According to Map 28

question 81

Multiple Choice

According to Map 28.1, "European Alliances at the Outbreak of World War I, 1914," what unique strategic problem did Germany have to confront on the eve of the First World War?

• A) They had to prepare for a two-front war.
• B) They were surrounded by neutral powers.
• C) They had no access to the strategically vital North Sea.
• D) Their only access to North Africa was through neutral territory.

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Definitions:

Command System

A method of organizing an economy in which property resources are publicly owned and government uses central economic planning to direct and coordinate economic activities; socialism; communism. Compare with market system.

Laissez-faire Capitalism

An economic system where government intervention in business and markets is minimal, and the forces of supply and demand are allowed to regulate the economy.

Central Planning

A system where economic decisions, such as the allocation of resources, are made by the government or a centralized authority.

Market System

An economic system in which market forces of supply and demand guide the production of goods and services and their distribution.