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World War One Test

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These were paid by Germany after WWI to pay for damages caused during the war   Reparations  
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Land war strategy resulting from the Battle of the Marne during WWI   Trench Warfare  
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What is an armistice?   Cease fire agreement  
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What naval strategy was used by the Germans and would later draw the US into war?   Unrestricted Submarine Warfare  
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This was used to encourage support for the war.   Propaganda  
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What country was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?   Serbia  
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When was the US involved in WWI?   Near the end  
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What group wanted the U.S. to stay neutral during WWI?   Pacifists, Parents and Immigrants  
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Which of the following was NOT a direct cause of the US involvement in WWI?   Sinking of the Lusitania  
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New markets, stronger military, and the superiority of American culture describes what term?   Imperialism  
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The institution of what system allowed the U.S. to build an army?   Selective Service  
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What impact did the American troops have on the Allies?   Positive impact on morale  
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What was not an item of Wilson's 14 points after WWI?   Self-determination of Africa  
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Who lost land as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?   Russia  
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Which of the following nations had the least amount of war casualties?   U.S.A.  
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What was another name for WWI?   The Great War  
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What was the name of the Treaty ending WWI?   Treaty of Versailles  
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All of the following were new weapons used during WWI EXCEPT:   Atom Bomb  
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Before World War I Alliance that included Great Britain, France,and Russia.   Triple Entente  
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The region of France that became a bloody stalemate.   Western Front  
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Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia.   Schlieffen Plan  
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Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth.   Trench Warfare  
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New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death.   Mustard Gas  
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One-sided information used by a government to persuade the public.   Propaganda  
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Who was the ruler of Germany during WWI   Kaiser Wilhelm  
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The Zimmerman telegram was an attempt to form...   an alliance between Germany and Mexico  
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Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth   Trench warfare  
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Alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy   Triple Alliance  
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Stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border   Eastern Front  
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An agreement to stop fighting   Armistice  
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The region of Europe called a "powder keg" because it was so volatile   The Balkans  
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This was sent to Mexico hoping it would ally itself with Germany against the US   Zimmerman Telegram  
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Armored combat vehicle used for first time in WW1   Tank  
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The policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war   Militarism  
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America's president who kept us out of the war until 1917   Woodrow Wilson  
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New warship introduced by Germany that used undersea torpedoes   U-boat  
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Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought   Rationing  
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Leader of Russia up until 1917   Czar Nicholas II  
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Four major causes of WW1   M.A.I.N (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism)  
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Creating friendships between countries   Alliances  
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Building Empires   Imperialism  
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One's love for their country   Nationalism  
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What were Wilson's 14 points?   1. no secret treaties 2. freedom of the seas 3. low tariffs promote free trade 4. countries should reduce arms 5. interest of colonial people  
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What was the Multi-national body to keep peace located in the U.S. that the countries could bring their problems to sort problems out   The League of Nations  
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What created national boundaries by establishing 9 new nations, shifting boundaries of other nations, and carving out part of the ottoman empire to create colonies in the middle east for Britain and France?   Treaty of Versailles  
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What were some of the weaknesses of the Treat of Versailles   Harsh to Germany, USSR lost territory, no self-determination for colonies.  
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What country wanted land along the Adriatic sea? (Vittorio Orlando)   Italy  
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What were the four provisions for the Treaty of Versailles   TMFG (Territory, Military, Financial, and Guilt)  
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Territory   Took all of Germany's countries  
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Military   Reduced Germany's military to less than 100,000 soldiers (no air force, no submarines, and only 6 ships)  
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Financial   Germany had to pay war reparations  
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Guilt   War Guilt Clause  
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Term meaning that the people (Germans) repay for all of the damage they did.   Reparations  
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Which country wanted to punish Germany by making them pay billions in war reparations, and by trying German officials for war crimes? (David Lloyd George)   Britain  
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Which country wanted to punish Germany and strip them of all military? (Georges Clemenceau)   France  
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Which country believed that diplomacy was necessary? (Woodrow Wilson)   America  
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Term for a ruler that was in absolute control over the country   Autocrat  
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Another name for the parliament that Nicholas II was forced to accept   Duma  
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What is the theory that nothing should be privately owned and that everything should be commonly owned   Communism  
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(The social democrat workers party) a group of people that believed that the royal family should be overthrown and communism introduced. took all the wealth for themselves   Bolsheviks  
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A powerful council elected by the workers, soldiers and peasants   Soviets  
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Wrote "Communist Manifesto" (outlined the perfect form of government = no inequality)   Karl Marx  
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Exile man from Russia that studied the Communist Manifesto. Wanted to abolish all class distinction and religion   Vladimir I Lenin  
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Autocrat that ruled with an iron fist   Czar Nicholas II  
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Cousins of Nicholas II that were the rulers of Germany and England   Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V  
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What jobs were most Russian soldiers forced to have?   Farming, and factory working  
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How many soldiers were lost during WW1?   1.8 million  
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a crazy monk that was born as a poor farmer and studied religion. He believed that the more you sinned the easier you were saved. Addicted to Opium   Rasputin  
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March 1917- food riots, strikes, and demands for representation that reestablished the Duma. Czar Nicholas abdicated   March Revolution  
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Reds (Bolsheviks) Whites (Mensheviks) - Britain, France, USA, Japan   Lenin & the Bolsheviks won and reorganized into the soviet Union  
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Swedish chemist who became famous for his promotion of international peace. He established the Nobel Peace prize in his will.   Albert Nobel  
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German system of alliances created by Bismarck to prevent French attack and maintain the balance of power.   Bismarck’s System  
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Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary; the formation of pre-World War I German foreign policy   Dual Alliance  
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Clause in the Treaty of Versailles that placed the blame for World War I on the Germans   War Guilt Clause  
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Treaty of St. Germain   treaty between Austria and the Allied Powers of World War I  
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Demilitarized   an area in which no military troops may ever be present in  
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Treaty of Sevres   treaty between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied Powers of World War I; dismantled the Ottoman Empire  
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Mandates   territories technically under the control of the League of Nations but administered by various Allied countries  
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League of Nations   It was a post-world war one international organization created to guarantee international peace and cooperation.  
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Charles Dawes   An American banker who formed a committee in 1924 to deal with Germany’s financial situation and how they could pay the reparations. They lended money to Germany and let Germany pay the payments over a longer period of time.  
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Locarno Pact   1925 treaty in which Germany agreed to recognize it post-World War I boundaries as permanent  
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Disarmament   elimination of weapons or arms  
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Washington Naval Conference   the 1922 conference that limited the number of warships that each maritime nation could build; made a ratio to limit the number of large warships  
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Kellogg-Briand Pact   document that outlawed war; crowning effort to preserve peace in the post-World War I period  
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Lusitania   It was a British ocean liner that was sunk by a German submarine in 1915.  
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How and why did the Battle of the Marne affect the Schlieffen Plan?   France stopped the German advance. Germany was forced to fight a two front war.  
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What was significant about the Second Battle of Ypres?   Chemical warfare was ever used. British has no idea what to do.  
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Why did Russia leave the war?   They had the Bulchivic Revolution going on during the war.  
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