a near-starvation diet caused by

Allied bombing of German farmlands correct incorrect

the British blockade of all German trade with neutral powers correct incorrect

the Russian military’s seizure of much of the German agricultural heartland correct incorrect

a potato famine that devastated the German crop correct incorrect

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. Russia pulled out of the war in 1917 because

they ran out of coal to power their industry correct incorrect

their losses reached 30% of the population correct incorrect

the czarist regime was overthrown by the Bolsheviks correct incorrect

the Italians entered the war correct incorrect

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. The Battle of the Somme, in which the British won a small strip of territory from the Germans and which killed almost 1.3 million soldiers, lasted

just one week correct incorrect

a month correct incorrect

nearly 5 months correct incorrect

a full year correct incorrect

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. The Allies were forced to attack the Ottoman Empire over land, by marching through the Middle East, after their failed attempt at conquest after landing at

Constantinople correct incorrect

Caucasus correct incorrect

Gallipoli correct incorrect

Armenia correct incorrect

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. The tide of the war turned against Germany when

the Reichstag passed a “peace resolution” that undermined morale on the front and at home correct incorrect

the United States entered the war correct incorrect

Russia pulled out of the war correct incorrect

non-German members of the Habsburg army deserted en masse correct incorrect

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. By the end of 1916, three years into the war, the Western Front

had been pushed back into German territory correct incorrect

had been pushed back into Allied territory correct incorrect

remained virtually unchanged correct incorrect

reflected notable gains and losses in territory on both sides, but the total land held by each army remained roughly the same correct incorrect

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. American public opinion turned against Germany after

the Armenia genocide correct incorrect

the Germans began using French residents of occupied territory as forced labor correct incorrect

Germany killed more than 5,500 Belgian civilians in “preventive” attacks correct incorrect

British passenger ship the Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat correct incorrect

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. The group of German leftists known as the Spartacus Union were eventually renamed the

Nazi Party correct incorrect

Independent Socialist Party correct incorrect

German Communist Party correct incorrect

Social Democratic Party correct incorrect

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. After the war, the Allies dealt with the Austro-Hungarian empire following

the principle of national self-determination correct incorrect

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points correct incorrect

the territorial interests of Britain and France correct incorrect

a series of “mandates” giving power to the Allies correct incorrect