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Identify the following terms:
1. Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
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2. Serbia and the Balkan Wars
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3. Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Sarajevo and the Black Hand
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4. Trench Warfare
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5. the Schlieffen plan and neutral Belgium
POINTS:
6. First Battle of the Marne
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POINTS:
7. battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes
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8. “no man’s land”
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9. battle of Verdun
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10. Ottoman Empire
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11. Tsar Nicholas II
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12. Lawrence of Arabia
13. Lusitania
14. Alfred von Zimmerman and Mexico
15. DORA
16. Georges Clemenceau
17. Erich von Ludendorff
18. Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
19. Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
20. the February and October Revolutions of 1917
21. Leon Trotsky
22. Red Menace
23. “Peace, Land, and Bread”
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24. the Cheka
25. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
26. Second Battle of the Marne
27. November 11, 1918
28. Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points”
29. War Guilt Clause and Reparations
30. David Lloyd George
31. Treaty of Versailles
32. “dictated peace”
33. Yugoslavia
34. Rhineland and the Ruhr Valley
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35. the Treaty of Locarno
36. the Kellogg-Briand Pact
37. “normalcy”
38. Alexander Kerensky
39. World Disarmament Conference
40. the Weimar Republic
41. the Great Depression and the Credit-Anstalt bank
42. John Maynard Keynes
43. Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
44. “war communism“
45. the New Economic Policy
46. Joseph Djugashvili/Stalin
47. “socialist industrialization” and the five-year plans
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48. avant-garde art
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49. Dada and Marcel Duchamp
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50. Salvadore Dali and surrealism
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51. Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian
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52. Arnold Schoenberg, atonal music and the twelve-tone system
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53. Bauhaus school, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier
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54. James Joyce’s Ulysses and the “stream of consciousness”
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55. Ernest Hemingway, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis
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56. The nation whose nineteenth century unification upset the balance of power in Europe was
a.
Italy.
b.
France.
c.
the United Kingdom.
d.
Austria-Hungary.
e.
Germany.
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57. The nations of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made up
a.
the Triple Entente.
b.
NATO.
c.
the Triple Alliance.
d.
the Big Three.
e.
the Have Powers.
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58. The nations of Russia, Great Britain, and France made up
a.
the Triple Entente.
b.
NATO.
c.
the Triple Alliance.
d.
the Big Three.
e.
the Have Not Powers.
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59. Bismarck’s policy could best be described as
a.
cautious with special attention to prevent rival powers from conspiring against Berlin.
b.
aggressive and dismissive of rival European powers.
c.
dedicated to providing Germany with its rightful “place in the sun”.
d.
expansionistic in his efforts to defeat the crumbling Ottoman Empire.
e.
rascist and anti-semitic in his treatment of Jewish populations in Eastern Europe.
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60. The architect of the Triple Alliance was
a.
William II.
b.
Cavour.
c.
Bismarck.
d.
Nicholas II.
e.
Francis Ferdinand.
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61. In 1908 and again in 1913, wars broke out in
a.
the British Isles.
b.
the Middle East.
c.
along the Rhine River.
d.
the Balkans.
e.
in western Russia.
d
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62. Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28, 1914, in the city of
a.
Budapest.
b.
Sarajevo.
c.
Trieste.
d.
Vienna.
e.
Prague.
b
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63. The nation that promised “full support” to Austria-Hungary was
a.
Germany.
b.
Russia.
c.
Serbia.
d.
Italy.
e.
the Ottoman Empire.
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64. Germany’s Schlieffen Plan envisioned
a.
an overwhelming and immediate assault upon Russia.
b.
a rapid invasion of France.
c.
a holding action on the River Rhine.
d.
an invasion of Great Britain through Ireland.
e.
an attack on Serbia in the Balkans.
b
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65. In 1914, the nation that Germany invaded France through was
a.
the Netherlands.
b.
Belgium.
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c.
Austria.
d.
Poland.
e.
