WHAP Chapter 33 Multiple Choice
Compared to the western front, fighting on the eastern front was
more fluid, as the Germans made inroads into Russia
Dreadnoughts were designed primarily to
protect merchant shipping and conduct high-seas battles
Which of the following was NOT a military technology used in World War I?
nuclear submarines (did use: machine guns, armed tanks, airplanes, poisonous gas)
The purpose of alliances such as the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente was to
provide mutual defense and support in case of an attack
In World War I, "no man's land" was the
the deadly territory between opposing trenches
The battle of Gallipoli was significant in that
this British-directed debacle cost the lives of many Canadian, Australian, and New Zealander troops
Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate when
troops garrisoned in the capital mutinied.
The purpose of the Twenty-One Demands was to
reduce China to the status of a Japanese protectorate
In addition to fighting off Allied forces, the Ottoman empire faced insurrection from the
Arabs
By the end of the nineteenth century, nationalistic movements resulted in independent sovereignty for all of the following EXCEPT
Ireland
Ten days that shook the world" is a reference to the
Russian revolution in November 1917
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
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 (All these answers are correct)
The assassination of Archduke Francis 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