Chapter 33 Multiple Choice Questions
Which of the following was NOT a military technology used in World War I?
nuclear submarines
Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate when . . .
troops garrisoned in the capital mutinied.
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.
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 until victory.
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.
The battle of Gallipoli was significant in that . . .
this British-directed debacle cost the lives of many Canadian, Australian, and New Zealander troops.
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.
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.
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.
"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, and competition for colonies in east and southwest Africa.
In World War I, "no man's land" was the . . .
deadly territory between opposing trenches.