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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Political | empires ended decolonization communism spreads democracies increase |
| Economic | Europe no longer strongest capitalism and consumerism increase pollution increases globilization |
| Social | pop increases communication, transportation, and medicine increases cultural diffusion challenges in inequalities |
| Causes of WW1 | militarism (arms race, Germany's navy) nationalism (wanted freedom from foreign control, wanted to be #1) Imperialism (building of empires, increased tension for land left Alliances Assassination (heir to Austrian throne killed by Serb terrorist) |
| Globilization | interconnectedness of the world |
| Militarism | national policy of building and maintaining an army |
| jingoism | warlike nationalist feelings |
| Triple Entente | France, Britain, Russia |
| Triple Alliance | Germany Italy, Austria Hungary |
| #1 | Austria attacks Serbia |
| #2 | Russia attacks Austria |
| #3 | Germany attacks Russia |
| #4 | Germany attacked France (hoping to avoid war on two fronts) |
| #5 | British joined to help Belgium |
| Allied powers | Russia, France, Britain (later US and Italy) |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria, Ottomans |
| Regions fought in | Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe land, air, sea |
| Effects of war on the Homefront | mobilization (industry produced weapons, gov took over) women worked in factories (freedom, grew food) propaganda (censorship, internal security) rationing (sugar, medal, meat) |
| Propaganda | ideas that are true and false used to gain ppl support |
| New tech used | caused stalemate barbed wire machine guns tanks trenches poison gas airplanes submarines |
| Western Front | France and Germany (stalemate) attrition (wearing each other out) |
| East and Central Europe | Germany pushed back Russians Russia beat Austria Austria beat Italy |
| Allies vs Ottoman | Gallipoli (Ottomans beat British at first) Allies beat Ottomans |
| War at Sea | blockade between Britain and Germany Lusitania sunk Japan fought Germany |
| The US and WW1 | enters in 1917 angry about Lusitania (unrestricted warfare) Zimmerman Note (letter from Germany to Mexico, urging to start war with US) |
| 1918 | Russia left war (communist revolution) Germans overthrew gov (Kaiser gave up throne) armistice signed |
| 14 point plan | self determination reduction of punishment no reparations League of Nations (peace organization, work together for peace) |
| Self determination | country chooses own gov |
| reparations | looser pays winner |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended war with Germany war guilt reparations demilitarization colonies and land taken League of Nations |