Deck 26: World War I and the War It Created

Question 1

Which state existed in 1919, but not in 1914?

A)Belgium
B)Denmark
C)Poland
D)Switzerland
E)Danzig

Answer 1

Poland

Question 2

The chief feature of the war on the Western front was

A)the invasion of Italy by French and British troops.
B)inconclusive battles fought in trench warfare.
C)a propaganda war with little actual fighting.
D)a series of important naval engagements as Germans attempted to establish a blockade of Britain.
E)immediate victories.

Answer 2

inconclusive battles fought in trench warfare.

Question 3

Which groups experienced a relative improvement in income and standards of living as a result of World War I?

A)aristocrats and the middle class
B)middle-class and working-class families
C)working-class families and peasants
D)the middle class and peasants
E)women

Answer 3

working-class families and peasants

Question 4

The gravest problem faced by the Weimar Republic was

A)the Spartacist uprisings.
B)inflation.
C)Freikorps agitation.
D)political challenge from the right.
E)nationalist movements.

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT included in the Treaty of Versailles?

A)a clause that placed blame for the war on Germany
B)a clause that demanded reparations from Germany
C)a Polish corridor through German territory
D)a requirement that Germany disarm
E)permission for Germany to retain her colonies in Africa

Question 6

In 1923 French and Belgian forces occupied Germany's Ruhr district

A)because they wanted to ensure the success of the democratic Weimar Republic.
B)because internal political conflict in Germany threatened European peace.
C)because Germany had failed to make reparations payments.
D)because the Weimar Republic requested their help in ending popular strikes.
E)both because they wanted to ensure the success of the democratic Weimar Republic and because the Weimar Republic requested their help in ending popular strikes.

Question 7

Where were the major European international crises in the decade before World War I?

A)North Africa and the Balkans
B)Turkey and the Middle East
C)the Balkans and the Middle East
D)Turkey and North Africa
E)Russia and Turkey

Question 8

The political norm in Europe after World War I was

A)socialism.
B)communism.
C)constitutional democracy.
D)anarchy.
E)monarchy.

Question 9

Which is incorrectly matched with a post-war grievance?

A)Italy: denied right to annex the Dalmatian coast
B)France: denied a treaty with the United States guaranteeing safety against German aggression
C)Britain: denied a right to reparations for war casualties
D)Syria and Palestine: denied a right to self-rule after collapse of the Ottoman Empire
E)Bulgaria: denied the borders it desired

Question 10

The Locarno era was marked by

A)territorial disputes in Western Europe.
B)general disarmament.
C)enforcement of international peace-keeping missions.
D)renunciations of war demonstrating a belief in law and confidence in the force of public opinion.
E)German aggression.

Question 11

At the Paris Peace Conference, the two major powers NOT represented were

A)Italy and Germany.
B)Russia and Japan.
C)Germany and Japan.
D)Germany and Russia.
E)the U.S.and Italy.

Question 12

The key diplomatic achievement of Bismarck's foreign policy was

A)rapprochement with France.
B)an alliance with the Ottomans to contain Russia.
C)a formal alliance with Austria-Hungary.
D)a successful challenge to Britain's sea supremacy.
E)an alliance between France and Russia.

Question 13

During World War I casualty figures in the armed forces were

A)50 percent or more.
B)30 percent or more.
C)20 percent or more.
D)10 percent or more.
E)5 percent or more.

Question 14

The Germans planned to invade France first because they

A)believed the French army was poorly organized.
B)believed they could conquer France before Russia could mobilize, thereby avoiding a two-front war.
C)believed they could conclude a separate peace with Russia, based on a former alliance.
D)wanted to conquer France in order to annex Belgium.
E)believed the conflict with France would last longer.

Question 15

In 1907, in order to balance the Triple Alliance, the Triple Entente was formed by

A)Italy, France, and Britain.
B)France, Russia, and Britain.
C)France, Russia, and Germany.
D)Russia, Britain, and the United States.
E)Britain, the United States, and Belgium.

Question 16

A lasting result of World War I was that

A)women realized they did not want to work outside the home.
B)governments assumed new responsibilities for social services and economic planning.
C)crime and juvenile delinquency declined from prewar levels.
D)people felt greater faith in the governments that had guided them through the war.
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 17

Which was NOT among the underlying reasons for war in 1914?

A)the arms race
B)a deep antagonism between Germany and France
C)the effectiveness of the alliance system in achieving security and encouraging negotiated solutions
D)the use by many governments of nationalist and militaristic foreign policies to deflect attention from domestic problems
E)the limits of the diplomatic system

Question 18

The major factor that led to German surrender was

A)the exhaustion of German resources and manpower.
B)stiffened allied resistance following the Treaty of Brest Litovsk.
C)British/Arab victory in the Middle East and the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.
D)the collapse of Austria-Hungary.
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 19

During World War I the most striking break from prewar conditions on the home front was

A)the use of volunteer armies.
B)central planning of the economy.
C)censorship.
D)anti-patriotic sentiment.
E)conscription.

