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WESTERN CIVILIZATION Name
TEST # 7 0B5 
FILL IN THE BLANKS:
1. The First World War “began” when ___ ______
a.
Richard I;
b.
Kaiser William;
c. Emperor Franz
Joseph;
d.
Archduke Frans Ferdinand and
his wife,
2. were killed in the town of ____________,
a.
Belgrade;
b.
Sarajevo;
c.
Vienna;
d. Berlin.
3. in the country of ____________.
a.
Austria;
b.
Serbia;
c.
Germany;
d.
Hungary
4. This
country is on the ________ peninsula.
a.
Baltic;
b.
Balkan;
c.
Jutland;
d. Serbian
5. The year
was __________.
a.
1910;
b.
1912;
c. 1914;
d. 1915.
6. ________ turned to
its ally and received the infamous, "Blank Check".
a.
Germany;
b.
Serbia;
c. Austria;
d. Russia
7. Which was given by the leader of this
country
a.
Germany;
b.
Serbia;
c. Austria;
d. Russia
8. Within the month, ________ partially mobilized.
a.
Germany;
b.
Serbia;
c. Austria;
d. Russia
9. The first
declaration of war was issued by _________.
a.
Germany;
b.
Serbia;
c.
France;
d. Russia
10. On August 3, 1914, Germany invaded neutral
a.
Holland;
b.
Denmark;
c. Belgium;
d. Russia.
11. on it way to knock _______ out of the
war.
a.
France;
b.
England;
c. Serbia;
d. Russia.
12. Which country was to change sides in the war?
a.
Sweden;
b.
Spain;
c. Belgium;
d. Italy.
13. Besides Germany which countries represented the Central powers during World War I?
a.
Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria;
b.
Austria-Hungary, Romania and Bosnia
c. Austria-Hungary,
Serbia and Romania;
d. Russia,
Serbia and Slovakia.
14. The first of all the alliances to develop
before World War One was the
a.
Triple Alliance
b.
Three Emperors League
c.
Triple Entente
d.
NATO Alliance
15. The German offensive against France in 1914
came to an end with the battle of:
a.
Tannenberg
b.
The Marne
c.
Ypres
d.
Gallipoli
16. All the following countries were on the
winning side in World War I,
EXCEPT:
a.
Spain
b.
Britain
c.
France
d.
Japan.
17. Concerning World War I, select the correct
sequence for the following events: A)
German declaration of war on Russia: B) Austrian ultimatum to Serbia: C)
Austrian declaration of war on Serbia: D) Assassination of the heir to the
Austrian throne : E) Russian mobilization.
a.
ABDEC; b. ADBCE; c.
DBCEA; d.
DEBCA.
18. The “Big Four” contained all the following
countries EXCEPT:
a.
France
b.
England
c.
Italy
d.
Russia
19. The “Tiger”
dominated the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He tried to punish Germany and get the most for the Allies. He was
a.
Wilson
b.
Clemenceau
c.
Orlando
d.
Bismarck
e.
Lloyd George
20. The findings of the Wiesner Report were that
a.
Serbia was responsible for the assassination of the Austrian heir;
b.
Russia was responsible for the assassination of the Austrian heir;
c. Serbia was
not responsible for the assassination of the Austrian heir;
d. Germany
was behind the assassination of the Austrian heir.
21. In the Peace Conference of 1919, Germany
lost all the following EXCEPT:
a.
its navy
b.
its air force
c.
the east bank of the Rhine River
d.
Alsace and Lorraine
22. Two nations created following World War I
were:
a.
Belgium and Denmark
b.
Czechoslovakia and Poland
c.
Siberia and Yugoslavia
d.
Sweden and Bulgaria
e.
Lithuania and Rumania
23. The
following were all battles in World War I, EXCEPT:
a.
Blenheim;
b.
Jutland;
c. Somme;
d. Verdun.
24. Dragutin Dimitrijevic was
a.
Prime Minister of Serbia;
b.
Leader of the Black Hand;
c. General in
the Serbia Army ;
d. One of the Serbian assassins of the Austrian
heir.
25. By the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
a. Russia and
Germany agreed to a peace without annexations or indemnities:
b. Russia gave up considerable territory to
Germany;
c. Germany gave up considerable territory to
Russia;
d. Austria-Hungary
surrendered unconditionally to Italy.
