World War I
What 4 countries joined forces as the Central Powers at the beginning of WWI?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Who was the last czar of Russia? How long had his family ruled Russia?
Nicholas II - 300 years
What main treaty signified the end of World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
What empire ruled both Ireland and India before their independence?
The British
Why were the Italian people angry after the treaty that ended WWI?
They thought that they should get more land because of how much they had helped the Allies in WWI (they had suffered and spent lots of $$)
What 4 main countries joined forces as the Allied Powers at the beginning of WWI?
Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia
What happened to the Romanov family?
Murdered by the Bolsheviks
In what country was the treaty that ended WWI signed? Why was it a major cause of WWII?
France
Because of how severely it punished Germany (financial ruin, humiliation, lost land, restricted military, etc)
What happened during the Easter Rising in Ireland and why?
Sinn Féin took over government buildings in Dublin to protest that Ireland should have Home Rule
Name 2 ways that Americans at home helped during WWI while troops fought overseas.
Sang patriotic songs
Gave to the Red Cross
Raised "War Gardens"
Food was rationed
Women went to work (including the miltary)
When did the U.S. join WWI?
1917 (about one year before the war ended)
What made Nicholas II very unpopular with the Russian people?
The Romanovs had a very different life than most Russians; they were closely associated with Rasputin; Nicholas II sent Russia into WWI unprepared (about 2 million of the men were without guns)
What was Woodrow Wilson's idea, which the other countries liked, that was created to help prevent future world wars?
the League of Nations
How were the lives of British citizens and Indian people different in India in the early 1900s?
They lived very differently; British lived in separate parts of town where Indians were British servants.
List 3 important results of the peace negotiations after World War I.
League of Nations
Formation of new nations
Punishment of Germany
Give two reasons that the U.S. joined the war
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
What happened in 1917 that led Russia to leave WWI early?
October Revolution - led by the Bolsheviks to overthrow the Russian government
List the 3 main countries that negotiated the treaty that ended World War I.
United States
Great Britain
France
Give 2 examples of modern military technology that was used in World War I.
machine guns, poison gas / gas masks, tanks, airplanes, submarines, artillery
What 4 empires collapsed in the wake of World War I?
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman
Germany
What years did World War I begin and end?
1914 to 1918
Who led the Bolsheviks?
Vladimir Lenin
What 8 countries were created in the wake of World War I?
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Give three examples of Gandhi's methods of nonviolent protest.
- not paying taxes
- boycotting British goods
- taking Indian children out of British schools
How did life change in Russia after it became a totalitarian state? Name 2 ways.
It became the USSR
Millions of Russians died by execution and starvation
Stalin forced people to work in factories
Collective farms (farmers forced to work together)
People sent to the Gulag for resisting