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Europe had enjoyed a century of what kind of peace?
Relative peace
What was the largest conflict in history in 1900’s?
The Great War
What is “The Draft”?
Required all young men to be ready for military or other service
What is a pandemic?
The spread of a disease across a large area
Russian empire stretched from Eastern Europe East to where?
Pacific Ocean
The great powers of what countries signed treaties to defend one another?
Europe Germany, Austria Hungary, Italy, Britain, France, and Russia
What new weapon did Germany and allies began using?
Poison gas
At the start of the war, Britain’s navy formed what in the North Sea?
Blockade
What is payments for war damage called?
Reparations
After the revolution of 1905, Nicholas had failed to solve what?
Russia’s basic political, economic, and social problems
When did a rival bloc take shape?
1893
What are Zeppelins?
Large gas-filled balloons
What is contraband?
Military supplies and raw materials needed to make Military supplies
People who wanted to make extreme changes were called what?
Political radicals
The outbreaks of war in 1914 did what?
Fueled national pride and united Russians
What is an entente?
A non-binding agreement to follow common policies
What is the German word for submarine?
U-boats
In Germany the winter of 1916 and 1917 was remembered as what?
The turnip winter
The victorious Allies met where?
Paris Peace Conference
What was the Cheka?
A secret police force
Who did Germany sign a treaty with?
Ottoman empire
What is the Dardanelles?
A vital strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean
What is propaganda?
The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
When did the Allies order representatives to sign the treaty of Versailles?
June 1919
Unite much of the old Russian empire into the soviet union