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Who developed the first practical and usable light bulb?

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Thomas Eddison

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was a leading force behind German unification in the late 1800s

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Bismark’s “Blood and Iron”

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build an affordable line of cars

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Henry Ford

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was the “sword” of Italy

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Garibaldi

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the founder of a woman’s rights suffrage group that adopted destructive tactics

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Benjamin Disraeli

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was a Filipino rebel who cooperated with US forces against the Spanish

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Emilo Aguinaldo

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began a movement called Zionism

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Theodor Herzl

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concluded that human behaviors are a series of connected conditioned reflexes

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Ivan Pavlov

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discussed his concept of natural selection in his book “On the Orgin of Species”

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Charles Darwin

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the ________, led by Garibaldi, used guerilla warfare tactics to unify Italy

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Red Shirts

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In the 1890’s, the study of the mind and human behavior emerged as a seperate field known as ____

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Psychology

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the treaty of _________, and other treaties, humiliated the Japanese because they opened Japanese ports to Westerners

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Kanagawa

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In 1839, a group in Great Britain called the ____________ worked for voting rights for all men

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Chartist/”People’s Charter”

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Nicholas II issued the ____________ which promised a Russian constitution and guaranteed individual liberties to all Russians in 1905

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October Manifesto

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The ___________ declared the Americas off limits to further European colonization

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Monroe Docterine

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t/f- the Meiji Restoration marks the emporer’s return to power in Japan

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False

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t/f- Michael Faraday’s discoveries led to the development to electrical generators

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True

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t/f- New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote

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True

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t/f- The Compromise of 1867 create the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary with 2 seprate, equal states and 2 rulers

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False

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t/f- The famine in Ireland that resulted from potato crop failures increased Irish resentment against the British

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True

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t/f- The coal that was burned to run steam engines and warm houses created health problems for people in industrial cities

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True

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t/f- The Theory of Relativity was Darwin’s belief that species change and adapt over time

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False

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t/f- The period of reconstruction after the Civil War was a period of rebuilding in the North

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False

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t/f- Bloody Sunday was the day in Russian history when the Czar’s supporters rose up against the Russian ruler Vladimir Lenin

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False

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In 1840, the first women’s rights convention was organized by __________ and ___________

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Lucretia Molt and Elizabeth Cady

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26
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Manifest Destiny contributed to the _______________

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Western expansion of the US

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27
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Public transportation resulted in _____________

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increased urbanization and economic development

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28
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The Reform Act of 1832 gave more British citizens the chance to _____

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vote

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29
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The secession of South Carolina led to the _________ war

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Civil

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The Sepoy Mutiny was caused by ________

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discontent with British rule, religious tensions, and military grievances

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The requests of the Indian National Congress to the British were ________

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greater representation in government, more autonomy for Indians, and an end to discriminatory policies

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32
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The Austro- Prussian War was the first steps toward ________

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German Unification

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33
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The efforts of the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire brought about the _________

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The Balkan War

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34
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When Chinese officials ordered the destruction of British Opium in Gangzhou, the British _________________

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started the first Opium War- 16 British warships arrived in Gangzhou, bombed forts, attempted negotiations, and seized cities

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35
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Czar Alexander took the historic first step of ______________

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freeing Prussia’s serfs and giving them the right to own land as part of a commune

36
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As revolts spread across Europe, Metternich helped to pass the Carlsbad Decrees, which ______________

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prohibited any reforms that conflicted with the absolute monarchy, established censorship of newspapers and created a secret police force that spied on students who were suspected of liberal or nationalist revolutionary activities

37
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Kipling’s phrase “the White Man’s burden” _________

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meant white imperialism and colonialism- was part of a poem he wrote

38
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Stalin’s Five- Year plan reflected the Soviet system of _________________

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central planning and totaltarianism

39
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A result of nationalism in Africa in the post WW1 years was ____________

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Pan- African Congress

39
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The peace agreement between the nations after WW1 is called the __________

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Treaty of Versailles

40
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What resulted from trench war-fare in WW1?

