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Chapter 24 quiz
World War I
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05/17/2011

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The First Balkan War against the Ottoman Turks involved all of the following states except:
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Croatia
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Immediately following their seizure of power on October 25th, 1917, the Bolsheviks:
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All of the above
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The Schlieffen Plan:
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committed Germany to attack France first, though the real target was Russia
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The Allied assault on Gallipoli
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was founded on Churchill's naval offensive in the Dardanelles.
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Which Battle of July-November 1916 resulted in the loss of 1.1 million French, British, and German soldiers?
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Somme
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As a result of the February Revolution in Russia, Nicholas II:
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abdicated the throne
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After they dispersed the Constituent Assembly, Lenin and the Bolsheviks ruled Russia as a
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one-party dictatorship
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On November 11, 1918:
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German delegates met with the Allies and officially ended the war
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Which of the following was not on eof the "Big Four" who dictated the peace settlement in 1918 and 1919?
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Winston Churchill
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All of the following are true regarding the League of Nations except:
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Wilson supported the League because he was a realist.
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The immediate cause of World War I was:
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the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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The Battle of the Marne was perhaps the most important battle of World War I because:
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All of the above
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The direct cause of American involvement in World War I was:
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unrestricted German submarine warfare.
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk:
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immediately took Russia out of the war.
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As a result of the Treaty of Versailles:
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all of the above
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Before 1914, the membership of the Triple Alliance included Germany, Austro-Hungary and:
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Italy
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The diplomatic maneuvers characterized as a "tragedy of miscalculation" best describe the events:
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falling between the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the outbreak of war in August.
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In general, the Schlieffen Plan failed because:
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all of the above
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On Easter Sunday, 1916:
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a group of nationalists revolted in Dublin
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Immediately following their seizure of power on October 25, 1917, the Bolsheviks:
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All of the above
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The first nation to grant the right to vote to all men and women over the age of thirty was:
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Britain
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Following the February Revolution in Russia, the Provisional Government:
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became a transitional government created to establish a democratic system.
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World War I affected women by:
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all of the above
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The "Fourteen Point Plan" specified all of the following provisions except:
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German reparations to be paid to all the Allies
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Which statement is true regarding the Bolsheviks and the February Revolution of 1917?
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They had very little to do with the February Revolution.
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In general, the primary interest of United States involvement in World War I:
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was maintaining an international balance of power.
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One of the problems associated with the treaties signed by the central powers was that:
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national boundaries were drawn without regard for ethnic divisions.
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One effect of World War I was that:
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Europe was displaced as the center of the world economy.
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