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WESTERN CIVILIZATION Name
TEST # 70F3
1. It was the alliance that linked German,
Austria-Hungary and Italy. It was the
a.
Triple Alliance
b.
Three Emperors League
c.
Triple Entente
c.
NATO Alliance
2. Bismarck created the Three Emperors League
to link Germany and
a.
the Ottoman Empire and Italy;
b.
Austria-Hungary and Britain;
c.
Austria-Hungary and Italy;
d.
Austria-Hungary and Russia.
3. Cecil Rhodes is linked to which of the
following events? a. New Imperialism
b.
South African Independence;
c.
Assassination of the Arch Duke of Austria;
d.
Old Imperialism.
4. The event which served to trigger Great
Britain's entrance into World War I was
a.
German violation of the Netherland’s neutrality; b. German violation
of Belgian neutrality; c. the outbreak of actual fighting between
Serbia and Austria; d. the failure of Gray's third peace proposal.
5. All the following countries were on the
winning side in World War I,
EXCEPT:
a.
United States;
b.
Britain;
c.
Japan;
d.
Bulgaria.
6. All the following royal houses were ended by
World War I EXCEPT those in
a.
the Netherlands;
b.
Germany;
c.
Austria-Hungary;
d.
Ottoman Empire.
7. Plan XVII was designed by what country as a
strategic plan for World War I?
a.
Belgium
b.
Russia
c.
France
d.
Germany.
8. Which are the correct dates for France’s
involvement in World War II?
a. 1914-1920
b.
1939-1945
c.
1941-1945
d.
1948-1955.
9. The
major naval battle in World War I was the Battle of
a.
Jutland
b.
Somme
c.
Marne
d.
Verdun
10. All of the following were crises that helped
to lead to World War I, EXCEPT
a.
1906 Algeciras conference;
b.
the Moroccan Crisis of 1905;
c.
the Balkan crisis of 1908;
d.
the 1911 Monaco congress.
11. ln the decade before World War I, the two
chief rivals for control of the Balkans were
Russia and
Austria-Hungary. Which country was
creating the vacuum by it gradual disappearance
from the
region?
a.
Italy
b.
Serbia
c.
Greece.
d.
Ottoman Empire.
12. Which country changed sides shortly before
World War I started?
a.
France
b.
Turkey
c.
Serbia
d.
Italy
e.
Austria
13. He was probably the most important of the
Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was called the “Tiger”.
He wanted to punish Germany for starting the war. He was
a.
Wilson
b.
Clemenceau
c.
Orlando
d.
Bismarck
e.
Lloyd George
14. At the Peace Conference of 1919, Germany
lost all the following EXCEPT:
a.
most of its navy
b.
its air force
c.
Alsace-Lorraine
d.
Berlin
e.
its colonies
15. By insisting on the inclusion of the covenant
of a league of nations in the Versailles Treaty, Wilson a. was
forced to compromise on other parts of his Fourteen points; b.
won strong support from the delegates of the defeated powers; c.
gained bargaining power for some of his other proposals; d.
was trying to insure that the treaty would be ratified by the United
States Senate.
16. Three of the following were provisions of
the Treaty settlement with Austria
following World War I. What is the exception? a.
Austria and Hungary were divided
into separate states; b.
Austria was forbidden to unite with Germany; c. the Hapsburg monarch was restored to the
throne; d. some Austrian territory was transferred to
Italy.
17. Under Article 231 of the Treaty of
Versailles, damages caused by the war were made the responsibility of
a.
Germany alone
b.
Germany and its allies
c.
all the European powers
d.
Austria-Hungary alone
18. What year was the Treaty of Versailles
signed:
a.
1914
b.
1917
c.
1918
d.
1920
19. The Treaty of Versailles did all the
following, EXCEPT:
a.
took all of Germany’s colonies away;
b.
ended German participation in the First World War;
c.
set up plans for the occupation of Germany; d. called for
reparation payments by Germany for starting the war.
20. Two nations created following World War I
were:
a.
Ukraine and Denmark;
b.
Czechoslovakia and Finland;
c.
Greece and Yugoslavia;
d.
Norway and Bulgaria;
e.
Latvia and Rumania.
21. Which does not belong in this group?
a.
November Revolution
b.
February Revolution
c.
Bolshevik Revolution
d.
