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Example Question #21 : 1900 C.E. To Present
What was the name of the peace treaty signed by the allied powers and Germany after World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Berlin
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of York
The Treaty of Munich
The Treaty of Versailles
World War I ended with the capitulation of the Germans and a victory for the allied powers. The treaty was called the Treaty of Versailles, and it is very important for understanding what would happen next in the history of Europe. The treaty essentially blamed Germany for the entirety of World War I and established harsh, almost impossible, conditions and debts for the Germans to try and pay off. This led, directly, to the rise of Hitler and Nazism and the outbreak of World War II.
Example Question #1 : Europe
The Triple Entente was signed between France and which two other nations?
Russia and Germany
Britain and Italy
Britain and Russia
Britain and Spain
Britain and Turkey
Britain and Russia
The main reason why large-scale conflict broke out in World War I was the series of entangling alliances that existed before the war. In the pre-war years, all the nations of Europe were heavily nationalistic and heavily militarized. They all feared the strength of each other and sought to ensure their protection by signing treaties. So, the Germans, surrounded on all sides by possible enemies, signed alliances with Austria-Hungary and Italy. The French, fearing the threat posed by the Germans, signed treaties with Russia and Great Britain. The Triple Entente was signed between France, Britain, and Russia to provide for their mutual protection.
Example Question #23 : 1900 C.E. To Present
The alliance opposed to the Triple Entente, called the Triple Alliance, was formed between __________.
Germany, Russia, and Italy
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Poland
Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Germany, Japan, and Italy
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
The Triple Alliance, designed to counter the threat of the Triple Entente (the alliance between Britain, France, and Russia) involved an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Example Question #2 : Europe
Why was the League of Nations in many ways doomed to fail from the very beginning?
It ignored the rights of non-American and non-European countries.
Congress rejected America's involvement.
It rejected any inclusion of communist nations.
It was supported by the Japanese, but rejected by the Chinese and the Vietnamese.
It did not allow Germany or Austria to be members.
Congress rejected America's involvement.
The League of Nations was the brainchild of American President Woodrow Wilson who put forth the suggestion as part of his Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference. Although the League was approved and formed by the international powers, when Wilson returned to America, he found that Congress was unwilling to immerse America so fully in the global experience. Congress rejected the peace treaty and American involvement in the League of Nations. This ensured that from the very beginning the League was without one of the preeminent world powers.
Example Question #5 : World War I
The status of the territory of Morocco was disputed by __________ before World War One.
France and Germany
Italy and France
France and Britain
Britain and Germany
Spain and Germany
France and Germany
During the early twentieth century, Germany and France heavily disputed the status of Morocco. This was one of the primary sources of tension between the two nations in the buildup to World War One.
Example Question #3 : Europe
Who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Thomas Malthus
Charles de Gaulle
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Benjamin Disraeli
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife on July 28th, 1914. Princip was a member of the Black Hand, an organization dedicated to the liberation of the Yugoslav people from the rule of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The Austrian empire used the assassination as a pretext to invade Serbia and thus committed the first act of aggression of the First World War.
Example Question #1 : Causes And Effects Of World War I
What was the direct inciting incident that led to the outbreak of World War One?
the attempted assassination of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
German invasion of Belgium and Czechoslovakia
German bombing raids on the British isles
the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist forces in 1914 was the direct inciting incident that led to the outbreak of World War One. In the years leading up to World War One the major powers of Europe signed extensive alliances with one another that ensured that if one country declared war on another country all the rest would be dragged into the conflict like falling dominoes. The Triple Entente between Britain, France, and Russia made the Germans and Austro-Hungarians feel threatened; the British promised to protect Belgian sovereignty; the Russians promised to fight for Serbian autonomy and so on.
Example Question #1 : Europe
Which of the following contributed the least to mounting international tensions leading to the outbreak of World War I?
Nationalism
Pan-Slavism
Militarism
Communism
Imperialism
Communism
Communism was not yet a major factor in international affairs in the period leading up to World War I, as the Russian Revolution had not yet happened. Nationalism and pan-slavism led to the increased ethnic tensions in Europe, especially in the Balkans, and they ultimately provided immediate catalysts for the war, namely the Serbian murder of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and Russia's alliance with Serbia. Imperialism and militarism both contributed to growing rivalry and tension among the major European powers, namely Germany, Britain, and France. Imperialist ambitions, in particular, led to diplomatic incidents (such as the Agadir Crisis of 1911) that heightened tensions among these nations, especially due to British and French fears of German aggression.
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