The Schlieffen Plan depended on which of these?
A) quickly defeating Belgium and the Netherlands
B) fighting a two-front war
C) a fast French mobilization
D) a strong navy
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Middle-class Europeans greeted the outbreak of World War I ________.
A) with tremendous enthusiasm
B) with a sense of dread and disbelief
C) with strong antiwar protests
D) by leading a revolution in Paris
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The first Russian Revolution was shaped by what political ideology?
A) liberalism
B) communism
C) socialism
D) conservatism
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The Battle of the Somme was typical of offensives on the Western Front because it brought ________.
A) massive casualties for little gain
B) a rapid advance
C) a strategic retreat using tanks
D) an advance of many miles but at a high coast
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After World War I, the Ottoman territories in the Middle East________.
A) were granted independence
B) were largely placed under British and French control
C) continued as a unified whole under the leadership of the Republic of Turkey
D) were made into new states based on Wilson's principle of self determination of peoples.
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Which statement is true about the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
A) It ended World War I across Europe.
B) It gave Germany Russian lands.
C) It was Germany’s peace treaty with Serbia.
D) It gave Germany all of Serbia and part of Poland.
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Who was the German chancellor at the beginning of World War I?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Paul von Hindenburg
C) Wilhelm II
D) Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
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The impact of the war on women’s work can be summarized as _______.
A) primarily significant in changing cultural norms
B) revolutionary
C) creating permanent government positions for women
D) negligible outside of some clerical work
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Which of these was a key reason for the failure of the League of Nations?
A) It lacked the power to enforce its decisions.
B) Most European powers never signed it.
C) It lacked an ideological foundation.
D) It was dominated by the United States.
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The Spartacists tried to________.
A) establish a communist regime in Hungary
B) overthrow the Bolsheviks in Russia
C) proclaim a socialist state in Italy
D) start a communist revolution in Germany
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