WWI
This term describes the brutal and static style of warfare that dominated much of World War I, characterized by soldiers fighting from long, deep ditches. It occurred on the Western Front.
What is Trench Warfare?
This term refers to the 1917 event that led to the overthrow of the Russian monarchy and paved the way for communist rule.
What is the Russian Revolution?
This 1919 negotiations meeting was held in France, to create the peace treaty that ended World War I which was later signed.
What is the Versailles Conference?
This country, formed in 1918, was created out of the former Central Powers and became a republic after World War I. It had tensions regarding the Russian conflict.
What is Poland?
This political ideology, popular in 19th- and early 20th-century Europe, emphasizes individual freedom, constitutional government, and free-market capitalism. While it contrasts with socialism and communism, it also advocates equality and limited government. Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, for example, led a radical left-wing socialist movement in 1918.
What is liberalism?
This agreement in 1918 brought an end to the fighting on the Western Front between the Allies and Germany.
What is the Armistice?
He was the last ruler of Russia, whose reign ended with the Russian Revolution, and he was forced to abdicate in 1917.
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
This U.S. president played a key role in the creation of the League of Nations and promoted the idea of national self-determination at the end of World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This new nation, created after World War I from the dismembered Austro-Hungarian Empire, included many ethnic groups and was located in Central Europe.
What is Czechoslovakia?
In 1916, Violence erupted in Ireland when Irish Republican Brotherhood and Citizens Army members occupied government buildings in Dublin. British forces would crush this revolt.
What is the Easter Rebellion?
This refers to one of the battle areas of World War I, primarily fought between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. It was characterized by more mobilization compared to the other.
What is the Eastern Front?
This Russian legislative body was established in the early 20th century and later clashed with the Tsarist government during the revolution.
What is the Duma?
He was the "feisty" French premier during the Versailles Conference, advocating for harsh reparations against Germany. He was one of the most significant decision-makers in the Versailles negotiations for peace.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
By the time the war ended, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismembered into independent republics; one of which was a new southern Slavic monarchical state. Serbia formed the nucleus of this new state.
What is Yugoslavia?
This political group, advocating for a classless society and the abolition of private property, gained significant influence following the Russian Revolution.
What are the Communists?
This German author wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, offering a harrowing look at the life of soldiers during World War I.
Who is Erich Maria Remarque?
He was a key leader of the Bolsheviks and a prominent figure in the Russian Revolution, advocating for Marxist ideas and later leading the Soviet state.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I, imposing severe reparations on Germany and redrawing the map of Europe. Germany also had to demilitarize and lose significant territory, causing resent.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This Middle Eastern region(s), formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, became a mandate under British control after World War I.
What is Iraq & Palestine?
This policy, established after World War I, saw former Ottoman territories placed under the administration of France and Britain, though the goal was to guide them to eventual independence.
What is the Mandate System?
This was the mass systematic killing (and expelling) of Armenians by the Turkish government during World War I, where 1 million or more died by September 1915.
What is Genocide?
This policy, implemented by the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War, involved the centralization of the economy and state control over industry and agriculture.
What is War Communism?
This principle, championed by Woodrow Wilson, argued that nations should have the right to choose their own government, free from outside interference.
What is Self-Determination?
After World War I, these states, formerly from the Ottoman Empire, emerged under French control, forming part of the mandates system established by the League of Nations.
What is Lebanon & Syria?
This nation-state that emerged as an independent republic after the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a 5-month Communist revolution.
What is Hungary?