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Stalemates

41
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Several factors contributed to the stock market crash including _________

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Black Tuesday

42
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The Guomindang of China was the party of ________

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Nationalists

43
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How did WW1 affect the home front of many nations?

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food shortages, women entering the workforce, increased government control, propaganda campaigns

44
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In 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany because of ____________

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The Battle of Britain

45
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one result of the Yalta Conference was to _________

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reach an agreement on what to do with post- war Europe- Berlin divided into 4 zones of occupation

46
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The Battle of Midway was significant because __________

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it changes the balance of power in the Pacific

47
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The Nuremburg Laws were established to ___________

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create a seprate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship along with many civil and property rights such as the right to vote, defined a person based on ancestry of grandparents, not religious beliefs

48
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Hitler’s Final Solution called for ________

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the deliberate mass execution of Jews

49
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What prompted Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor?

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America cracked the secret Japanese code used to transmit messages

50
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The Manchurian Incident showed _________

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defiance of Japanese military towards their government- they needed more resources (coal and iron)

51
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Germany’s defeat in the ____________ marked the end of major German resistance at the close of WW2

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52
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The German army was without food, ammunition, and medicine when the Soviet army surrounded them at the __________, a turning point in WW2

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Battle of Alamein

53
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Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the end of _________ in the US

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isolation

54
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Hitler began the German expansion in the 1930’s by ___________ Austria

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annexing and invading

55
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Japanese expansion after WW1 occurred because Japan lacked enough ________ to support modern industry

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resources

56
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Mohandas Ghandi believed in change through 2 important concepts, nonviolence and ________

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civil disobedience

57
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The Russian Monarchy came to an end when __________ stepped down

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Czar Nicholas

58
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The causes of WW1 include militarianism, alliances, imperialism, and ______

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nationalism

59
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In response to reports of widespread killing of Jews in Europe, the US established the ______

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Nuremburg Laws

60
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The allies gained power in North Africa by taking advantage of the Afrika Korp’s _____ problems

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supply

61
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In WW2, the Axis powers included Germany, ________, and Japan

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Italy

62
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Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union had _______ governments following WW1

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different

63
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Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to start an economic recovery in the US with a program called the ______

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New Deal

64
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Mao Zedong led 100,000 communists on the __________ through China, searching for a region safe from Guomindang

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6,000 mile trek (long march)

65
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the main players in what came to be known as WW1 were the Allied powers and the ______

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Axis powers

66
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was the general who led Japan in ww2

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Hirohito

67
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Was the founder of the Facist Party

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Benito Mussolini

68
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“Father of the Turks”

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Kemal Ataturk

69
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Leader that wrote Fourteen Points

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Woodrow Wilson

70
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Was the Desert Fox who led the Afrika Korps

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Erwin Rommel

71
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Prime minister of Great Britain who supported the policy of appeasement

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Chamberlain

72
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Started collectivization in the Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin

73
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The British economist who believed governments could limit economic downturns by spending

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John Maynard Keynes

74
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Guimindang leader who turned against his communist allies

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Chaing Kai-Shek

75
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Early Bolshevik leader

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Vlaldimar Lenin

76
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t/f- propaganda was only used by Axis nations during the war

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false

77
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t/f- American leaders considered using the atomic bomb to spare huge allied casulties that might result from invading Japan

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True

78
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t/f- After the war, the Turks defeated the Greeks and announced the establishment of the Republic of Turkey

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False

79
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t/f- The White Army fought Lenin’s Red army and ultimately defeated the Bolsheviks in 1920

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False

80
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t/f- Gregory Resputin was an execptional military advisor to Czar Nicholas II

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False

81
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t/f- The world organization called the League of Nations replaced the earlier organization, the League of Nations

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True

82
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t/f- Before entering WW2, the US had been helping the Allies by shipping across the Atlantic Ocean

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True

83
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t/f- Negotiations were difficult after WW1 because the leaders of the four major allies had very different ideas about a peace treaty

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False

84
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t/f- Russian factories were able to produce military supplies quickly enough to meet the army’s needs in WW1

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False

85
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t/f- In WW1, after 3 years of battles, the battle positions at the Western Front were virtually unchanged

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True

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