Question 20

During the Great War, women

A)worked in key wartime industries.
B)became increasingly independent.
C)resisted the change in their traditional roles.
D)both worked in key wartime industries and became increasingly independent.
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 21

What international differences had to be overcome to bring about the pre-1914 alliance against Germany and Austria-Hungary? Why did the nations involved put aside their historic differences?

Question 22

Review the feature entitled "Meet the 'Khaki Girls'" in this chapter.What class do you think the two authors are from, and why?

Question 23

Review the feature entitled "The Terms of the Triple Alliance" in this chapter.Why did special promises have to be made for Italy to ensure her participation in the alliance?

Question 24

Discuss the origins of World War I.Can any single country be blamed for starting the war? In what ways did the alliance system, implemented to maintain a peaceful balance of power in Europe, in fact have the opposite effect?

Question 25

Review the feature entitled "Wilfred Owen Describes Trench Warfare" in this chapter.What did Owen mean when he described himself and his companions as "three quarters dead"?

Question 26

What brought about women's suffrage in the interwar years? Why do you think the advent of women's suffrage had such little impact on family life and on Western democracies in western Europe?

Question 27

Explain why the declarations of war throughout Europe were greeted with great popular acclaim and joy.

Question 28

Review the feature entitled "Meet the 'Khaki Girls'" in this chapter.What are the social class signifiers in this account?

Question 29

How does the Treaty of Versailles represent a continuation of the prewar vision of a better world through progressive liberalism? What aspects of the treaty represent an abandonment of this view to national and imperial interests?

Question 30

Review the feature entitled "The Terms of the Triple Alliance" in this chapter.Evaluate the terms of the agreement.Are the terms practical? How did this agreement seek to avoid conflict?

Question 31

Consider the photos in this chapter of Craonne and Verdun.What caused the destruction seen in these photos? What kinds of challenges did that kind of destruction pose for societies after the war?

Question 32

Was the Treaty of Versailles fundamentally unfair? How? Did it at least ensure the instability of the European state system for the following decades?

Question 33

In a phrase of historic significance, the British Foreign Secretary noted on the outbreak of war in 1914 that "the lamps are going out all over Europe.We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." In what way was his prophecy correct? How did the experience of World War I change European society in the long term?

Question 34

Discuss the roles of romanticism and nationalism as they contributed to increasing international tension in the years before the Great War.

Question 35

How is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife portrayed in the painting found in this chapter? How accurately do you think this painting reflects the event and its impact?

Question 36

Review the feature entitled "The Terms of the Triple Alliance" in this chapter.What kinds of situations did this agreement not provide for?

Question 37

Why did World War I become a stalemated war of attrition? What eventually broke the deadlock?

Question 38

Review the feature entitled "Meet the 'Khaki Girls'" in this chapter.What does the style of dress, makeup, and hair of these women suggest? Why have the authors included these details?

Question 39

What impact did World War I have on Europe's colonial holdings? How did it set the stage for changes to come?

Question 40

Explain the comparatively conservative movements that developed in Britain, France, and the United States after the war.What led to the disillusionment by both victors and vanquished after the war?

Question 41

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Sarajevo.

Question 42

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Verdun.

Question 43

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Marne River.

Question 44

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Congress of Berlin.

Question 45

Review the feature entitled "Wilfred Owen Describes Trench Warfare" in this chapter.Who or what seems to be the primary enemy in this passage and why?

Question 46

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: home front.

Question 47

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Entente Cordiale.

Question 48

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Wilson.

Question 49

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Gallipoli.

Question 50

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Allies.

Question 51

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Triple Entente.

Question 52

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Freikorps.

Question 53

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: trench warfare.

Question 54

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Schlieffen Plan.

Question 55

Review the feature entitled "German Inflation" in this chapter.What do you think the German Statistical Office was trying to accomplish with the publication of this piece?

Question 56

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Winston Churchill.

Question 57

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Lloyd George.

Question 58

Review the feature entitled "Wilfred Owen Describes Trench Warfare" in this chapter.Find examples of "gallows humor" in this passage and a sense of acceptance/resignation to the horrors of trench warfare.

Question 59

Review the feature entitled "German Inflation" in this chapter.Speculate on the social and political ramifications of such rampant inflation.

Question 60

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Hindenburg.

Question 61

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Treaty of London.

Question 62

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Kellogg-Briand pact.

Question 63

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Paris Peace Conference.

Question 64

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Helmuth von Moltke.

Question 65

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Mustafa Kemal.

Question 66

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Central Powers.

Question 67

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Triple Alliance.

Question 68

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Weimar Republic.

Question 69

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Joseph Joffre.

Question 70

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: turnip winter.

Question 71

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Sinn Fein.

Question 72

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: mandates.

Question 73

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Morocco.

Question 74

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Lusitania.

Question 75

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Archduke Ferdinand.

Question 76

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Adolf Hitler.

Question 77

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Fourteen Points.

Question 78

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Young Plan.

Question 79

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Balkans.

Question 80

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: reparations.