One who tries to outdo another country or person is called (a) ___________.
What is rival
100
The Treaty of ___________ forced Germany to accept responsibility for causing the war.
Treaty of Versailles
100
Why was it risky to use poison gas in battle?
Poison gas was risky because the wind could shift and blow the deadly gas back to the troops who were using it.
200
The fighting in Belgium and northern France was known as the ____________ front.
Western
200
What country declared war on Russia in 1914?
Germany
200
War that is not limited to a certain area or boundary.
unrestricted warfare.
200
The name for a German submarine is a ____________.
Uboat.
200
What is a democratic government?
A democratic government is one in which all people have equal rights and vote for their officials.
300
What countries made up the Allied Powers?
France, Russia, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and the United States.
300
What is an autocracy?
A government in which one person rules with unlimited power.
300
Long narrow ditches used on the western front are known as _________.
Trenches
300
The __________ defeated the Central Powers in World War I.
Allied Powers.
300
Under socialism, what does the government do?
Under socialism, the government owns all the land, industries and transportation. Under this political and economic theory, the governments controls the economy of a nation.
400
As a result of World War I, _____________ emerged as a world power.
the United States
400
The most influential of all the early _____________ was Karl Marx.
Socialists
400
What is an armistice?
An end to fighting.
400
The Austrian emperor sent Franz Ferdinand on a trip to improve relations with ________.
Serbians.
400
What is a total war?
A total war is one in which cities, farms, factories and people living at home all become part of the war.
500
What countries made up the Central Powers?
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire of Turkey
500
In the early 1900's many ______________ thought that socialism would solve the country's problems.
Russians
500
What is payment for war damage called?
Reparations.
500
Russians fought against __________, Germans, and Turks on the eastern front.
Austrians
500
What was Bloody Sunday?
Bloody Sunday is the name of the 1905 revolt in Russia in which the czar's soldiers killed hundreds of workers. The workers wanted better working conditions, more freedom, and an elected national assembly.