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World War I
Question | Answer |
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What was America's role while being neutral? | Selling munitions |
What did most Americans want to do when the war started? | Remain neutral |
What incident initially started the war? | The killing of Archduke Ferdinand |
What incident got Americans to want to go to war? | The Zimmerman telegram |
What were 3 items that were a nuisance to soldiers in the trench? | Lice, ticks, and flies |
What could lead to the foot being cut off a soldier? | Trench Foot |
What animal were in the thousands and as big as cats? | Rats |
Before gas masks, soldiers used what to battle poison gas? | Rags soaked in urine |
What type of food did the soldiers have in the trenches? | Corned Beef, jam and stew |
What concept is represented in the World War I RECRUITING posters? | Nationalism |
Which area of Europe was known as the "Powder Keg" of Europe prior to the outbreak of World War I? | The Middle East |
Between 1923 and 1938, which leader instituted a modernization program in Turkey? | Mustafa Kemal "Ataturk" |
Mohandas Ghandi's protests during India's independence movement were often successful because of his application of what? | Civil disobedience |
"Czar Abdicates!" "Peasants promised Peace, Land and Bread". Which revolution is the focus of these headlines? | Russian |
One goal of the League of Nations was to do what? | Promote peaceful relations worldwide |
The term militarism can be defined as what? | Buildup of armaments in preparation for war |
Mohandas Ghandi's protests in India were a response to England's what? | Policy of colonialism |
What slogan is associated with the Bolshevik Revolution? | Peace, Land and Bread |
What was a direct result of World War I? | Germany lost it colonies in Africa and Asia |
What was a major cause of World War I? | Militarism in the nations of Europe |
Under communism in the former Soviet Union, people were required to do what? | Put the interests of the state before individual gain |
Which leader said this statement, "I promise peace, land and bread"? | Vladimir Lenin |
Many historians believe the harsh terms in the Treaty of Versailles helped lead to what? | World War II |
Which group was known for taking a 6,000 mile journey known as the "Long March"? | Chinese communists fleeing the Nationalists |
The Zimmerman note exposed the German plan to do what? | Help Mexico regain U.S. territory |
An incompetent government, massacres on Bloody Sunday, and the high costs of World War I were causes of what? | Russian Revolution |
Heavy military losses, food and fuel shortages and opposition to the Czar led to what? | Russian Revolution |
What leader is associated with civil disobedience and the Salt March? | Gandhi |
Who were the "Big Four" countries that met at the Paris Conference in 1919? | USA, Great Britain, Italy, France |