Modern World History Unit 3 Set 2 MCQs

Q1 | The first country to admit women to medical schools for training as medical doctorswas:

Switzerland

Britain

Germany

Spain

Q2 | Which women orgnisation pressed first for women’s educational and legal reforms?

National Union of Women Suffrage Societies

Women’s Social and Political Union

International Council of Women

General German Women’s Association

Q3 | Which country’s dominance of the seas was cemented by the opening of the Panamain 1914?

U.S.

Britain

Italy

France

Q4 | By the late nineteenth century nationhood was linked to:

economic power

political dominance

empire building

none of the above

Q5 | Nineteenth century political ideology gave women the status of:

first class citizen

second class citizen

both (a) and (b)

none of the above

Q6 | To press for ‘Votes for Women’ who among the following threw herself in front ofthe king George V’s horse on Derby Day and was trampled to death?

Emily Wilding Davison

Clara Zetkin

Lily Braun

Queen Victoria

Q7 | The immediate cause of the World War I was:

the German invasion of Belgium.

the sinking of Lusitania.

the assassination of Franz Ferdina

Q8 | The First nation to grant the right to vote to all men and women over the age of thirty was:

Britain.

France.

the United States.

Russia and Germany.

Q9 | One of the problems associated with the treaties signed by the Central Powers wasthat:

Germany was allowed to keep her army and navy intact.

the Ottoman Empire remained a presence on the continent.

nation boundaries were drawn without regard for ethnic divisions.

None of the above.

Q10 | The Schlieffen Plan:

committed Germany to attack France first, though the real target was Russia.

called for an immediate assault on Russia regardless of how the war began.

led to quick and decisive victories by the Germans.

was the name given to the German invasion of Britain.

Q11 | The event that triggered the British declaration of war on Germany on August 4,1914, was:

Russian mobilization.

the German invasion of Belgium.

the German declaration of war on Russia.

the German declaration of war on France.

Q12 | In general, the primary interest t of United States involvement in World War I:

was maintaining an international balance of power.

was cruelly punishing the Central Powers.

was forcing huge reparations from Germany at war’s e

Q13 | Which statement is true regarding the Bolsheviks and the February Revolution of1917?

their presence led to the abdication of Nicholas II.

they had very little to do with the February Revolution.

Lenin led the Provisional government from the right start.

they supported the reformist policies of General Kornilov.

Q14 | In general, the Schlieffen Plan failed because:

it overestimated that the army’s physical and logistical capabilities.

there were frequent changes made to the Plan itself.

the Germans plant to attack the Paris from the northeast instead of circling to the southwest.

the British invaded Belgium first.

Q15 | Which battle of July to November 1916 in 60,000 British killed and wounded in thefirst day alone?

Somme.

Marne.

second battle of Ypres.

Verdun.

Q16 | One new weapon that added a frightening dimension to daily warfare was:

poison gas.

the tank.

machine guns.

barbed wire.

Q17 | Which of the following was not one of the “Big Four” who dictated the peacesettlement in 1918 and 1919?

Winston Churchill.

Woodrow Wilson.

Vittorio Orlando.

Georges Clemenceau.

Q18 | The Allied assault on Gallipoli:

resulted in the defeat of the Turks.

cost the allies very little in the way of casualties.

was a disaster costing the Allies dearly in live lost.

All of the above.

Q19 | World War I affected women by:

giving them jobs that had previously only gone to men.

offering them new opportunities.

breaking down older barriers against women’s work.

All of the above.

Q20 | The direct cause of American involvement in World War I was:

the outbreak of October Revolution in Russia.

Turkey’s entrance in the war on the side of Central Powers.

unrestricted German submarine warfare.

the German declaration of war on the United States.

Q21 | On Easter Sunday, 1916:

a group of nationalist revolted in Dublin.

dominion status was given to Catholic Ireland.

the Irish free states were establish

Q22 | On November 11, 1918:

the Austro-Hungarian Empire surrendered at Sarajevo.

the Russian violated the provisions of Brest- Litovsk.

German delegates met with the Allies and officially ended the war.

the Germans led one last offence to Belgium.

Q23 | Before 1914, the membership of the Triple Alliance included Germany, AustriaHungary and:

Italy.

Turkey.

France.

Yugoslavia.

Q24 | The Battle of Marne was perhaps the most important ballet of World War I because:

it created a 400-mile front between Switzerland and the North Sea.

it signified that the war would become a war of attrition.

it made trench warfare inevitable.

All of the above.