What revolution was caused by, among other things, food shortages and economic problems?
French Revolution
The harsh living and working conditions of factory workers were the result of?
Urbanization
List one of the 2 Acronyms used to describe the causes of WWI
MAIN. or MANIA
Who was the leader of Russia at the beginning of WWI
Czar/Tsar Nicholas II
list one nickname of WWI
Great War
War To End All Wars
whose teachings did the Russian revolutionaries claim to be following?
Karl Marx
termed coined by Karl Marx to describe the urban working class
Proletariat
List the 2 groups/alliances pre- WWI
Triple Alliance & Triple Entente
which one included France?
What type of economy did Russia have pre-War?Market, command, agrarian, industrial etc)
Agrarian
What was a main objective of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Seclusion/isolation from the West
What are the 2 main causes of Imperialism
need for raw materials and markets for their goods
term of the type of warfare that dominated WWI
Trench Warfare
List 3 new types of weapons/inventions achieved during WWI
machine guns, tanks, planes, poison gas,
What was the slogan of the Russian Revolution?
Peace, land, bread
What is the name of the royal family of Russia?
Romanov
Who did Karl Marx suggest would unite and rise up in revolt of Capitalism
the proletariat/urban working class
How did Otto von Bismarck unite the many German states into one empire?
deceit... EMS telegram... common enemy France = Nationalism
Leader whose assassination sparked WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Vladimir Lenin
Where did the European leaders meet in 1884-85
AND why?
Berlin... Scramble for Africa
In what country did the assassination of the Archduke take place?
Serbia
term that includes the time period and larger historical trends and causes
Historical Context
Nickname of the Balkan Region pre-WWI
Powderkeg
What is the name of the Treaty that allowed Russia to exit WWI?
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Who was the peasant healer who helped Czarina Alexandra care for her sick son?
Rasputin