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Unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which group took over the Russian government in 1917? | |
| The Treaty of Versaille focused mainly on | |
| What was the one main reason the U.S. joined the war effort in 1917? | German UBoats attacked American ships |
| WWI was different from earlier wars because it was the first to make use of | modern technology and machinery |
| Why did the British declare war on Germany in 1914? | to protect Belgium |
| The Central Powers consisted of | Germany and Austria Hungary |
| Why did the european nations form alliances in the late 1800s and early 1900s? | to protect themselves from outside attacks |
| WWI is said to be the first global conflict because | troops came from almost every country and colony in the world. |
| Great Britain and France demanded that Germany pay $33 billion dollars for war losses. What is this type of payment called? | reparations |
| Hungary Austria demanded that Serbia meet a list of their demands and apologize for the assassination of ArchDuke Ferdinan or else. What is a "do this or else" demand called? | war guilt clause |
| For much of WWI, the U.S. and Switzerland avoided picking sides. This practice of avoiding conflict and not choosing sides is known as | neutrality |
| What is it called when you prepare your industries, nation, people, and military for war? | mobilization |
| The area located between trenches in the Western front where no life existed due to all of the bombing and warfare was sometimes called... | No man's land |
| What was the name for Germany's plan of attack during WWI that started with them invading and defeating Belgium and France quickly before Russia had time to mobilize? | Schieffen Plan |
| Even though they had the greatest losses of any nation in WWI, what nation was not invited to the Paris Peace talks held at the Versailles palace? | Russia |
| Most warring nations used involuntary or compulsory enlistment of troops into the armed forces - this practice is known as what? | conscription |
| What type of warfare developed as the result of new technology such as machine guns? | trench warfare |
| What did Vladmir Lenin promise the people? | Peace, Bread, Land |
| Who was the president during WWI? | Woodrow Wilson |
| What is the belief that our culture is better than others? | nationalism |
| Why did the Serbian nationalists plot the assassination of the Archduke of Hungary? | They were protesting Austria rule over Bosnia |
| A major cause of WWI was | the existence of opposing alliances |
| The Triple Alliance included | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
| The region of France that became a bloody stalemate | Western Front |
| A stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border | Eastern Front |
| What years was WWI? | 1914-1918 |
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