Section 1
The glorification of the military.
Militarism
A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.
Stalemate
International law
The spread of a disease across a large area.
Pandemic
What year marked the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty?
1913
When did Austria declare war on Serbia?
July 28, 1914
When did British and French troops push back the German drive along the Marne River?
September 1914
The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing side.
Propaganda
What happened under the stress of war?
Governments had collapsed in Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire.
What happened as Russia stumbled into revolution?
Germany saw a chance to weaken its enemy by helping Lenin return home.
What were the six great powers of Europe that signed treaties pledging to defend one another?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Britain, France, and Russia
What were two significant new or improved weapons?
The rapid-fire machine and the long-range artillery gun.
What happened in March 1917?
Bread riots in St. Petersburg erupted into a revolution that brought down the Russian monarchy.
Payments for war damage.
Reparations
Councils of workers or soldiers.
Soviets
Final set of demands.
Ultimatum
Groups of merchant ships protected by warships.
Convoys
What happened by 1917?
The moral of troops and civilians had plunged.
Who discovered that the imperial powers were not as invincible as they seemed?
African and Asian soldiers
A secret police force much like the tsar's.
Cheka
What powerful form of nationalism did Russia sponsor in Eastern Europe?
Pan-Slavism
When did Italy declare war on Austria-Hungary and later on Germany?
1915
The right of people to choose their own form of government.
Self-determination
What did the Paris Peace Conference establish?
The League of Nations
March 1918