Romanovs
Define Intransigence
Unwillingness or refusal to change one's views or agree about something
Define "Yellow Journalism"
News reports based on sensationalism to shock and attract readers
Name the continent which was the focus of the majority of European powers, in their bid to expand their empires.
Africa
Define Dominion
This type of warfare, characterized by deep ditches and long stalemates, dominated the Western Front.
Trench Warfare
By what percent did Russian exports decline by the end of the first year in the war.
86.7%
Name the location of the failed attack on a military outpost.
The Moncada Barracks
Britian
The Balkan League
The Schlieffen Plan aimed for a quick defeat of this country.
France
Why did Vladimir Samsonov kill himself?
He was the commander of the Russian forces at the Battle of Tannenberg, and instead of being captured and his reputation being tarnished, he killed himself.
name the 6 preconditions present in Cuba before Castro's Takeover
1. An economically advancing society
2. Growing class conflict
3. An alienated intelligentsia
4. Government intransigence
5. A corrupt and inefficient government
6. Financial Crisis
Provide the years of when the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were created.
1882 (Alliance)
1907 (Entente)
Name 3 things which went wrong during the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Only one attempt on his life initially (It failed)
The cyanide was out of date and did not work
The driver of the motorcade took a wrong turn
One of the Black hand members, once captured, leaked the information about the attack and the attackers
Ferdinand continued to drive in the car after his meeting at the townhall
They accidentally killed his wife which had a profound effect on the reasons behind Austria-Hungary going to war.
This country exited the war after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
Russia
What was issued on the 2nd of May 1906, and what did this mean for the Tsar.
The Fundamental Laws were issued, which would allow the Tsar to appoint his own ministers, legislate by decree and have complete control over foreign affairs.
Provide two popular reforms and two negative aspects of Castro's Cuba, as mentioned specifically by Dennett.
Positives - Reforms in healthcare and free education
Negatives - Totalitarian government and their isolation from the rest of the world.
This nationalist ideology promoted the idea of a unified Slavic nation under Serbian leadership, threatening Austro-Hungarian stability.
Pan-Slavism
After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary issued this harsh diplomatic document to Serbia, demanding compliance within 48 hours.
The July Ultimatum
This 1918 event killed more than the war itself.
The Spanish Flu
This council of workers and soldiers' deputies in a large Russian city gained power during 1917 and challenged the Provisional Government. (I need the official name)
The Petrograd Soviet
This organization, founded by Castro in 1960, aimed to spread socialist revolution across Latin America.
The OLAS (Organisation of Latin American Solidarity)
Without looking at the any notes/textbooks, name every one of the Balkan stated at 1913.(You have to get all of them to get the points)
Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and the Ottoman Empire
This 1905–1906 (and 1911) event saw Germany challenge French influence in Africa, testing the strength of the Entente Cordiale.
The Moroccan Crisis
This British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing 1,198 people.
The Lusitania