HIS280 quiz 1-4
Question 1 0 / 1 point
The British and French were unable to drive the Ottoman Empire from this peninsula at opening of the strategic Dardanelles passage:
Constantinople
Gibraltar
The Suez
Gallipoli
Question 2 1 / 1 point
The Austrian Archduke assassinated in Serbia was:
Prince Rupprecht
Pavel Rennenkampf
Franz Ferdinand
Helmuth von Moltke
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Question 3 1 / 1 point
The Triple Entente included these nations:
Italy, Germany, and Japan
Britain, France, and Russia
Germany, the United States, and France
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Ottoman Empire
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Question 4 1 / 1 point
At the Battle of Ypres, the Germans used the terrible weapon against the French:
artillery
poisonous gas
biological
the U-boat
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Question 5 0 / 1 point
The German plan to invade France through the Belgium lowlands and sweep their forces to the west of Paris was called:
Operation Shift
The Schlieffen Plan
The Western Plan
The Kaiser Scheme
Question 6 0 / 1 point
Italy in WWI:
was an Allied nation in the beginning of the war and switched to the Central Powers in 1916.
joined the Triple Entente in 1915
remained neutral
was a founding member of the Triple Entente
Question 7 1 / 1 point
The initial spark that set off WWI was between Austria-Hungary and:
Italy
Russia
Serbia
Croatia
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Question 8 1 / 1 point
The name of the British army in France in 1914 was:
The Europe Division
Her Royal Majesty’s Army
Group One
British Expeditionary Force
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Question 9 1 / 1 point
These two factors led to the European conflict going global:
interconnecting web of colonies and secret alliances
religious ties and the need for population growth
fears of American power and Japanese expansion
German plans in South America and the Austrian-Hungary navy blockade
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Question 10 1 / 1 point
The Germans used these aggressively in the Atlantic:
amphibious forces
destroyers
U-boats
aircraft carriers
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Tanks in WWI
were predominately used by the Germans
were never deployed
played a limited by growing role for the Allies and the U.S. by the end of the war
were invented by Americans who gave them to the Allies
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Question 2 1 / 1 point
March 1917 marked this nation’s slide into revolution and civil war.
Russia
Britain
China
Germany
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Question 3 0 / 1 point
During the war Germans committed atrocities in this small European nation:
Belgium
Portugal
Nepal
Norway
Question 4 1 / 1 point
This group of Russian women were an organized combat unit:
Lady Heroes
Women of Russia
The Avengers
Battalion of Death
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Question 5 0 / 1 point
This international organization came out of the ashes of WWI.
League of Nations
The Justice Alliance
The Triple Entente
The United Nations
Question 6 1 / 1 point
In 1917 thia nation’s army had a large scale mutiny on the Western Front.
Russia
Germany
Britain
France
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Question 7 1 / 1 point
This labor strike led to mass arrests and illegeal detainments of miners in 1917.
Copper Canyon
Colorado Fields
The Bisbee Deportations
Chicago Riots
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Question 8 1 / 1 point
This punishing treaty ended the war between Germany and Russia
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Moscow
Treaty of Berlin
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Question 9 1 / 1 point
This term describes a war waged by all aspects of society: civilian, economic, industrial, military.
final war
total war
Complete War
Blitzkrieg
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Question 10 1 / 1 point
This Bolshevik revolutionary would lead the Russian nation by November 1917.
Joseph Stalin
Alexander Kerensky
Matthias Erzberger
Vladimir Lenin
Question 1 0 / 1 point
Hitler’s Political Party (translated into English) was called
United Fascist Party
Fatherland Party
The S.S.
The National Socialists Party
Question 2 0 / 1 point
The Soviets were
spontaneous popular committees organized to run farms and factories
The Communist Congress
The Russian army
Lenin’s secret police
Question 3 1 / 1 point
While in jail, Hitler wrote this prophetic book which was a blueprint for his terrible actions during the Third Reich.
Mein Furher
Your Stuggle
Mein Kampf
For the Fatherland
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Question 4 0 / 1 point
The September 1935 laws that deprived German Jews of many basic rights are refered to as:
the Cleansing Laws
The Nuremberg Laws
The Final Solution
the Anti-Jewish Laws
Question 5 0 / 1 point
The Washington Naval Conference was the first example of
the first use of British code-breakers
the League of Nations in session
a global disarmanent movement.
an effort by the US to ally with the Soviet Union
Question 6 1 / 1 point
The Kellogg-Briand Treaty declared this illegal:
Submarine tactics
aggressive war
high tariffs
Cereal shipments to the Soviet Union
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Question 7 0 / 1 point
The American epicenter of the Jazz was located here:
Detroit
Harlem
Los Angeles
Nashville
Question 8 0 / 1 point
In 1919 this self-titled movement attempted an unsuccessful Russian-style revolution in Germany.
The Albors
the National Socialists
The Spartacist League
The Red Brigade
Question 9 0 / 1 point
In which country did the U.S. NOT intervene from 1919-1930:
China
Peru
Honduras
Russia
Question 10 0 / 1 point
The name of Mussolini’s political party was
United Front
The Marxist Party
The Italian Fascist Party
The National Socialists
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Quiz 4 Question Set
Question 1 0 / 1 point
This British peace movement organized its members to disavow war.
Peace Pledge Union
Say no to war
Peace Now
Brits against War
Question 2 0 / 1 point
The forces that Japan used in Manchuria to guard their mines were called:
The Kwantung Army
The Emperor’s Guard
Kuo Ming Tang Army
The Manchurian Army
Question 3 0 / 1 point
Hitler looked to expand in Eastern Europe and into Russia for the alleged need of “Lebensraum.” What is this?
Living Space
Racial purity
The Fatherland
Defensive value
Question 4 1 / 1 point
F.D.R.’s New Deal policy involved
gave lots of assistance to industry and nothing for agriculture.
massive taxcuts to jump start the economy
Direct government intervention in the economy
creating the federal income tax
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Question 5 1 / 1 point
The massive system of French fortications along the German border was called:
Le systeme de securite
The Rhineland complex
The De Gaulle barrier
The Maginot Line
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Question 6 0 / 1 point
The British system of providing trading benefits for all Commonwealth members while excluding foreign competition was called
Imperial Preference
The Royal Accords
Parliamentary trading system
English Rules
Question 7 1 / 1 point
This international body was the predessor of the United Nations:
The Central Powers
The Geneva Accords
The Security Council
The League of Nations
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Question 8 1 / 1 point
Sudeten Germans lived in this nation before being taken over by Hitler.
Poland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
France
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Question 9 1 / 1 point
Stalin used his secret police force to murder hundreds of thousands of Russian people.
GPU (State Political Adminstration)
The Gestapo
The KGB
The Red Guard
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Question 10 1 / 1 point
The 1935 legislation designed to keep the US out of any major war was:
The Anti-War Pact
Kellogg-Briand Treaty
The New Deal
The Neutrality Act
