Germany
The Schlieffen Plan in 1914 Called for
A lightening quick attack through neutral Belgium and a quick defeat of France before turning on Russia
This group assassinated Grigori Rasputin in 1916
Who were Nationalistic aristocrats?
These nations joined the war on the side of the Central Powers
Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
This "War Guilt clause" in the Treaty of Versailles declared
Germany (with Austria) was solely responsible for starting the war, and had to pay reparations
This was the immediate cause of British entry into the first World War.
What was the German invasion of neutral Belgium?
This law required all men between seventeen and sixty to work at jobs considered critical to the war effort
What did Germany's Auxiliary Law require?
He was an agrarian socialist who became prime minister of Russia in July 1917
Who was Alexander Kerensky?
This is the reason that Austria-Hungary deliberately choose war in July 1914.
It hoped to stem the tide of hostile nationalism
Reason Germans accepted the Treaty of Versailles
They had little alternative, especially as the naval blockade was still in place and the German people were starving.
This contributed to tensions between Germany and great Britain in the first decade of the 1900s
What is Germany's decision to build large fleet of battleships?
Bismarck's alliance system was designed to isolate France and to
What is maintain peace between Russia and Austria-Hungary?
This was the fatal turning point in the Russian prosecution of the war
What was the tsar's decision to assume command of Russia's armies, leaving the government in the hands of the strong-willed tsarina?
African colonial subjects of Britain and France, normally did this during First World War
What is generally supported their foreign masters?
The principle of national self-determination promoted by Wilson stated
people should be able to choose a national government through a democratic process and live free from outside interference.
Reason Italy after declaring neutrality decided to join the Triple Entente in 1915.
What was the Triple Entente promising Austrian territory in return?
This was part of Bismarck's alliance system that William II abandoned.
What is Germany's nonaggression pact with Russia?
This order stripped military officers their authority, and power was placed in the hands of elected committees of soldiers
What was Petrograd Army Order #1?
The war on this side remained mobile and Germany had a more dominant position
What was the difference between the war on the eastern front and the war on the western front?
This was French premier Clemenceau's opinion of Germnay at the Paris Peace Accord
What was he wanted a buffer state between Germany and France?
This was an unplanned uprising of hungry and angry people in the capital of Russia
What was the February Revolution in Russia in 1917?
This was a common effect of western-front offensives during the First World War
What was it caused the slaughter of massed infantry units?
This was Lenin's response to the peasants seizure of land when he rose to power in 1917
What was he mandated land reform in order to offer his approval on what the peasants had already done
The reason that the Balkans were considered the "powder keg of Europe"
What was the Ottoman Empire has been forced to give up its territory leading to ethnic nationalism?
Following WWI, this was the most difficult domestic problem facing governments
What was providing care for the large number of injured veterans?
This was written by British Foreign Secretary in 1917 because Britain favored a national home for Jewish people in Palestine.
What was the Balfour Declaration?