Question 1

Explain the first Balkan crisis and the two Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913.

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Question 2

How was the United States drawn into the First World War? Why was its involvement so important?

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Question 3

How did wartime European governments mobilize their home fronts? In what way did such actions require a major shift in the role of governments in many aspects of European life?

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During wartime, European governments mob...

Question 4

During the four years of the First World War in Europe and the economic devastation that the war entailed, _____.

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A)   the rest of the world accelerated its own industrialization
B)   the productive capacity of the United States increased immensely
C)   European dominance of the global economy was undermined
D)   All of these are correct.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

After 1900, Great Britain discarded her "splendid isolation" and became willing to enter alliances because:

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A)   the Fashoda crisis and the Boer War revealed how isolated Britain was in Europe.
B)   the French proved willing to resolve old colonial disputes.
C)   Germany's naval construction program caused the Germans profound worry.
D)   All of these are correct.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

How did the battle of the Marne change the course and character of the First World War? Why did the battle of Verdun attain a legendary reputation?

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Question 7

Why did the First World War provoke a crisis in Western culture? Describe some of the trends of cultural pessimism.

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Question 8

The first major power to mobilize its army in 1914 and to do so on both the German and Austrian frontiers was:

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A)   Britain.
B)   Japan.
C)   France.
D)   Russia.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Responding to the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Bosnian Serb, Austria:

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A)   decided to crush Serbian independence.
B)   tried to annex Serbia to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
C)   contemplated strong actions but, in the end, did nothing.
D)   convened an international conference to end revolutionary agitation in the Balkans.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

How did non-Turkish people in the Balkans react to the modernizing initiatives of the Young Turks?

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Question 11

As a result of the 1919 Paris peace settlement, whose most general principle was recognition of the right of national self-determination, _____.

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A)   minority problems and irredentism no longer troubled eastern Europe
B)   there was a general and often confusing transfer of populations to sort out the new national states
C)   minority problems troubled all the new states of eastern Europe as nationalities were intermixed in many places
D)   every language group was given a homelandE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

The German government sent a sealed railway car full of Bolsheviks, including Lenin, through Germany to Russia in order to:

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A)   promote rebellion against the provisional government.
B)   try to transform Russia into a German ally.
C)   lend support to the provisional government.
D)   negotiate the withdrawal of Russia from the war.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

How did British isolation shape events at the outbreak of the First World War?

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Question 14

In 1914, the country that declared war against Serbia when the Serbs rejected the critical item in the former's ultimatum was:

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A)   Japan.
B)   Russia.
C)   Austria.
D)   France.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The British emerged from their diplomatic isolation in 1902 when they formed:

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A)   a military alliance with Japan against their common enemy, Russia.
B)   the Triple Entente with France and Russia.
C)   the Triple Alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary.
D)   a defensive alliance with France against their common enemy, Japan.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

The Franco-Russian alliance, signed in 1894, was regarded as almost impossible because:

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A)   France and Russia had no common interests.
B)   France stood for everything radical, and the Russian Empire stood for everything reactionary and autocratic.
C)   France had fought Russia during the Crimean War.
D)   Russia was already allied to Germany, and France and Germany were enemies.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

At the Paris conference in 1919, the demand of the French for security against Germany led to the creation of:

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A)   an entente cordiale between Russia and France.
B)   the Triple Entente between Britain, Japan, and France.
C)   the Treaty of Versailles.
D)   an Anglo-French-American guarantee treaty.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

Wilson's Fourteen Points demanded all of the following except:

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A)   an end to secret treaties and secret diplomacy.
B)   just reparations for the Allies.
C)   a redrawing of European boundaries along national lines.
D)   freedom of the seas in peace and war.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

The "war guilt" clause of the Treaty of Versailles:

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A)   rightly placed the blame for the outbreak of the First World War on both the Allied powers and the Central Powers.
B)   placed the blame for the war on Austria-Hungary and Russia.
C)   was devised in order to justify German reparations.
D)   placed the blame on Germany, Austria, Russia, and France.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 20

The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France was:

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A)   a defensive alliance.
B)   a close understanding between the two states resulting from the resolution of differences over Egypt and Morocco.
C)   an offensive alliance.
D)   a close understanding resulting from British acquiescence of increased French influence in Egypt and Sudan.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 17: The First World War

In 1914, the country that declared war against Serbia when the Serbs rejected the critical item in the former's ultimatum was:

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How did the battle of the Marne change the course and character of the First World War? Why did the battle of Verdun attain a legendary reputation?

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At the Paris conference in 1919, the demand of the French for security against Germany led to the creation of:

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Why did the First World War provoke a crisis in Western culture? Describe some of the trends of cultural pessimism.

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The German government sent a sealed railway car full of Bolsheviks, including Lenin, through Germany to Russia in order to:

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The Franco-Russian alliance, signed in 1894, was regarded as almost impossible because:

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Wilson's Fourteen Points demanded all of the following except:

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Responding to the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Bosnian Serb, Austria:

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The first major power to mobilize its army in 1914 and to do so on both the German and Austrian frontiers was:

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During the four years of the First World War in Europe and the economic devastation that the war entailed, _____.

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Explain the first Balkan crisis and the two Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913.

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How was the United States drawn into the First World War? Why was its involvement so important?

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The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France was:

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As a result of the 1919 Paris peace settlement, whose most general principle was recognition of the right of national self-determination, _____.

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How did wartime European governments mobilize their home fronts? In what way did such actions require a major shift in the role of governments in many aspects of European life?

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How did British isolation shape events at the outbreak of the First World War?

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The "war guilt" clause of the Treaty of Versailles:

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The British emerged from their diplomatic isolation in 1902 when they formed:

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How did non-Turkish people in the Balkans react to the modernizing initiatives of the Young Turks?

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After 1900, Great Britain discarded her "splendid isolation" and became willing to enter alliances because:

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