"Red" Revolution
22. Alexander Herzen advocated reform and a
cleaning out of Russia with
a.
an axe;
b.
a magic wand;
c.
a broom:
d.
new and improved Tide.
23. The events which precipitated the March 1917
revolution in Russia were a. the seizures of all major public buildings
in Petrograd by the Red Guard; b. an abortive attempts to assassinate the
tsar; c. a series of major strikes in Petrograd: d.
the return of Lenin and Trotsky to Russia from Switzerland.
24. Lenin wanted mainly to
a
create a mass movement in Russia favoring revolution
b.
create a disciplined, elite leadership cadre to promote revolution
c.
keep the tsar securely in power
d.
cooperate with liberal reformers.
25. In 1903 the Social Democrats split into two
groups,
a.
the Bolsheviks and Narodniki
b.
the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
c.
the Reds and Whites
d.
"Cadets'' and “Kohuts”.
26. The principal failure of the Provisional
Government of Russia was the failure:
a.
to end Russia’s involvement in World War II;
b.
to control inflation;
c.
to provide enough food for the people and land reform;
d.
to control opposition to the war on the part of the Church.
27. Lenin’s call for a socialist order in Russia
called for
a.
all land to be seized and given to the peasants;
b.
elimination of all church lands;
c.
elimination of all political parties but the Christian Party;
d.
elimination of all public property.
28. The present President of Russia is
a.
Boris Yeltsin;
b.
Vladimir Putin;
c.
Mikhail Gorbachev;
d.
Leonid Brezhnev.
29. His murder in December 1934 began the
Purges. He was?
a.
Zinoviev
b.
Leon Trotsky
c.
Sergei Kirov
d.
Nikita Khrushchev
30. What was 'Gosplan'?
a.
A general plan made applicable to all aspects of industry and
agriculture of the
Soviet Union
b.
An organization with 500,000 workers who did nothing but produce and
check targets for every
factory and works
c.
A new city developed near Siberia for the development of new weapons technology to help the USSR
develop greater capability that their rivals.
d.
Russia secret plan to steal the
Atomic Bomb.
31. Lord Horatio Kitchener is reported to have
said, “I don’t know what is to be done-this isn’t war.” What was the “it” he was referring to?
a.
submarine warfare;
b.
trench warfare;
c.
the Russian withdrawal from World War I;
d.
the use of TNT.
32. All the following were wars or affairs of
the "New Imperialism" period, EXCEPT:
a.
Boer Wars
b.
Fashoda Affair
c.
Crimean War
d.
Boxer Rebellion
33. Under the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact
in 1939. Germany and Russia agreed to divide:
a.
Poland
b.
Finland
c.
France
d.
East Prussia.
34. Mustard, Chlorine, Phosgin are all
a.
gases used in World War I;
b.
ships the U. S. lost before World War I;
c.
cleaning agents used in the development of TNT;
d.
battles of World War I.
35. George Nivelle, Henri Petain, Douglas Haig,
Joseph Joffe are all
a.
French soldiers who led mutinies;
b.
Allied civilian leaders;
c.
critics of the war;
d.
Allied war generals.
36. Which one of the following assassinated
Archduke Ferdinand
a.
Franz Joseph;
b.
Gavirilo Princip;
c.
Nicolas Pasic;
d.
Oscar Warner.
37. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was better know by
his revolutionary name?
a.
Trotsky
b.
Stalin;
c.
Lenin;
d.
Sakarin.
38. "The eleventh hour of the eleventh day
of the eleventh month" is associated with what great event?
a.
end of the Russian Revolution; b. the sinking of the Lusitania;
c.
end of World War I:
d.
the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
39. The most important leader of the
Provisional Government of Russia was:
a.
Trotsky;
b.
Kerensky
c.
Malenkov; d. Zinoviev.
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45. Place the following in the order in
which they occurred.
Place the
following events in their correct order:
A. England forms an Alliance with France
B. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
C. France declares war on Germany
D. Austrian ultimatum to Serbia
E. Germany declares war on Russia
F. Austria declares war on Serbia
46-50. Place the following events in their correct
order:
A. The Great Patriotic War
B. Glasnost and Perestroika adopted
C. Khrushchev calls for Peaceful Coexistence
D. Lenin is shot
E. Aleksia Kosygin and Leonid Brezhnev lead Russia