Allies
Who was the ruler of Britain at this time?
George V
Large, gas-filled balloons used to bomb English coasts
Zeppelins
Where did the Great War begin?
Eastern Europe; Sarajevo
How many waves did it come in?
2 waves
When did the tsar step down from ruling
March 1917
When did the United States of America declare war?
April 1917
The place where trench warfare and stalemate ensued
Western Front
What started the war?
The assassination of Archduke Frances Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Which age groups were most likely to be infected?
20-40 years of age
Name of the radical group that soon rose to power
The Bolsheviks
British liner torpedoed off the coast of Ireland
The Lusitania
The underwater warships Germans used
U-boats, Unterseeboats
Define stalemate
a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
Healthcare workers there was a shortage of
Nurses
The two sides to the civil war
Communists or "Reds"; Nationalists or "Whites"
Germany was sinking passenger liners, cultural ties to Allies, sympathized with other democracies
3 countries that were a part of the Central Powers
Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
This ended the war and made Germany pay reparations
Treaty of Versailles
The "Forgotten Pandemic"
The underlying power of the Communist regime
terror, fear, or strong groups of enforcers
Daily Double: Name 5 countries that were Allies
Russia, Britain, Italy, France, Australia, United States of America, Canada, New Zealand
Name 3 countries that rose from the ashes of Eastern European Central powers
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia
Two things governments used to promote war
propaganda, atrocities, censoring the press, restricting literature
Daily Double: The 4 parts of the world that it may have originated
America (Kansas), Austria, China, East Asia
What USSR stands for
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics