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