Denmark.
b
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66. At the beginning, most observers and participants assumed that World War I would
a.
be over in a few weeks.
b.
last for several years.
c.
end in a draw.
d.
lead to the Russian Revolution.
e.
destroy Western Civilization.
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67. In the west, the Germans were defeated in September, 1914, at
a.
the Tannenberg.
b.
the Masurian Lakes.
c.
Gallipoli.
d.
the First Battle of the Marne.
e.
Verdun.
d
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68. The military symbol of World War I was the
a.
concentration camp.
b.
trench.
c.
atomic bomb.
d.
Black Death.
e.
rapid cavalry advance.
b
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69. All of the following might be found in “no man’s land” except
a.
barbed wire.
b.
rats.
c.
machine guns.
d.
poison gas.
e.
airplanes.
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70. 700,000 men lost their lives in a few months at
a.
Gallipoli.
b.
the Somme.
c.
the Marne.
d.
Verdun.
e.
Tannenberg.
d
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71. The nation that joined Germany and Austria-Hungary after World War I began was
a.
Italy.
b.
Serbia.
c.
the Ottoman Empire.
d.
the Arab Emirates.
e.
Japan.
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72. In 1915, the British landed forces at
a.
Gallipoli.
b.
Athens.
c.
Alexandria.
d.
Sarajevo.
e.
Constantinople.
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73. The United States entered World War I because of
a.
the fact that almost all Americans were of British descent.
b.
unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany.
c.
the sinking of the Titanic.
d.
the British naval blockade.
e.
loyalty to France in gratitude for her aid during the American Revolution.
b
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74. Alfred von Zimmerman
a.
urged an American attack upon Canada, promising Canada would become a part of the United States.
b.
promised Mexico a return of her lost lands in the American Southwest if it attacked the United States.
c.
urged Vladimir Lenin to lead a revolt against Tsarist Russia.
d.
was a last minute attempt in July 1914 to avert war.
e.
was sent to Lawrence of Arabia, warning him of the consequences if he and the Arabs attacked the Ottoman
Empire.
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75. World War I resulted in
a.
increased decentralization of society.
b.
increased centralization of society.
c.
the abandonment of military conscription.
d.
an increase in laissez-faire.
e.
the restriction of women to the home and hearth.
b
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76. DORA was
a.
the nickname for the Gallipoli campaign.
b.
a British law which allowed newspapers to be censored and dissenters arrested.
c.
the codeword which set off the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
d.
the name of a passenger ship sunk by German submarines.
e.
the wife of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and who was assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914.
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77. Which of the following statements about the role of women in World War I is incorrect?
a.
Women were employed in jobs previously been held by men.
b.
Women formed 38 percent of the workers in the Krupp armaments factory.
c.
Women demanded equal pay for equal work.
d.
Many women gained the right to vote as a consequence of their war-time labors.
e.
Almost all women retained their jobs when the war was over because so many men had died in combat.
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78. General Ludendorff’s military gamble was
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a.
an attack on the British forces at Gallipoli.
b.
an offensive in the west to break the military stalemate.
c.
to support Lenin in hopes of knocking Russia out of the war.
d.
to back Austria-Hungary in the war against Serbia.
e.
replace William II with General Hindenburg.
b
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79. During the war, the percentage of French men between the ages of 18-30 that died was approximately
a.
10 percent.
b.
50 percent.
c.
25 percent.
d.
15 percent.
e.
4 percent.
p. 79
80. Woodrow Wilson’s peace goals included all of the following except
a.
punishment of Germany for starting the war.
b.
open covenants of peace instead of secret diplomacy.
c.
reduction of national armaments to create domestic safety.
d.
self-determination.
e.
a general association of nation to guarantee territorial integrity.
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81. The Fourteen Points are associated with
a.
Woodrow Wilson.
b.
Theodore Roosevelt.
c.
David Lloyd George.
d.
Georges Clemenceau.
e.
Friedrich Ebert.
