What Was the Public Motive for Britain's Declaration of War

question 44

Multiple Choice

What was the public motive for Britain's declaration of war in 1914?

• A) the Austro-Hungarian attack on Serbia
• B) the threat posed by German submarines to the world's shipping lanes
• C) the German declaration of war on France; that activated the Anglo-French alliance
• D) the German invasion of neutral Belgium
• E) the Russian declaration of war on Germany, which required Britain to declare war by treaty

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Pounds

A unit of weight commonly used in the British imperial and United States customary measurement systems.

Direct Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials used in production and the expected (or standard) cost of those materials.

Per-unit Standards

Benchmarks or norms for the cost or quantity of materials, labor, and overhead required to produce one unit of product, used for budgeting and performance evaluation.

Gallons

Gallons are a measure of volume used primarily in the United States, equivalent to 3.785 liters.