Quiz Ch. 33

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

provide mutual defense and support in case of attack

Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate when

troops garrisoned in the capital mutinied

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

women in many countries received the right to vote years after the war

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 provisional government lost the support of many Russians because it

promised to continue the war to victory

Dreadnoughts were designed to

protect merchant shipping and conduct high-seas battles

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) ALL OF THE ABOVE

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

Arabs

At the Paris Peace Conference,

Britain and France were determined to strip Germany of military power

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

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

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

It was dominated by the countries of Europe.

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

Russian Revolution in November 1917

The German Schlieffen plan called for

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

Which of the following was NOT a military technology used in World War I?

nuclear submarines

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

deadly territory between opposing trenches

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

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

By the end of the nineteenth century, nationalistic sovereignty for all of the following EXCEPT

ireland

Compared to the western front, the eastern front was

more fluid, as Germans made inroads into Russia

The purpose of the 21 Demands was to

reduce China to a Japanese protectorate

The battle of Gallipoli was significant in that

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