26. "God, Glory, and Gold" refers to
a.
New Imperialism
b.
Old Imperialism
c.
Realpolitik
d.
German Unification.
27. The key Russian military leader in World War
II, who led them to victory, was?
a.
Georgi Malenkov;
b.
Georgi Zhukov;
c.
Nikita Khruschev;
d.
Yuri Andropov.
28. The event
which precipitated the March 1917 revolution in Russia was
a.
a series of civil conflicts in Petrograd; b. the collapse of the
Russian army on the eastern front;
c. the seizure of all major public buildings in
Petrograd by the Red Guard; d. the return of Lenin to Russia from Switzerland.
29. The “U.S.S.R.” stood for?
a.
United States of Soviet Republics;
b.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;
c.
United Society of Southern Russia;
d. Union of Soviet Socialist Russia.
30. The
“T-34” was
a.
a German tank;
b.
the French plan for an attack on Germany;
c.
an example of the rapid growth of Soviet indurtay;
d.
a secret society in the Serbian terrorist movement.
31. The “NEP” was:
a.
National Economic Project;
b.
National Education Plan;
c.
New Economic Policy;
d. New Enlightenment Procedures.
32. Which of the following events occurred last?
a.
Russian Revolution of 1917
b.
first Duma established
c.
first Five Year Plan adapted
d. Lenin’s arrival at the Finland Station
33. The most important leader of the Provisional
Government of Russia was:
a.
Trotsky;
b.
Kerensky
c. Malenkov;
d. Zinoviev.
34. The man who wanted to bring reform to Russia
with an axe was
a.
N. Chernyshevski
b.
A. Herzen
c.
V. Belinski
d.
G. Plekhanov
35. Perestroika was
a.
a new openness to Russian society
b
a new form of leadership organization for the Communist Party
c. a new military vision of the Red Army as to
how to beat back the German advance
d. the Gorbachev’s attempt to restructure the
Communist economy to improve it
36. The present President of Russia is
a.
Boris Yeltsin;
b.
Vladimir Putin;
c.
Mikhail Gorbachev;
d.
Leonid Brezhnev.
37. The Decembrists
a. were Russians who defended Nicholas I from
revolutionaries in 1825;
a. sought
woman suffrage in Russia and peacefully demonstrated for that cause
in
1825;
c. led the revolt that overthrew Nicholas I in
1825;
d. appealed to Czar Nicholas I for the
preservation of serfdom in 1825;
e. revolted in 1825 and sought a constitutional
monarchy.
38. The Cheka was
a. Lenin’s secret police;
b. Stalin’s plan to industrialize;
c Russia’s code name for its Atomic Bomb
project;
d. the opponent’s of Lenin’s Bolshevik
movement.
39. Peter the Great founded this city on the Baltic Sea. He gave it its original name. Today it is
a. Leningrad;
b. Stalingrad;
c. Volgagrad;
d. St
Petersburg.
40. Another name for a worker council-they would become the key to the Communist victory in 1917
a. Bolsheviks;
b. Gosplan;
c. Soviets;
d. he
opponent’s of Lenin’s Bolshevik movement.
41. Joseph
Stalin’s five-year plans were designed to
a. turn Russia into an industrial power;
b. make
Russia the world’s largest leading agricultural exporter;
c. put
Russian astronauts in orbit before the Americans;
d. empower
the kulaks;
e. spread
Communism to capitalist nations within five years.
42. The largest group of people Stalin’s purges
targeted were
a. Catholics;
b. Jews;
c. Kulaks;
d. Old Bolsheviks
e. Capitalists.
43. The “April Theses” were
a. Stalin’s ideas for agricultural development;
b. Russia’s first modern revolutionary
movement;
c. Lenin’s plans for the socialistic order in
Russia;
d. the basis for
Gorbachev’s restructuring of the Russian economy.
44. In the late 198ss and early 1990s, all the
following left the U. S. S. R., EXCEPT:
a. Latvia;
b. Estonia;
c. Chechnya
d. Ukraine
e. Belarus.
Place in
order of their occurrence.
45. A.
World War I begins
46 B.
The Great Patriotic War
47. C.
Stalin carries out purges
48. D.
Peaceful Coexistence
49. E. Duma established
50. F. Lenin dies