Miscellaneous
This country was the last of the Allied powers to join World War I. Had embraced a policy of isolationism from foreign affairs; Viewed the Great War as predominately a European war. Compelled to join WWI after Zimmerman Telegram and German unrestricted submarine warfare.
What is the United States?
The heir to this country’s throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian nationalist. Serbia did not meet the list of demands in their ultimatum.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This is the glorification of the military. It is a causal factor of WWI.
What is militarism?
Based on Hiram Maxim’s 1884 design. They had a sustained fire of 450–600 rounds per minute
What are machine guns?
This Marxist was exiled from Russia for his beliefs; hoped for a Russian loss in WWI so that he could more easily bring about a Bolshevik revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This phrase characterizes people who fought in or grew up in the time of World War I who faced a growing sense of disillusionment with pre-war institutions.
What is the lost generation?
This country gave Austria-Hungary a “blank check” after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They began mobilizing troops only after they saw Russia do the same.
What is Germany?
This is pride in one’s county. It have have both positive a negative outcomes. Causal factor in WWI.
What is nationalism?
outlawed by international law following the war; soldiers wore gas masks as protection in the trenches
What is poison gas?
This was Lenin's slogan.
What is "Peace, Land, and Bread?"
This is the Wilsonian policy of a people ruling over themselves, gaining sovereignty. Applied to Eastern Europe but not to other former German colonial holdings. A country's ability to make decisions for its own people independently.
What is Self-Determination?
This country is part of the Triple Entente and must support Russia. The nation is still mad about losing the Alsace-Lorraine region to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.
What is France?
This was known as the “powder keg” of Europe prior to World War I.
What is the Balkans?
Initially used only for reconnaissance, before long planes were armed with machine guns.
What are aircraft?
This was the name of the provisional government of Russia in between the February and October revolutions of 1917.
What is the Duma?
This name of the system in which former Ottoman territory in the Middle East were entrusted as mandates to Britain and France under the advisement of the League of Nations.
What is the mandate system?
The protector of the Slavic people that stepped in to help Serbia.
What is Russia?
These weee the name for the wartime alliances that were preceded by the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente.
Russia, US, Great Britain, France, & Italy on one side.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire on the other.
what are the Central Powers and the Allies?
Came to be particularly associated with the Imperial German Navy, which used them to try to bridge the gap in naval strength it suffered compared to Britain’s Royal Navy.
What are U-Boats?
During this revolution, Tsar Nicholas II abdicates his throne, ending three hundred years of rule by the Romanov dynasty.
What is the February Revolution?
An international forum for resolving conflicts and disputes between nations; intended to avoid war.
What is the League of Nations?
Germany invaded neutral Belgium. This country joins in support of France and Russia.
What is Great Britain?
This was the spark that light the fuse of WWI. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated in this city.
What is Sarajevo?
Employed primarily on the Western Front, an area of northern France and Belgium that saw combat between German troops and Allied forces from France, Great Britain and, later, the United States.
What is trench warfare?
This is the name of the revolution in which Lenin and the Bolsheviks take over Russian government and begin instituting communist policies.
What is the October Revolution?