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Which three nations belonged to the Triple entente? | great britain, russia, france |
which 3 nations belonged to triple alliance? | italy, austria-hungary, germany |
which nation annexed bosnia & herzegovia in 1908? | austria-hungary |
which two non-balkan nations competed for dominance of the balkans? | russia & austria-hungary |
which nation greatly regretted its loss of alsace-lorraine to germany in 1870? | france |
which nation's heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by a servian nationalist? | austria-hungary |
which nation was unified by otto von bismarck & later ruled by kaiser wilhelm II? | germany |
which nation was first to declare war in what would come to be called the great war? | austria-hungary |
which two nations competed for industrial dominance of europe during the early 1900s? | germany, great britain |
which nation did otto von bismarck believe was the greatest threat to peace in europe? | france |
T/F- under the schlieffen plan, germany was to focus first on defeating great britain. | false-france |
the battles of the marne, the somme, and verdun were fought on austria soil. | false- france |
although japan had been part of the triple alliance, it refused to join the central powers. | false-italy |
trench warfare was the primary form of warfare used on the eastern front. | false- western front |
in the first weeks of war, the allied powers included great britain, france, russia, & japan | true |
following germany's unprovoked attack on belgium in violation of belgian neutrality, great britain declared war on germany. | true |
after russia began mobilizing troops on its western border, serbia declared war opn russia. two days later, it also declared war on france. | f- germany |
in 1917, germany returned to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, hoping to.. | keep cargo ships from reaching great britain |
world war I was a "total war" in the sense that.. | the nations involved devoted all their resources to it |
the system of rationing was designed to limit | the purchases of consumer goods |
the purpose of propaganda during world war I was to.. | influence public opionion |
the zimmerman note, which pushed the US to enter the war, exposed the german plan to.. | help mexico regain US territory |
the armistice signed near paris is nov. 1918 brought an end to... | world war I |
t/f- woodrow wilson proposed the "general association of nations" that would later become the league or nations. | true |
t/f- the right of nations to self-determination was a guiding principle of the treaty of versailles. | F- fourteen points |
Great britain was represented at the paris peace conference by george clemenceau | f- france |
all of germany's territories in africa and the pacific were declared colonies, or territories to be administered by the league of nations | f- mandates not colonies |
agreement at the paris peace conference was hindered primarily by strong differences of opinion between woodrow wilson & david lloyed gerorge | f- clemenceau..not david |
article 231, also known as the "war guilt" clause, ordered germany to pay huge war reparations to allied nations | true |
two nations deliberately excluded from the league of nations were germany & russia | true |
definition of nationalism | the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation that is, to the people w/ whom they share a culture/history rather than to a king or empire |
definition of imperialism | a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, ecnomically, or socially |
definition of militarism | a policy of glorifying military power & keeping a standing army always prepared for war. |
treaty of versailles | the peace treaty signed by germany & the allied powers after WWI. signed on june 28th, 1919 |
what was the over-all affect of the treaty of versailles? | most unsuccessful treaty ever..very unfair to germany..primary part of WW2. |
unrestricted submarine warfare | type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships without warning..germany=involved in 1915&1918..it failed |
after-war..fourteen points & treaty of versaille | 14 points became the basis of the german surrender..treaty official ended WWI |
start of WWI | World War 1 began after the Archduke of the decaying Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 by a group of Serbian nationalists. This event began the struggle between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian government.. |