Study Guide Chapter 28 Ap World History
Chapter 28 Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Approximately how long did World War I last?
A) About four years
B) About two years
C) About six years
D) About one year
E) About three years
Page Ref: 646
2) Which nation joined the Triple Entente alliance in the early 1900s (and to complete the alliance?)
A) Germany
B) Britain
C) France
D) Russia
E) Italy
Page Ref: 647
3) What was the region of Europe that produced the most diplomatic crises prior to World War I?
A) Scandinavia
B) The Balkans
C) Italy
D) Spain
E) Iberian peninsula
Page Ref: 649
4) What two European powers were directly involved in the Balkan diplomacy?
A) Germany and Russia
B) Russia and Britain
C) Russia and Austria-Hungary
D) France and Austria-Hungary
E) Italy and Austria-Hungary
Page Ref: 649
5) Which of the following was NOT an event leading to the outbreak of World War I?
A) The assassination of the Austrian archduke
B) Austria's declaration of war on Serbia
C) The mobilization of the Russian army
D) France's invasion of Belgium
E) The rise of the alliance system
Page Ref: 648-649
6) Germany's leaders counted on WHAT to help them overwhelm the Belgians and French?
A) Their country's superb railway system
B) Small, but lightning-quick armies
C) Submarine warfare
D) Diplomacy
E) Use of air power
Page Ref: 650
7) By 1915, conflict on the Western Front
A) had become a shifting game of rapid maneuver with few major battles.
B) had resulted in the surrender of France and the establishment of the Vichy government.
C) had resulted in victory for the British and French troops, who pushed the exhausted enemy to the borders of Germany.
D) had settled into a deadly stalemate in which hundreds of thousands of lives were expended for a few feet of trench.
E) had resulted in massive food shortages in both France and Great Britain.
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Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Approximately how long did World War I last?
A) About four years
B) About two years
C) About six years
D) About one year
E) About three years
Page Ref: 646
2) Which nation joined the Triple Entente alliance in the early 1900s (and to complete the alliance?)
A) Germany
B) Britain
C) France
D) Russia
E) Italy
Page Ref: 647
3) What was the region of Europe that produced the most diplomatic crises prior to World War I?
A) Scandinavia
B) The Balkans
C) Italy
D) Spain
E) Iberian peninsula
Page Ref: 649
4) What two European powers were directly involved in the Balkan diplomacy?
A) Germany and Russia
B) Russia and Britain
C) Russia and Austria-Hungary
D) France and Austria-Hungary
E) Italy and Austria-Hungary
Page Ref: 649
5) Which of the following was NOT an event leading to the outbreak of World War I?
A) The assassination of the Austrian archduke
B) Austria's declaration of war on Serbia
C) The mobilization of the Russian army
D) France's invasion of Belgium
E) The rise of the alliance system
Page Ref: 648-649
6) Germany's leaders counted on WHAT to help them overwhelm the Belgians and French?
A) Their country's superb railway system
B) Small, but lightning-quick armies
C) Submarine warfare
D) Diplomacy
E) Use of air power
Page Ref: 650
7) By 1915, conflict on the Western Front
A) had become a shifting game of rapid maneuver with few major battles.
B) had resulted in the surrender of France and the establishment of the Vichy government.
C) had resulted in victory for the British and French troops, who pushed the exhausted enemy to the borders of Germany.
D) had settled into a deadly stalemate in which hundreds of thousands of lives were expended for a few feet of trench.
E) had resulted in massive food shortages in both France and Great Britain.
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