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