Chapter 7 Key Terms and Assessments
Key Terms
Allies the nations that united to oppose Germany and Austria-Hungary, originally, Russia, France, and Britain
Assessments
Review Questions
1. Which two nations engaged in a naval arms race?
a. Great Britain and the United States
b. France and Germany
c. Germany and Great Britain
d. Germany and the United States
2. Where did Germany succeed in establishing most of its colonies?
a. Africa and Latin America
b. Africa and the Pacific
c. Africa and Asia
d. Asia and Latin America
3. On which commander did Germany rely for its naval-building program?
a. Otto von Bismarck
b. Count von Bulöw
c. Alfred von Tirpitz
d. Napoléon III
4. Why did Germany have fewer colonies than France and Britain in the early twentieth century?
a.
b. It had industrialized and unified later than the other countries.
c. It had a succession of monarchs, each lasting fewer than five years.
d. It had little business or industry in the early twentieth century and no need for colonies.
5. Germany was able to unify as an empire at the end of which event?
a. the Franco-Prussian War
b. the Russo-Japanese War
c. the Austro-Prussian War
d. the First Moroccan Crisis
6. The Triple Entente consisted of which three countries?
a. Germany, Italy, and Russia
b. Belgium, Britain, and France
c. Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy
d. Britain, France, and Russia
7. Upon what was the Schlieffen Plan predicated?
a. Germany’s need to fight a two-front war
b. German troops being in short supply for the first three months of the war
c. an invasion of Germany by France at the outset of the war
d. the speedy mobilization of Russian troops
8. What helped cause the decline of the Ottoman Empire?
a. financial trouble and increasing debt
b. warfare on its eastern front
c. nationalism spurring revolts and loss of territory
d. factional politics within the Empire that caused turmoil among its top ministers
9. What did Germany think would happen when it approached Belgium en route to France?
a. that it would have to violently invade Belgium
b. that Britain would immediately enter the war
c. that Russia would immediately enter the war
d. that Germany would be allowed to pass through Belgium easily
10. Why did the United States initially stay neutral in the war?
a. The United States did not want to fight either France or Germany, its long-standing allies.
b. The United States had historically stayed out of European affairs.
c. The United States had agreed to follow Canada’s lead and stay out of the war.
d. The United States hoped the war would be quick and it could take over European colonies in the Caribbean when the war ended.
11. Why did Germany sink the RMS Lusitania?
a. because it had a large number of British passengers
b. because it was transporting troops bound for Europe
c. because it carried ammunition bound for the British army
d. because it was heavily armed and sailing through the war zone to France
12. What new type of military technology was introduced in