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48. What country declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914?

49. List the four causes of World War I:

50. List three advantages of the Triple Entente (Britain, France, and Russia) in World War I:

51. Which nation had the largest number of soldiers potentially available?

52. What battle took place in September 1914 and resulted in a halt of the German advance into France by French and

British soldiers?

53. What was the name given to the position of the belligerent powers in France and extended from Switzerland all the

way up to the North Sea?

54. What type of land warfare was fought throughout most of World War I?

55. What weapon had forced this type of defensive style land war?

56. What device was used to protect the trenches and to impede the advancement of enemy soldiers?

57. What battle took place from February to December in 1916 and resulted in a failed attempt by Germany to break the

French line?

58. What country ignored international law and imposed a strict blockade on Germany to starve the people into

surrendering and resulted in the deaths of 750,000 civilians?

59. What was the largest naval battle of WWI and took place in 1916 with Germany attempting to break the British

blockade?

60. What battle took place in 1916 and resulted in a failed attempt by Britain to break the German line?

61. What weapon was impervious to machine gun fire and eventually made trench warfare obsolete?

62. What name was given to the front that involved Russia and the Central Powers?

63. Where did British Colonel T.E. Lawrence play a critical role in the war?

64. What British ocean liner was carrying munitions to Britain and was torpedoed by a German submarine in May

1915?

65. What policy did Germany renew on February 1, 1917 in order to stop munitions and supplies from getting to

Britain?

66. What country declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 for legitimately attacking ships of neutral countries that

were supplying munitions to Britain?

67. Who was the President of the United States during WWI and embarked on a crusade “to make the world safe for

democracy”?

The Russian Revolution

68. Who was the Tsar of Russia at the outbreak of the Russian Revolution?

69. Who was the insidious peasant faith healer who was assassinated in 1916?

70. List the four causes of the February (March) Revolution in Russia:

71. Who took control of the Russian government upon the abdication of Nicholas II?

72. Who allowed the provisional government to function without actually supporting it?

73. Who was the Russian Prime Minister who faced food shortages and peasant unrest in 1917?

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