The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 22: Descending into the Twentieth Century

True or False Quiz

1
Germany initially threatened to withdraw its backing of Austria in the conflict with Serbia if it did not tone down the ultimatum.
A)True
B)False
2
The outbreak of war in 1914 was initially met with cries of patriotism.
A)True
B)False
3
On a battlefield covered with trenches, it was difficult to charge forward in a successful offensive.
A)True
B)False
4
At the Battle of Jutland, the only major naval showdown of the war, the German fleet broke Britain’s blockade of Germany.
A)True
B)False
5
The Russian army was well-prepared in terms of leadership and supplies to fight World War I.
A)True
B)False
6
During the war, governments maintained a laissez-faire, or hands off, policy toward their domestic economies.
A)True
B)False
7
During the war, many women worked in jobs that had previously been reserved for men.
A)True
B)False
8
Only the German government engaged in wartime propaganda that deliberately tried to shape public opinion about the war.
A)True
B)False
9
As a result of the war, the German government fell and the Austro-Hungarian emperor abdicated.
A)True
B)False
10
Wartime financial losses left many European nations in debt to the United States.
A)True
B)False
11
Delegates to the Paris Peace Conference were not worried about revolutionary communism.
A)True
B)False
12
French Premier Georges Clemenceau and American President Woodrow Wilson disagreed on what type of peace should be signed.
A)True
B)False
13
According to the “war guilt” clause of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany and its allies had to accept full responsibility for the war.
A)True
B)False
14
The League of Nations, which was established by the Treaty of Versailles to guarantee borders and settle conflicts, had military forces at its command.
A)True
B)False
15
Nicholas II offered token reforms in 1905.
A)True
B)False
16
On the eve of World War I, Russian cities were hit by workers’ strikes.
A)True
B)False
17
Alexandra, tsarina of Russia, fell under the influence of a religious mystic, Rasputin, who claimed to have the power to heal her hemophiliac son.
A)True
B)False
18
Before 1917, Lenin’s Bolshevik party was widely popular among the people of Russia.
A)True
B)False
19
The German government financed Lenin’s return trip from Switzerland to Russia in 1917.
A)True
B)False
20
During the revolutionary year of 1917, the new Bolshevik government adopted a policy known as war communism.
A)True
B)False
21
Germany's "Schlieffen plan", which was the main military strategy Germany pursued at the start of war, called for Germany to send overwhelming forces early in the war against Russia, so that Russia could quickly be driven from the war and more resources could be allocated to the war against France.
A)True
B)False
22
Although the Allies had superior numbers during World War II, the forces of the German-led Central Powers alliance were better equipped, better trained, and more able to move troops and coordinate strategies.
A)True
B)False
23
Although many women took up positions in offices and factories during the First World War, they were unable to turn this greater economic opportunity into greater political opportunity at the war's end.
A)True
B)False
24
Many Germans believed after 1918 that Germany had been driven from the war, not by military defeat, but rather by a "stab in the back" delivered by civilian republican and socialist politicians.
A)True
B)False
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