Question 6 (2 points) when did the first major battles of world war i occur? question 6 options: when germany attacked russia and austria-hungary invaded france when french troops attacked germany in order to strike the first blows when germany invaded belgium in a strategy to quickly defeat france when the ottoman turks invaded bulgaria and serbia in a strategy to defeat russia question 7 (2 points) the inability of either side to make significant advances in belgium and france led to question 7 options: a decrease in the use of poison gas the construction and use of trenches the use of tanks and machines guns the construction of airfields question 8 (2 points) the massacre of thousands of armenians by the turks in 1915 is considered an early example of question 8 options: patricide the effectiveness of surprise attacks genocide nationalism question 9 (2 points) what was one result of russian leaders' resistance to change during the nineteenth century? question 9 options: russia struggled to modernize. russia maintained successful relations with long-time allies. the tsar developed a different support system. russian serfs began overthrowing the rulers of their fiefdoms. question 10 (2 points) what did france hope to achieve during the peace treaty negotiations at versailles? question 10 options: economic stability for itself and its border nations additional colonies in africa assistance in rebuilding their depleted military forces a germany unable to threaten france in the future question 11 (2 points) the balkans region of europe was considered a powder keg prior to world war i. why did people believe this? question 11 options: bosnia-herzegovina wanted to take over serbia to become one slavic nation. nationalism was spreading throughout the region causing tensions to increase. russian troops were amassing at the border. the ottoman empire fought austria-hungary for control of the region. question 12 (2 points) new technology lead to more destructive weapons (mustard gas and machine guns) during world war i. these new weapons lead to question 12 options: a prolonged war and greatly increased the number of casualties in the war. a reduction in the spending cost for each nation in the war. a reduction in the number of casualties in the war. a faster end to the war because soldiers refused to fight with such deadly warfare. question 13 (2 points) woodrow wilson believed portions of the treaty of versailles would cause a future war. choose the group that includes those provisions. group a: agreeing that nationalism had played a part in causing the war creating an organization to discuss and resolve problems agreeing not to form secret alliances eliminating colonization group b: the german war guilt clause germany paying war reparations to cover the cost of the war eliminating the german military returning alsace and lorraine to france question 13 options: group a group b question 14 (2 points) in his fourteen points proposal, president woodrow wilson included an international association of nations that was later called the league of nations. wilson created this with what goal in mind? question 14 options: creating an international police force applying strict weapons quotas to members maintaining peace and preventing future wars spreading democracy across the world question 15 (2 points) which of the following was a major cause of the russian revolution of 1917? question 15 options: russian peasants were treated as slave and paid high taxes czar nicholas ii's marriage to a german princess russia wanted to defy a treaty and wage war with germany czar nicholas ii was related to the king of england question 16 (2 points) which of the following individuals were instrumental in leading the bolsheviks to revolt against the provisional russian government? question 16 options: trotsky and marx lenin and mccartney lenin and trotsky marx and lenin question 17 (2 points) vladimir lenin’s takeover of the russian government and implementation of a communist government in russia did not end the revolution. what was the reason the revolution continued? question 17 options: lenin was arrested and hanged a short time after taking power the russian czar refused to leave petrograd and give up power the civil war between the red army and the white army was still in progress russia’s involvement in world war i prevented the end of the revolution