Multiple Choice Chapter 25
What did Balfour Declaration of November 1917 announce?
Britain favored a national home for Jews in Palestine
Which nations joined the war on the side of the Central Powers?
Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
What was French premier Georges Clemenceau's opinion at the Paris Peace Conference?
He wanted to create a buffer state between Germany & France
What was immediate cause of British entry into the First World War?
The German invasion of neutral Belgium
Why were the Balkans considered the 'the power of Europe'?
The Ottoman Empire has been forced to give up its territory.
Bismarck's alliance system was designed to isolate France and to
maintain peace between Russia and Austria-Hungary
What did the Petrograd Soviet Army Order 1 state?
military officers were stripped of authority
Walter Rathenau is remembered for his
role in Germany's total war mobilization
What was the result of Allied support of the White armies in the Russian civil war?
It helped the Bolsheviks, who could appeal to patriotism
How did the Western powers react the declarations of independence by Syria and Iraq after WWI?
The invaded the two regions & defeated independence movement
What did Germany's Auxiliary Service Law require?
all men between 17-60 work at jobs critical to war effort
Who was Alexander Kerensky?
An agrarian socialist who became prime minister of Russia
What was the February Revolution in Russia in 1917?
unplanned uprising of hungry and angry people in the capital
What did the "war guilt clause" in the Treaty of Versailles declare?
Germany with Austria was responsible & had to pay reparation
What part of Otto von Bismarck' alliance system did William II abandon?
Germany's non-aggression pact with Russia
Who assassinated Grigori Rasputin in 1916?
Nationalistic aristocrats
What was the principle of national self-determination promoted by Woodrow Wilson?
People should choose a national government thru voting
Following the First World War, what was most difficult domestic problems for governments?
Providing care for the large number of injured veterans
Why did the Germans accept the Treaty of Versailles?
They had little alternative and Germans were starving
Why did Austria-Hungary deliberately choose war in July 1914?
it hoped to stem the tide of hostile nationalism in country
Why did Italy, after declaring neutrality in 1914, decide to join the Triple Entente in 1915?
it was promised Austrian territory in return.
Germany's initial offensive was stopped on the outskirts of Paris at the Battle of
the Marne
What ultimately happened to Ukraine and Belarus, parts of the Russian Empire ceded to Germany?
the Soviet Union reconquered territories during civil war
How did the war on the eastern front differ from the war on the western front?
the war on eastern front remained mobile with German in lead
What was the common effect of western-front offensives during the First World War?
they caused the slaughter of massed infantry units
