1 A) Germany and Austria-Hungary. B) France, Great Britain, and Russia. C) Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. D) Austria, Hungary, and Serbia. 2 A) the growth of militarism B) the nationalist aspirations of Slavic minorities C) Germany’s “blank check” to Austria-Hungary during the Balkan crisis D) lack of military planning by the European powers 3 A) The czar ordered full mobilization of the Russian army. B) Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. C) Germany declared war on Russia. D) Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. 4 A) troops moved quickly through trenches to capture territory. B) artillery destroyed enemy forces before solders captured new territory. C) opposing forces fought each other from elaborate systems of trenches without much loss or gain of land. D) forces moved quickly with tanks and artillery. 5 A) Bulgaria to enter the war on the side of the Central Powers. B) Italy to enter the war on the side of the Central Powers. C) the Ottoman Empire to enter the war on the side of the Allies. D) Egypt to enter the war on the side of the Central Powers. 6 A) The stalemate in France B) The Japanese entry into the war C) The blockade of Great Britain D) The German use of unrestricted submarine warfare 7 A) control the national economy. B) arrest protestors as traitors. C) use propaganda to build support at home for the war effort. D) institute conscription. 8 A) Czar Nicholas II was an incompetent military leader during World War I. B) The economy suffered disasters during the war years. C) Grigori Rasputin, an uneducated Siberian peasant, had gained influence over government affairs. D) Conservative aristocrats assassinated Grigori Rasputin. 9 A) Alexandra Romanov took over major government decision making. B) Alexander Kerensky headed a provisional government. C) The Bolsheviks took control of the government. D) Ten thousand women marched in Petrograd demanding “Peace and Bread.” 10 A) believed in passive resistance. B) supported the Kerensky provisional government. C) began as a small faction of the Russian Social Democrats. D) overthrew the provisional government in a bloody battle. 11 A) anti-Leninist socialists. B) the Red Army under Leon Trotsky. C) the Allies. D) anti-Communist White forces from Siberia. 12 A) The Russians reopened the Eastern front. B) Combined Allied forces, supported by 140,000 fresh American troops, stopped the advance at the Second Battle of the Marne. C) The mutiny of sailors in Kiel led to the overthrow of the German government. D) The offensive led the United States to enter the war. 13 A) Communist forces tried to seize power in Germany. B) The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved. C) Emperor William II became a figurehead of Germany without any political power. D) The new monarchical state of Yugoslavia was established. 14 A) Georges Clemenceau B) David Lloyd George C) Woodrow Wilson D) V. I. Lenin 15 A) Austria-Hungary split into two countries, Austria and Hungary. B) France took control of Lebanon and Syria. C) New nation-states emerged from former lands of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. D) Almost every eastern European state was left with ethnic minorities.
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