WWI
WWI
WWI and Russian Rev
Russian Rev
Russian Rev
100
What was the ignition that started World War I?
Austro-Hungarian noble Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Black Hand.
100
Who was the German leader and the US President during WWI?
Kaiser Wilhelm II and Woodrow Wilson.
100
This was part of President Woodrow Wilson's 14 points; it was a treaty that would be an international association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations. The US did not end up ratifying this treaty.
What is the League of Nations?
100
A corrupt, self-described "holy man" who wielded significant power in Russia while the Czar was on the front.
Who was Rasputin?
100
This 1905 war highlighted the fact that Russia had not been industrializing enough to keep up with other world powers and bruised the Russian ego.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
200

What are the 4 main causes of World War 1? (Remember: M.A.I.N.)

M: Militarism
A: Alliance System (Alliances)
I: Imperialism
N: Nationalism

200

What countries made up the Allied Powers?

AP: Great Britain (and colonies), France, Russia, Japan, Serbia, Italy, US

200

The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

What is Propoganda?

200
The working class in pre-Revolution Russia
Who are the Proletariat?
200

This leader of the Bolsheviks led the Russian Revolution in 1917 and became the first leader of the Soviet Union.


Who was Vladimir Lenin?

300

Germany's tactic to control the Atlantic Ocean and stop help from getting to Great Britain

What is unrestricted submarine warfare?

300
What two major events contributed to the US joining WWI on the side of the Allied Powers?
1 - Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare (sinking of the Lusitania and US ships) 2 - Zimmerman Telegraph - Germany tried to get Mexico to fight on the side of the Central Powers and start a war with the US
300
In 1922, Russia became this in honor of the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution.
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)?
300

In January of 1917,Who did tsar Nicholas 2 leave in charge of Russia when he took control of the army?

His wife ( Alexandra)

300
The incompetence of this leader eventually led to the February/March revolution.
Who is Tsar Nicholas II
400
Why didn't the US join the League of Nations?
American Congress was afraid this would just entangle the US in foreign engagements.
400

What countries made up the Central Powers? 

CP: Germany, Autria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

400
What are reparations and how do they relate to World War I?
Reparations is payment for harm caused. Germany had to pay $33billion in reparations over a 30 year period to the Allies.
400

What sides fought in the Russian civil war and who won?

Reds (Bolsheviks) led by Leon Trotsky on behalf of Lenin fought from 1918 to 1920 and won against the Whites (everyone else including pro-Czarists and westerners). 

400

In January of 1917,Who did tsar Nicholas 2 leave in charge of Russia when he took control of

His wife ( Alexandra)

500

Germany's plan to fight a two-front war

What is the Schlieffen Plan?

500

In this, Germany had to pay billions in reparations, Germany lost land to Poland and France and lost most of its military.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

500

When one side went "over the top" they charged onto this

What is No Man's Land?

500

What year was the Civil War in Russia?

1917

500

what is the name of the event that occurred in January of 1905, when the peasants peacefully Marched to the tsar's Winter Palace?

Bloody Sunday

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