Practice CST #5

1. President Wilson said that his Fourteen Points would provide a framework for

Determining war reparations.

Expanding colonial empires.

Punishing aggressor nations.

A lasting and just peace.

2. Great Britain's stated reason for declaring war on Germany in 1914 was the

French attacks on German colonies.

U.S. entry into the war.

Serbian assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

German invasion of Belgium.

3. Why did most of the combat on the Western Front in World War I take place in a relatively small area?

There is only a small amount of flat land in all of Europe.

The armies became immobile because of trench warfare.

Each side cut off the fuel supply of the other.

Germany’s military tactics were based on “static warfare.”

4. A major goal of France and Great Britain at the Conference of Versailles following World War I was to

Create a politically unified Europe.

Keep Germany from rebuilding its military forces.

Restore pre-war imperial governments to power.

Help Germany rebuild its industrial economy.

5. What aim did Italian leader Vittorio Orlando have during the creation of the Treaty of Versailles?

To gain territory from Austria-Hungary

To assume control of Austria’s industries

To guarantee the partition of Germany

To gain possession of Austria’s overseas colonies

6. How did Russia's participation in World War I affect its empire?

A string of decisive military victories gained land from the Central Powers.

Russia’s sale of supplies to its western allies strengthened its economy.

The czar adopted the reforms necessary to win the support of the Russian people.

Economic hardships brought on by the war resulted in the downfall of the czar.

7. The Schlieffen Plan was designed by the German military to

Address U.S. troop deployments in France.

Strengthen the defense of Germany’s colonies in Africa.

Neutralize Great Britain’s naval control of the North Sea.

Avoid the problem of fighting Allied powers on two fronts.

8. Which of the following most affected the course and outcome of World War I?

Allied withdrawal from the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli

British victories in the Sinai that secured the Suez Canal

American military and financial intervention in the war

The switch in allegiance of Italy from the Central Powers to the Allies

9. One contribution of overseas colonies to the Allied effort during World War I was that they provided

Large numbers of soldiers to reinforce the Allied armies.

Protected sites for new Allied industrial factories.

Most of the agricultural labor in the Allied nations.

Places of refuge for displaced Allied civilian populations.

10. One major reason for the tension between France and Germany before World War I was that

France had begun to surpass Germany in industrial output.

Germany wanted to join the Triple Entente with Great Britain.

Germany controlled French access to the North Sea.

France wanted to regain lands previously seized by Germany.