Section 1
These two countries allied together to make up what became known as the Central Powers.
Who are Germany and Austria-Hungary?
A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.
What is a stalemate?
Both sides of the war used this spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause.
What is propaganda?
The disease that became a pandemic that killed 20 million worldwide after the war.
What is influenza?
The tsar of Russia during the Revolution and Civil War in Russia.
Who is Nicholas Romanov II?
The countries of France, Russia, and Britain came together to form this large alliance.
What is The Allies?
In 1916, this country introduced the first armored tank.
Who is Britain?
This person came into power and signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany to end Russian participation in World War I.
Who is V. I. Lenin?
The "Big Three" that attended the Paris Peace Conference.
Who are Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and Georges Clemenceau?
The elite revolutionary party created by V. I. Lenin that means "majority".
Who are the Bolsheviks?
These states attacked Turkey in 1912 and were name the "powder keg of Europe".
What is the Balkan states?
Germany used these large, gas-filled balloons to bomb the English coast.
What are zeppelins?
The President of the United States at the time that declared war on Germany.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
The treaty that forced Germany to assume full blame for causing the war, as well as weaken Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The secret police force that executed ordinary citizens who were suspected of taking action against the revolution.
What is the Cheka?
The heir to the Austrian empire who was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914 with his wife, Sophie.
Who is Archiduke Francis Ferdinand?
This country suffered a "disastrous defeat" in Tannenberg that caused them to retreat.
Who is Russia?
A list of terms for resolving World War I and future wars, issued by President Woodrow Wilson.
What is the Fourteen Points?
The calculated total cost of reparations to be paid by the Germans.
The new name for the Russian Empire after the Communists/Bolsheviks took over.
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or Soviet Union?
The neutral country that Germany invaded.
What is Belgium?
A vital strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
What is the Darndanelles?
The agreement to end fighting, signed by the Allies and Germany on November 11, 1918 at 11am to end the Great War.
What is an armistice?
A system of territories administered by the Western powers.
What are mandates?
The successor of the USSR after the death of Lenin.
Who is Joseph Stalin?