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The purpose of the Twenty-one Demands was to (Q:8)

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reduce China to the status of a Japanese protectorate.

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How did most people initially react to the declaration of war in 1914? (Q:10)

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with excitement and enthusiasm

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Which of the following statements about the League of Nations is NOT true?

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It was strengthened and expanded within a few years and adopted the new name of the United Nations.

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Which of the following was a consequence of the Ottoman state's adoption of a new policy of Turkish nationalism in 1913?

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the massacre of ethnic Armenians during the Great War

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Why did Japan enter the war on the side of the Allies?

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Germany failed to comply with Japanese demands over territorial and naval issues.

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The naval arms race that exacerbated tensions throughout Europe was held between which two states?

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Great Britain and Germany

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The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand was the catalyst that started World War I because

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his death brought to a head the tensions between the Austro-Hungarian empire and the neighboring kingdom of Serbia.

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As demonstrated by the experience on the western and southern fronts, technological developments favored what kind of warfare?

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defensive tactics

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From what did the Triple Alliance initially grow?

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a close relationship that developed between the leaders of Germany and Austria-Hungary

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The provisional government lost the support of many Russians in part because it

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promised to continue the war to victory.

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Which groups were particularly susceptible to the influenza pandemic of 1918? (Q:20)

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young adults

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The key factor in the decision of the United States to enter World War I was

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Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare against the United States.

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The German Schlieffen plan called for

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a swift knockout of France, followed by a defensive action against Russia.

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Which of the following is true of the effects of World War I on the status of women?

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Women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war.

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For what did Russia initially mobilize its troops during its entrance into the war?

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to defend Serbia from Austria

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The Schlieffen plan was created by which of the Great War powers?

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Germany

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The Schlieffen plan originally called for an attack on Paris from which direction?

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southwest

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In the east, the Central Powers advanced toward Russian territory across which body of water?

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Vistula River

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Which city in southwest Asia was captured by Allied forces moving up from the southeast?

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Constantinople

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From Egypt, the Allies advanced into Arabia across which body of water?

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Suez Canal

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Which of the following nations switched sides over the course of the Great War?

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Italy

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Which of the following statements about the eastern front during the Great War is true?

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The fighting was more fluid than on the western front.

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The purpose of alliances such as the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente was to

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outline the circumstances under which countries would go to war to support one another.

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During the Great War, the most extensive military operations outside Europe took place where?

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in the southwest Asian territories of the Ottoman empire

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Which of the following statements about the African continent during World War I is the most accurate?

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Most of the African continent was a colony of or an ally with the Allied powers.

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Which of the following nations was NOT an ally or colony of the Central powers during the war?

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Brazil

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Which of the following nations remained neutral throughout the war?

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Spain

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From where did the majority of troops that entered the African continent from the east come?

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India

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Where did the majority of troops dispatched from Australia go?

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to the Pacific islands

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Where did the most extensive military operations outside of Europe take place?

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southwest Asia

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The entrance of which of the following nations into the war transformed the fight into a global conflict?

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Japan

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The rivalry between Germany and Britain up to 1914 included (Q:42)

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competition for colonies in east and southwest Africa.

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Compared to the western front, fighting on the eastern front was

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more fluid, as the Germans made inroads into Russia.

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Which of the following was a provision of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

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Russia gave Germany control of about one-third of its territory.

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Which occupation, vital for the war effort, was staffed almost exclusively by women?

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artillery shell production

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Russian communist party headed by Lenin

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Bolshevik

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1917 World War I battle in which the Italians were defeated by a combined Austro-German force

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Caporetto

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French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles

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georges clemenceau

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city in the Shandong province of China that was once leased by Germany and played a role in Japan's entry into World War I

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Jiaozhou

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Turkish statesman and World War I hero who abolished the caliphate and established Turkey as a modern secular state

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Mustafa Kemal

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Russian imperial dynasty that ruled from 1613 to 1917

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Romanov

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the peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies after World War I

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Treaty of Sèvres

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founder of the Bolshevik party, leader of the Russian Revolution, and first leader of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924

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Vladimir Ilich Ulanov

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pre-World War I military plan that called for a swift knockout of France, followed by defensive action against Russia

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Schlieffen Plan

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Bolshevik treaty with Germans that gave Germany possession or control over much of Russia's territory and allowed Russia to get out of World War I

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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the treaty under which the Allies officially recognized the Republic of Turkey

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Treaty of Lausanne

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pre-World War I alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

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Triple Alliance

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ultimatum by the Japanese to the Chinese which, if accepted, would have reduced China to a protectorate of Japan

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Twenty-one Demands

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peace formula promoted by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson that was used as the basis of the armistice that ended World War I

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Fourteen Points

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pre-World War I alliance of England, France, and Russia

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Triple Entente

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At the Paris Peace Conference, (Q:47)

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France was determined to permanently strip Germany of military power.

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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points program reflected which ideological foundation?

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idealism

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Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate when

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troops garrisoned in the capital mutinied.

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Why was the mandate system a problem for the former territories of the Ottoman empire?

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The Allies had promised Arab nationalists independence during the war.

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Which empire was the first to collapse as a result of the strains of the Great War?

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Russia

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Which of the following was a provision of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?

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establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all nations

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Which of these ideologies contributed powerfully toward the outbreak of World War I, especially in regions like the Balkan Peninsula?

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nationalism

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Which power regained the territories of Alsace and Lorraine from Germany after the Great War?

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France

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Which country was wholly included within a demilitarized zone?

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Luxembourg

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Which former Russian territory became part of Romania after the Great War?

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Bessarabia

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The region around which of these bodies of water was declared a demilitarized zone after the Great War?

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Rhine River

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Which southeastern European power lost the most territory after the Great War?

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Bulgaria

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Which empire was terminated by the peace treaties of 1919?

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Austro-Hungarian

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To which of the following peoples was the principle of self-determination newly applied in the 1919 treaties?

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Czechs

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