Chapter 34: THE GREAT WAR: THE WORLD IN UPHEAVAL

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the catalyst that started World War I because

his death brought to a head the tensions underlying the alliances in eastern and western Europe.

Which of the following was not a new military technology used for the first time in World War I?

machine guns

Compared to the western front, fighting on the eastern front was

more fluid, as the Germans made inroads into Russia.

The provisional government lost the support of many Russians because it

promised to continue the war to victory.

In addition to fighting off Allied forces, the Ottoman Empire faced insurrection from

the Arabs.

"Ten days that shook the world" is a reference to

the Russian Revolution in October 1917.

In World War I, "no man's land" was

the deadly territory between opposing trenches.

Although he called himself a Marxist, Lenin, unlike Marx, believed that

the revolution would be led by a small, highly disciplined party acting on behalf of the workers.

The Battle of Gallipoli was significant in that

this British-directed debacle cost the lives of many Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand troops.

Dreadnoughts were designed primarily

to protect merchant shipping and conduct high-seas battles.

The purpose of alliances such as the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente was

to provide mutual defense and support in case of attack.

The purpose of the Twenty-one Demands was

to reduce China to the status of a Japanese protectorate.

Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate when

troops garrisoned in the capital mutinied.

What effect did World War I have on the status of women?

women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war.

At the Paris Peace Conference,

Britain and France were determined to strip Germany of military power.

A key factor in the U.S. decision to enter World War I was

Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare against the United States.

By the end of the nineteenth century, nationalistic movements resulted in independent sovereignty for all of the following except

Ireland

Which of the following statements about the League of Nations is not true?

It was dominated by the countries of Europe.

The German Schlieffen Plan called for

a swift knockout of France combined with defensive action against Russia.

The rivalry between Germany and Britain up to 1914 included

an expensive naval race, competition for foreign markets, tariff wars, competition for colonies in east and southwest Africa.