WH LUOA Module 7 Part 1 (Cam/Hannah)

Question 1

On the eve of World War I, who was the scientist to begin to challenge the theories of Isaac Newton?
  Max Planck 
  Ivan Pavlov 
  Marie Curie 
  Albert Einstein

Answer 1

Einstein

Question 2

What statement best describes Europe on the eve of World War I?
  Normalcy 
  Challenge to social norms 
  Worse hostilities 
  None are correct

Answer 2

Challenge to social norms

Question 3

What can the term “great” mean with regard to the term “the Great War?”

Answer 3

Your Answer:

the size of the war and the impact it had on the world.

Question 4

On the eve of World War I, world leaders believed new technology would do what if war broke out?
Allow the war to continue for a long time
Bring about a larger war
Kill more people
Bring the war to a speedy conclusion

Answer 4

Bring the war to a speedy conclusion

Question 5

Briefly discuss the Europe on the eve of the Great War. How did society begin to change?

Answer 5

Your Answer:
the outlawing of child labor, as well as challenging of the status quo through arts, music, and theater. Scientists such as Einstein began challenging certain scientific laws to further human knowledge of the universe.

Question 6

Explain the alliance system and why it helped cause WWI

Answer 6

1. The Alliance system - many complex alliances leading to betrayal and grudges. take for instance after the event of the Franco-Prussian War, France severed its alliance with Germany and needed aid to get some territory back.

Question 7

Explain the crises in Morocco and the Balkans and why these helped cause WWI

Answer 7

2. The Crises in Morocco and the Balkans - Germany and France tried to gain more influence over Morocco to possibly gain it as a territory. While Russia, and Austria they wanted the Balkans but Austria acted quickly without Russia’s consent and annexed Bosnia, angering both Russia and Serbia.

Question 8

Explain internal nationalism and its role in causing WWI

Answer 8

3. Internal Nationalism - people of different ethnic groups wanted to live in their own separate nation, like the groups within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Question 9

Explain how the arms race helped cause WWI

Answer 9

4. Arms Race - European nations began to improve their armies and weapons as well make entirely new, more destructive, weapons

Question 10

What caused tension between Austria and Serbia leading to the Great War?
Serbia wants to become a part of Germany
Assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne
Slavic Nationalism
All of these are correct

Answer 10

Assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne

Slavic Nationalism

Question 11

Why does Russia enter the Great War?
Russia wants German territory.
Germany declared war on Russia for not demobilizing their army.
They see themselves as champions of the Slavs.
All of these are correct

Answer 11

Germany declared war on Russia for not demobilizing their army.

They see themselves as champions of the Slavs.

Question 12

The Great War begins on what date?
June 28, 1914
August 4, 1914
July 28, 1914

Answer 12

JULY 28, 1914 (one month after the 6/28/14 assassination)

Question 13

What causes Great Britain to enter the Great War?
  All of these are correct 
  Germany's instigation with Austria 
  German invasion of Belgium 
  Germany's threatening of France

Answer 13

German invasion of Belgium

Question 14

What was the name of the assassin group that killed the heir to the Austrian throne?
  Princip 
  Nihlism 
  Will of the People 
  Black Hand

Answer 14

Black Hand