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82. All of the following are correct about the Treaty of Versailles except
a.
it demanded that Germany accept guilt for causing World War I.
b.
it dismembered the German Empire in Europe into numerous independent states.
c.
the German army was limited to 100,000 men.
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d.
many Germans viewed it as a “dictated peace.”
e.
Germany lost territory to France and Poland.
b
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83. New nations that emerged in Eastern Europe as a consequence of World War I included all of the following except
a.
Czechoslovakia.
b.
Bulgaria.
c.
Yugoslavia.
d.
Poland.
e.
Greece.
b
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84. The post-war future of the states of Eastern Europe were complicated because of
a.
many ethnic minorities.
b.
too many ex-soldiers and their weapons.
c.
increased ruralization.
d.
increased urbanization.
e.
the refusal of Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary to formally recognize their existence.
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85. The major nation that refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and thus did not join the League of Nations was
a.
Tsarist Russia.
b.
the United States.
c.
Imperial Germany.
d.
the Ottoman Empire.
e.
Yugoslavia.
b
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86. Between 1914 and 1916, the number of Russian soldiers killed was
a.
500,000.
b.
1,000,000.
c.
2,000,000.
d.
3,000,000.
e.
3,500,000.
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87. Unlike many others, Karl Marx believed that revolution in Russia might come about through
a.
an uprising by the urban proletariat.
b.
a non-violent take over by the bourgeois.
c.
peacefully through the ballot box.
d.
through the communal traditions of the peasant villages.
e.
victory in World War I.
d
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88. Lenin believed that revolution would come to Russia
a.
spontaneously through a peasant uprising.
b.
spontaneously through a proletariat rebellion.
c.
by a middle class conversion to socialism.
d.
if led by disciplined professional revolutionaries.
e.
if Russia was successful in war against Germany.
d
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89. The term “bolshevik” in Russia means
a.
minority.
b.
majority.
c.
communist.
d.
peasant village.
e.
the proletariat.
b
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90. The March 1917 revolution in Russia
a.
brought the Bolsheviks to power.
b.
led to the abdication of Nicholas II.
c.
brought immediate peace to Russia.
d.
began in villages in the Ukraine.
e.
was supported by the Whites.
b
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91. The appeal of “Peace, Land, and Bread” is associated with the
a.
Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
b.
Kerensky and the Mensheviks.
c.
Stalin and the Whites.
d.
Trotsky and the Social Revolutionaries.
e.
Nicholas and the Romanovs.
p. 83
92. The November 1917 revolution in Russia
a.
established Kerensky as head of the Provisional Government.
b.
forced Nicholas II to abdicate.
c.
established peace throughout all of Russia.
d.
brought Lenin to power.
e.
reversed the gains of the February Revolution.
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93. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
a.
required Germany to accept full responsibility for World War I.
b.
established the League of Nations.
c.
saw Russia losing one-fourth of its territory and a third of its population.
d.
outlawed war.
e.
reconciled Germany with France.
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94. The German economy was stabilized in the mid-1920s as a result of
a.
an ending of reparation payments.
b.
military victory against France in the Ruhr.
c.
the voluntary return of Germany’s colonies by Japan.
d.
the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine from France.
e.
the Dawes Plan, which reduced reparation payments.
p. 86
95. The treaty which outlawed war as an instrument of national policy was the
a.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
b.
Treaty of Versailles.
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c.
Treaty of Locarno.
d.
Kellogg-Briand Pact.
e.
World Disarmament Conference Agreement.
d
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96. The German mark became largely worthless as the result of
a.
the British invasion of Prussia.
b.
runaway inflation in 1922-1923.
c.
the assassination of William II.
d.
the successful communist revolution in Germany.
e.
Adolph Hitler’s seizure of power in Bavaria in 1923.
b
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97. John Maynard Keynes
a.
advocated a laissez-faire economic policy.
b.
desired socialism rather than capitalism.
c.
claimed that the government which governed least, governed best.
d.
favored tariffs and balanced budgets.
e.
argued that governments should resort to deficit spending in times of depression.
