Test #11 M.C.

Question 1

How did nationalism affect Europe’s great powers?

Answer 1

It caused competition among them

Question 2

The nations of Europe were willing to _____ to preserve their power and the power of their allies.

Answer 2

use war

Question 3

What is conscription?

Answer 3

military draft

Question 4

Tensions increased in Europe after 1900 because

Answer 4

countries had built up large armies.

Question 5

How did increased nationalism—which led to competition and then to war—affect workers?

Answer 5

Nations could use war as an excuse for using their militaries to suppress internal disorder.

Question 6

Austria-Hungary feared that Serbia would

Answer 6

create a large Slavic state.

Question 7

What two nations joined the conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?

Answer 7

Russia and Germany

Question 8

The Russian czar mobilized against Austria-Hungary because

Answer 8

the Russian military leaders insisted.

Question 9

The German military plan devised by General von Schlieffen required

Answer 9

war on two fronts

Question 10

How did all the great powers of Europe end up in a war together?

Answer 10

Nations were drawn into the war to support one another.

Question 11

Trench warfare consisted of

Answer 11

soldiers fighting the enemy from ditches

Question 12

What happened to the war on the Western Front as a result of trench warfare?

Answer 12

The Western Front became a stalemate.

Question 13

Why was “no-man’s-land” so dangerous?

Answer 13

Many soldiers were killed while crossing it.

Question 14

Which type of warfare is based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses?

Answer 14

war of attrition

Question 15

Why did both the Allies and the Central Powers welcome new allies to their side?

Answer 15

to get more help in the battles

Question 16

The United States entered the war largely over the issue of

Answer 16

unrestricted submarine warfare.

Question 17

The war became a total war in which wartime governments

Answer 17

set up planned economies

Question 18

Governments controlled dissent and censored the news in order to

Answer 18

maintain high morale and support for the war.

Question 19

What effect did the war have on women’s jobs

Answer 19

Women filled many jobs that men had held.

Question 20

The war aided the women’s movement because

Answer 20

women had gained new independence during the war

Question 21

What was one major cause of the Russian Revolution in 1917?

Answer 21

the czar’s decisions about the war and the economy

Question 22

Because of Rasputin’s influence on the czar and the court, Russian aristocrats

Answer 22

assassinated Rasputin

Question 23

The Bolsheviks worked to gain control of

Answer 23

the soviets

Question 24

Why did Lenin sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany

Answer 24

he promised that Russia would pull out of the war.

Question 25

Military opposition to the Red Army came from

Answer 25

the Ukrainian’s

Question 26

Why did the Allies have troops stationed in Russia

Answer 26

wanted to bring Russia back into the war. anti-communists

Question 27

What happened after the Bolsheviks seized the Winter Palace

Answer 27

the provisional government collapsed

Question 28

With great success, the new government used war communism to

Answer 28

get necessary supplies to the troops.

Question 29

From 1917 to 1921, Russia had gone from a monarchy to

Answer 29

a centralized state