World History Chapter 14 Online Quizzes

The name Bolsheviks that Lenin gave to the revolutionary party means

"majority."

The French hoped to recover the border provinces of __________, lost in the Franco-Prussian War.

Alsace and Lorraine

What group of people was deported and killed by the Turks?

Armenians

The communists organized the __________, a police force who executed many ordinary citizens.

Cheka

The __________ is a vital strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

Dardanelles

The Schlieffen Plan was developed as a plan of attack against

France.

What provoked Lenin to hate the tsarist government?

His brother was arrested and hanged for plotting to kill the tsar.

What was the significance of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

It ended Russian participation in World War I.

Colonel T. E. Lawrence is also known by what name?

Lawrence of Arabia

What event set off a power struggle between Communist leaders Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin?

Lenin's death

Which statement best describes the use of convoys in World War I?

Merchant ships were protected by warships against U-boat attack

Who said, "I shall not live to see the Great War, but you will see it, and it will start in the east"?

Otto von Bismark

Why did Tsarina Alexandra have great faith in the advice of Gregory Rasputin?

Rasputin helped her son who suffered from hemophilia.

Of the great powers, which nation was the least industrialized?

Russia

By 1917, war morale was collapsing, as evident in the writings of which British poet and soldier?

Siegfried Sassoon

__________ was sent to the Middle East to support the Arab revolt.

T. E. Lawrence

Why were the Central Powers stunned by the Allies' demand for reparations?

The Central Powers did not see the armistice as a full surrender.

What is another name for the alliance between France, Britain, and Russia?

The Triple Entente

Why did colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific feel hopeful about the Paris Peace Conference?

They hoped peace would bring an end to imperial rule.

Why did Serbian nationalists plot the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary?

They were protesting Austrian rule over Bosnia.

What phrase best describes the term entente?

a non-binding agreement to follow common policies

Woodrow Wilson wanted the idea of to be a foundation for a League of Nations to be formed following World War I.

collective security

In Russia, who were the commissars?

communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty

Another term for "the draft" is

conscription.

The British tried to keep __________ from reaching Germany.

contraband

Governments used propaganda to

control public opinion.

What conditions helped provoke the March Revolution?

food and fuel shortages as a result of the war

What phrase best describes the term atrocities?

horrible acts against innocent people

On the Western Front, where were many battles fought?

in trenches

World War I was different from earlier wars because it was the first war to make use of

modern technology and machinery.

With the League of Nations in place, what were member nations more likely to do?

negotiate with one another to settle disputes

A deadly __________ of influenza spread across the world in 1918, killing more than 20 million people.

pandemic

If a nation were to mobilize for war, what would it be doing?

preparing military forces

What term best describes the working class?

proletariat

What term best describes the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause?

propaganda

The Bolsheviks, who wanted to build a new social order from the chaos after the war, were known as

radicals.

The Allies wanted the defeated Central Powers to make __________ for the war.

reparations

The overall goal of President Wilson's Fourteen Points was to

resolve this and future wars.

President Wilson favored __________, the right of people to choose their own form of government.

self-determination

How countries performed economically, the size of their militaries, and how they were viewed around the world all factored into viewing a nation's

status

U-boat is another word for

submarine.

Following World War I, what were the mandates established during the Paris Peace Conference?

territories administered by Western powers

Germans experienced "the turnip winter" of 1916 and 1917 because

the potato crop failed.

Why did the British declare war on Germany in 1914?

to protect Belgium

What goal for postwar peace was shared by British and French leaders?

to weaken Germany and make it pay for the war

The civil war in Russia was fought between the "Reds" and "Whites." Who were they?

tsarist imperial officers and communists

What term describes the final set of demands issued by Austria to Serbia after the Archduke's assassination?

ultimatium

At first, aircraft were __________ simply to observe enemy troop movements.

utilized

What was the dispute in the US Senate over the League of Nations?

whether or not the US would be obligated to fight another war

After the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, signaling Russia's __________ from World War I.

withdrawal