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TeamSpence: WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The assassination of Franz Ferdinand: long term or short term cause of WWI? | short term |
| idea that people with same ethnicity, language, political ideals have right to form sovereign state | Self-determination |
| Pan-Slavism | stressed ethnic and cultural kinship of various Slave people and to unify them |
| Russia's support of Serbia brought ___________. | internal conflict |
| Industrial countries competed for ____________ and engaged in ______________. | markets; tariff wars |
| There was a big economic rivalry between which two industrialized countries? | Great Britain; Germany |
| There was a naval race between which two countries? | Great Britain; Germany |
| super battle ships built by Great Britain | dreadnoughts |
| France and Germany fought over which country in 1905? | Morocco |
| intended to help peace, but actually created a system where any small problem could set off a huge conflict | treaties of alliance |
| The Central Powers were also know as what? | Triple Alliance |
| Why did Italy join Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Dual Alliance to create the Triple Alliance? | Italy was afraid of France |
| Who did Italy declare war on? | The Ottomans |
| The Allies were also known as what? | The Triple Entente |
| What kind of war did Germany want to avoid? | two-fronted war |
| What did the Schlieffen Plan entail? | knock FR out quickly before RUS could mobilize – then attack Russia |
| at what time of the year did the war come? | harvest time |
| What was a war of attrition? | one where modern weapons killed millions |
| what type of war was used for the first time? | total war |
| what is total war? | the use of all human and material resources for war |
| what demographic began working more? | women |
| colonies were pulled into the war as __________ and ___________. | soldiers and laborers |
| WWI became a global war when which countries were pulled into the conflict? | Japan, the US, and the Ottoman Empire |
| Who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand? | Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip |
| When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand killed? | June 28, 1914 |
| What secret group was linked to Franz Ferdinand's assassination? | The Black Hand |
| Who defended Serbia when Austria-Hungary declared war? | Russia |
| Who did Germany invade to get closer to France? | Belgium |
| Was Belgium an Allied Power, a Central Power, or neutral? | neutral |
| What did Great Britain do when Germany refused to respect Belgium's neutrality? | declared war on Germany |
| did people think it would be a short war or a long war? | short war |
| why did many young men join the army? | thought they'd be heroes and that God was on their side |
| What country left the Central Powers to be neutral before joining the Allied Powers? | Italy |
| What did the Treaty of London promise Italy? | Austria-Hungary controlled areas |
| what was the land between trenches called? | no-man's land |
| what kind of warfare was used for the first time? | trench warfare |
| tanks were introduced by which country? | Great Britain |
| poisonous gas was introduced by which country? | Germany |
| What was refined and used during the war? | airplanes |
| what did ace fighters do? | flew planes in dogfights |
| What technology did Germany use against Allied shipping? | diesel-powered submarines |
| what kind of gun was used in trench warfare? | machine guns |
| the tsar and the government of Russia became what to the people of Russia? | unpopular |
| what were naval blockades used for? | limiting food and other resources from reaching countries to break the spirit of the people |
| war wasn't just fought between militaries now, it was fought between _________. | societies |
| the only acceptable outcome was _________. | total victory |
| what countries gave women the right to vote due to their participation in the workforce? | Great Britain, the US, Germany, and Australia |
| what did the government do through propaganda? | restricted liberties, censored bad news, and talked trash about the enemy |
| what happened to those who criticized their government? | they were called traitors and were prosecuted |
| What did Allied propaganda call the Germans? | Huns |
| what were the three reasons that the war carried over into the Pacific? | first – Europe gov’t carried problems into their colonies second – Europe’s population was not enough third – desires and objectives of Japan, US and OE did not have to do with murder of Ferdinand or other issues that drove Europe to war |
| where was the largest military campaign outside Europe? | The Ottoman Empire |
| who was Mustafa Kemal? | Turkish politician who commanded the Turkish division and helped build the new Turkey |
| Who was T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)? | soldier, adventurer, author, knew Arabic; Worked with British intelligence as advisor among the Arabs helping coordinate their attacks on the Ottomans |
| who abdicated the Russian throne, bringing an end to a 300 year rule of the Romanovs? | Nicholas II |
| after the February Revolution, political power in Russia shifted into what two groups? | the provisional gov’t and the Petrograd soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies |
| who was Valdimir Ilyich Lenin? | revolutionary Marxist who had been living in exile in Switzerland |
| Who headed the Bolsheviks? | Lenin |
| who were the Bolsheviks? | radical wing of the Russian Socialist Democratic Party |
| “All Power to the Soviets” and “Peace, Land, and Bread” were slogans used by who? | The Bolsheviks |
| who did the Russians sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with? | The Germans |
| What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk entail? | gave Germany control of 1/3 of Russia’s possession – Baltic states, the Caucasus, Finland, Poland and the Ukraine |
| what was the official reason for US intervention? | Germany’s resuming unrestricted sub warfare in Feb. 1917. |
| What did German military strategists believe was the only way to break Great Britain? | attack shipping heading to Great Britain |
| What did the Lusitania carry? | passengers and ammo through a declared war zone |
| What did Wilson declare the reason for entering the war was? | to make the world safe for democracy |
| When did Germany sign an armistice? | Nov. 11th, 1918 at 11:11 |
| who were the great four? | Lloyd George (GB), Wilson (US), Clemanceau (FR) and Orlando (IT) |
| who wasn't allowed at the Paris Peace Conference? | Central Powers and the Soviet Union |
| What did Wilson propose as a part of his 14 points? | open agreements – no secret treaties; reduced or no tariffs; freedom of seas; reductions of arms to lowest possible amount; let colonists have more say in gov’t; next 8 were for boundaries; 14th was League of Nations |
| Who did France want to treat the harshest? | Germany |
| who had to pay reparations as a part of the Treaty of Versailles? | The Central Powers |
| as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, who wasn't allowed to have a political union? | Germany and Austria |
| how many new nations were created in the Treaty of Versailles? | 9 |
| What was Mustafa Kemal also known as? | Ataturk |
| what does Ataturk mean? | father of the Turks |
| what did Mustafa Kemal do as far as the relationship between mosque and state? | he separated them, creating a more secular nation |
| theoretically, what was Ataturk's nation? | constitutional democracy |
| how did Ataturk rule? | as a virtual dictator |
| What were the two major flaws of the League of Nations? | could solve international disputes through negotiation, but had now power to enforce it; other was participation by all major powers – US never joined |
| What did Article 22 do? | said that colonies and territories were unable to stand by themselves – would come under form of mandates until they could rule themselves |
| What did the Allies think of Trusteeship? | thought this was good compromise b/w imperialism and realities of self-determination |
| what did trusteeship look like to nations outside the Allies? | imperialism |
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