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World History
Module 25 test
Question | Answer |
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Great Britian, France, Russia, and other nations who fought on the U.S.' side | allied powers |
ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause | propaganda |
nation officially governed by another nation on behalf of the league of nations | mandate |
British officer who urged Arab princes to revolt against their Ottoman overloads | lawrence of arabia |
war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses | war of attrition |
head of Petrograd Soviet and later commissar of war | leon trotsky |
the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war | mobilization |
world organization created at Paris Peace conference | league of nations |
military draft | conscription |
declared that germany (and austria) were responsible for starting the war | war guilt clause |
Germany, AH and other nations who fought on their side | central powers |
the right of each people to have its own nation | self-determination |
guided German military operations and decided to make a final military guide | erich von ludendorff |
19yo who succeeded in shooting both the Archduke and his wife sophia | Gavrilo Princip |
prime minister of Great Britain and wanted to make Germany pay for the war | David Lloyd George |
siberian peasant who influenced Alexandra | Grigori Rasputin |
systems directed by gov't agencies in order to mobilize the resources of their nations for the war effort | planned economies |
new name for the Bolsheviks after they seized power | communists |
fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield | trench warfare |
heir to the throne of AH; was later assasinated | archduke franz ferdinand |
serbian terrorist organization that wanted Bosnia free of Austria-Hungary | black hand |
Germany's plan for a two-front war w/ Russia and France | schlieffen plan |
councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers | soviets |
a new red secret police who began a red terror aimed at the destruction of all those who opposed the new regime | cheka |
war that involved a complete mobilization of resources and people | total war |
aggressive preparation for war | militarism |
the Bolsheviks were led by him and became a party dedicated to violent revolution | V.I. lenin |
U.S. president during WWI; prepared the "fourteen points" and represented the U.S. at Versailled | Woodrow Wilson |
woodrow wilson's basis for a peace settlement | "fourteen points" |
in 1914, what was considered an act of war? | mobilization |
the western front was characterized by- | trench warfare between france and germany |
why did Admiral Holzendorff promise Emperor William II submarine warfare? | he wanted to convince the emperor to resume unrestricted submarine warfare |
What was the treaty of Versailles? | an agreement at the end of WWI between germany and the allied powers |
France's approach to peace was guided in large part by- | its desire for nation security. they believed they suffered the worst from germany and wanted reverse and security from anything similar to this |
the german advance toward paris was halted at- | the first battle of marme |
by attacking Austria in May 1915, Italy- | betrayed germany and austria |
What caused the United States to join the allies in fighting World War I? | submarine warfare |
Germany was especially unhappy with Article 231 of the treaty of Versailles because it- | declared that germany and austria were responsible for starting the war(1)G was forced to pay the allies for everything(2)G was forced to reduce their army to 100,000 men, cut back navy, eliminate air force(4)G must return alsace and lorraine to france |
After the war, Britain ruled Iraq and Palestine as- | mandates on behalf of the league of nations but did not own the territory |
what is the significance behind 1914, 1917, and 1918? | 1914-the archduke and his wife were shot by Gavrilo which started WWI 1917-the U.S. entered WWI 1918-the war was ended |
explain why Great Britain became involved in the war | Germany went through Belgium, which was neutral, to attack france. so GB declared war on Germany |
explain trench warfare during WWI | miles worth of parallel trenches were dug to protect themselves from enemy fire. many peoples' lives were lost for small gains in territory |
what areas outside of europe were affected by war? | ottoman empire, asian nations, parts of the pacific, african nations, U.S. arab nations |
name one human, economic, and emotional cost of the war | human-8.5 million economic-$338 billion of damage emotional- people were hopeless |
what were the final problems that Germnay and Austria-Hungary faced? | 1. supply shortages 2. weakened German soldiers 3. Kaiser Wilhelm II forced to step down 4. A-H gov't was overthrown |
what were three ways that the war affect3ed people's day to day lives> | caused hardship limited freedom changed peoples attitudes |
why did the US enter the war? | 1. sinking of Luisitania 2. submarine warfare 3. sussex pledge 4. zimmerman note |
what events signaled the final defeat of the central powers? | Germnay almost made it to Paris but they were tired and shot, The americans had fresh soldiers. Bulgaria and ottoman empire surrendered. A-h government was overthrown and Kaiser Wilhelm was forced to step down |