The war begins
These were steps towards keeping peace
What is the first modern Olympics game and the First Universal Peace Conference.
What newest of the great powers was turning into an economic and military powerhouse?
Germany
What are reparations?
Payments for war damage
How many people were infected?
How many revolutions where there?
two
Who said "I shall not live to see the Great War, but you will see it, and it will start in the east"?
German Chancellor Otto van Bismarck
What helped feed the arms race?
The rise of militarism
What governments collapsed under stress?
Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire
Where did it originate?
China, France, Britain
February and overthrew the imperial government
Name 3 great powers that signed treaties pledging to defend each other.
Italy, Britain, France.
What caused tension?
Aggressive nationalism
Where did the victorious allies meet to discuss the fate of Europe?
Paris Peace Conference
Where was the first known case reported at in the United States?
Kansas
When was the second and what did it do?
October and placed the Bolsheviks in power
France longed avenge after its defeat after what war?
Franco-Prussian War
Who attacked Turkey in 1912?
What was the total cost of German reparations?
30 billion/ about 2.7 trillion today
Why is it called the Spanish Flu?
Wartime censorship exaggerated the effects of the virus here although Spain was not hit badly compared to other countries
By 1917 the bond between the ____ and most Russian people had been broken.
tsar
Define entente and give an example.
A non-binding agreement to follow common policies. Ex. France and Britain in 1904
Define neutrality and give an example of a country that stayed neutral.
a policy of supporting neither side in a war. Switzerland, Spain, Sweden
What is Collective Security?
a system in which a group of nations act as one to preserve the peace of all
Define pandemic.
a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
When was tsar Nicholas II forced to abdicate?
March 2nd