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98. Along with Germany, the Western nation hit hardest by the Great Depression was
a.
Italy.
b.
France.
c.
Great Britain.
d.
the United States.
e.
the Soviet Union.
d
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99. The Great Depression resulted in part from
a.
a shortage of credit in the purchase of stocks.
b.
underproduction of agricultural products.
c.
a decrease in the use of oil and hydroelectricity.
d.
an international financial crisis, begun by the New York stock market crash.
e.
fear of renewed warfare in Europe.
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100. All of the following programs were part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal except
a.
the National Recovery Administration.
b.
the Peace Corps.
c.
Social Security.
d.
the Works Progress Administration.
e.
the National Labor Relations Act.
p. 88
101. Full employment returned to the United States as the result of
a.
Roosevelt’s New Deal.
b.
the Second New Deal.
c.
the Munich Agreement.
d.
World War II.
e.
the Cold War.
p. 89
102. Lenin’s New Economic Policy
a.
established pure communism in Soviet Union.
b.
allowed private industry and commerce to operate at the lower levels of society.
c.
abandoned state ownership of banks and heavy industry.
d.
was resisted by the Whites.
e.
immediately allowed the Soviet Union to join the League of Nations.
p. 89
103. Of the delegates that attended the National Congress of the CPSU in the Soviet Union, what percentage were
executed by 1939
a.
70 percent.
b.
25 percent.
c.
60 percent.
d.
30 percent.
e.
50 percent.
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104. All of the following are applicable to the art movements in the post-World War I world except
a.
the international style.
b.
alienation.
c.
the subconscious.
d.
abstraction.
e.
naturalism.
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105. The painter who mined the subconscious in his Surrealist paintings was
a.
Paul Klee.
b.
Salvadore Dali.
c.
Pablo Picasso.
d.
Wassily Kandinsky.
e.
Piet Mondrian.
b
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106. The author who invented the “stream of consciousness” was
a.
Ernest Hemingway.
b.
Theodore Dreiser.
c.
Sinclair Lewis.
d.
James Joyce.
e.
Kazimir Malevich.
d
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107. The German architects that created modern architecture was/were called
a.
the Bauhaus School.
b.
the Van der Rohes.
c.
the dadaists.
d.
the Surrealists.
e.
the Sullivan School.
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108. Arnold Schoenberg was influential in musical composition because of his use of
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a.
tonal music.
b.
the upper octave.
c.
the lower minor keys.
d.
the twelve-tone system.
e.
English in grand opera.
d
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109. Germany’s foreign policy became more activist and became focused upon finding Germany’s “place in the sun” after
Emperor William II removed Otto von Bismarck from power in 1890.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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110. After the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in June 1914, Austria made the decision to punish Yugoslavia
by force.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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111. Europeans went to war in 1914 with feelings of dread and trepidation at what might lie ahead.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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112. Attempts at “softening up” the enemy trenches before attacking rarely worked causing the advancing men to face
machine gun fire as they advanced over open ground.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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113. In World War I, the British mobilized troops not only from the United Kingdom, but also from Australia, India, and
New Zealand.
a.
True
b.
False
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True
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114. In order to more efficiently wage World War I, most participating governments followed policies of laissez-faire, and
relied upon volunteer armies and on private enterprise initiative in mobilizing for war and fighting the conflict.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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115. It is estimated that almost three million soldiers and civilians combined were killed in World War I.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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116. During the Russian Civil War, the White Army and Red Army worked together to defeat the Tsarist forces.
a.
True
b.
False
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117. One of the weaknesses of the League of Nations was that it lacked a military capability, and could only use economic
sanctions to stop aggression.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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118. After Germany failed to make all of their reparation payments, France occupied mines and factories in the Ruhr
valley.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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119. The European nation that suffered the most from the Great Depression was Germany.
a.
True
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b.
False
True
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120. After Lenin’s death, Stalin and Trotsky ruled the Soviet Union together until Trotsky died in 1940.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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