Questions and Actual Answers 2025-
2026 Updated.
Who withdrew Russia from the Great War? - Answer Lenin
The Influenza pandemic of 1918 had the most devastating effect on ____ soldiers. - Answer
German
The deaths of ____ during the Great War have been described by some people as a genocide. -
Answer Armenians
What were the twin pillars of Otto von Bismarck's foreign policy? - Answer isolation of France
and prevention of war in the Balkans
Which revolutionary group in Russia wanted a Western-style parliamentary government with a
constitution and capitalist economy? - Answer liberals
Which of the following lost the most territory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries? - Answer Ottoman Empire
The "blank check" refers to Germany's promise to provide unconditional support to ____ . -
Answer Austria-Hungary
In 1915, the Allied Powers hoped to knock Turkey out of the war with which of the following? -
Answer an invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula
Why did Erich von Falkenhayn choose to strike Verdun? - Answer he anticipated that a French
defense of Verdun would spread French forces thin on the Western front
Germany's African colonies were valuable as ____ . - Answer communication centers
The civilian population in ____ suffered the least during the Great War. - Answer Britain
, Who was the "holy man" favored by Empress Alexandra? - Answer Rasputin
What new technology helped to end the stalemate created by trench warfare on the Western
Front? - Answer tanks
Which of the following gained the most from the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? - Answer Germany
What was the significance of Bulgaria's exit from the war? - Answer Allied forces could enter
Austria-Hungary via the Balkans, which would provide a "back door" into Germany
When the war ended, Germany was required to _____ . - Answer repudiate the Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk
On which of the following points would Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud agree? - Answer
Absolute standards of morality do not exist.
In the 1920s, which of the following enabled Henry Ford to mass-produce Model Ts at low
production costs? - Answer assembly line
Which of the following accurately describes cubism? - Answer artistic style that uses
geometric shapes to produce bold images
What was the name of the international organization established at the Paris Peace Conference
in 1919 to maintain peace and cooperation? - Answer League of Nations
Which of the following did the nations in Eastern Europe that were created after the Great War
fear the most? - Answer Communism
Which of the following contributed to the decline of world trade in the 1930s? - Answer
economic nationalism
Which president helped restore American confidence after the onset of the Great Depression? -
Answer Franklin D. Roosevelt