Global Conflicts/Civil Wars
Starting with an execution in Bosnia and a blank cheque from Germany, this event lasted four years, ending in November of 1918
What is World War I?
One of the most talented and influential composers of the classical era, he was born in Austria in 1756.
Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
An empire with roots going back to the 13th century, grew through strategic marriage, and was ended by the harsh terms of the Treaty of St Germain
What was the Austrian-Hungary Empire?
A treaty signed at the end of WWI that officially documented the separation of the Austria-Hungary, therefore becoming a federal union
What is the Treaty of St. Germain?
This type of leadership and governance is generally passed from father to son in a family line.
What is a Monarchy?
A civil war that tore a country apart from 1917-1921, characterized by two groups, one fighting for communism (Reds) and the other favouring Russian nationalism and political monarchism (Whites)
What is The Russian Civil War?
The last Emperor of Russia from 1894 up until 1917 when he was forced out of power, and just four months later he and his family was assassinated.
Who was Tsar Nicholas II?
A federal sovereign state in northern Eurasia founded in December of 1922 and dissolved in 1991 after it was voted out of existence, based on the ideologies of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lennon
What was the Soviet Union?
A revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin, following the February Revolution in 1917
What was the October Revolution?
A policy adopted by the soviet government to transition the traditional agriculture in the Soviet Union and to reduce the economic power of peasants
What is Collectivization?
A global war starting in 1939 and ending in 1945, likely caused by the outcome of World War I (The Treaty of Versailles)
What is World War II?
President of the United States between 1913 and 1921, his statement of 14 points were used for peace negotiations at the end of World War I.
Who was Thomas Woodrow Wilson?
An umbrella term used to describe the lands and kingdoms of the a certain royal family, characterized by their unusual jaws and lower lips.
What was The Hapsburg Monarchy?
A statement of 14 points to be used for peace negotiations at the end of WWI, created by the 28th president of the USA.
What is Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points?
A policy adopted by the soviet government to transition the traditional agriculture in the Soviet Union to collective farming and to reduce the economic power of the peasants
What is New Economic Policy?
A defining battle in Canada's history where a seven kilometer ridge in northern France was seized, and although victorious, over 10,000 Canadians' were killed or wounded.
What was The Battle of Vimy Ridge?
A German man who's critical theories about society, economics, and politics laid the foundation for the Revolutions in Russia starting in 1917.
Who was Karl Marx?
The Reigning Royal house of Russia from 1613 until 1917 when they were all brutally executed.
Who were the Romanov's?
The most important peace treaty that brought WWI to a close and ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers, signed June 28th, 1919.
What is The Treaty of Versailles?
A member of the class of workers in an economic society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power.
What is a Proletarian?
A mystic and self-proclaimed holy man, he befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II and gained a considerable amount of influence in late imperial Russia.
Who was Grigori Rasputin?
The first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917, when riots and strikes over food shortages erupted in Petrograd.
What was The February Revolution?