Romanov's
Define Icons in relationship to Romanov Russia
The paintings of Christ or another Holy figure
Name the title of the book and manifesto which was written by Fidel Castro
History will absolve me
Name the man who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
What was type of warfare relates to the production of modern armaments, and the Western Front was a perfect example of.
An Industrial War
The nickname of this elite German pilot squadron featured the infamous
The Red baron
Who went into hiding after the 22nd of January and what did they do directly after it.
Father George Gapon and he wrote a public letter which denounced the tsar for the bloodshed
Name the location where thousands of people gathered to hear Castro's infamous 4-plus hour long speech
Revolution Square
Name the two plans of invasion and associate the countries which undertook each one
Germany - The Schlieffen Plan
France - Plan XVII (17)
What is the Third Battle of Ypres better known as.
The Battle of Passchendaele
This small European country initially resisted German invasion and earned the nickname "the brave little nation" in Allied propaganda.
What name did Saint Petersburg change to and why?
Petrograd and to remove a German related name from their capital.
Name the populist reforms that were introduced to Cuba under Batista.
Women's voting rights, Minimum wage for sugar-cane and 8 hour work days.
Name the three neutral countries in 1914 which are shown in the textbook, to have been sandwiched between Germany and France.
List 6 things soldiers could expect to do/find in the trenches.
- boredom
- animals/parasites (rats, mice, fleas, lice etc)
- Mud
- Chemical Gas
- Extreme weathers of rain and ice and humidity
- Smells of death and dysentery
This British colonel supported Arab revolts against the Ottoman Empire during WWI.
T E Lawrence
Outline the events which occurred on the 25 and 26th of February 1917.
- The cities' riots caused a standstill as crowds marched against the government, calling for food and the end to war.
- Cossack troops refused to fire into the protestors
26th
- Nicholas ordered the military commander to end the disorder (likely through mass killings)
- the soldiers also refused to fire and it created a full scale mutiny in the Petrograd garrison.
- The Duma was ordered to be suspended and the police stations and law courts had been set on fire.
How did Cuba affect the freedom and influence of socialism within Latin America, as mentioned by Dennett.
And
What countries were directly affected?
Cuba's past with the US, led to them becoming wary of similar revolutions breaking out. As a result the USA helped to overthrow democratically elected socialist governments and install military dictatorships in Guatemala, Brazil and Chile
Rank the order of events in the cartoon which shows the First World War Escalation.
Serbia, Austria, Russia, Germany, France, England
Which battle occurred on the 1st of July 1916, and what went wrong?
The Battle of the Somme and the week long bombardment of the German trenches was ineffective as they were aware of the impending attack and prepared by digging underground chambers that allowed their soldiers to shelter from the bombardment. As a result, they were waiting as the British attacked.
This elite shock troop tactic developed by the Germans in 1918 aimed to break the stalemate of trench warfare.
Infiltration warfare (or stormtrooper tactics)
Following their execution, the Romanovs were buried in secret. Their remains were not formally identified and reburied with state honours in this year, following DNA testing and official recognition by the Russian state.
1998
This U-2 pilot was shot down over Cuba on October 27, 1962 — a moment known as "Black Saturday" that nearly triggered open conflict.
Major Rudolf Anderson Jr.
Despite decades of diplomatic summits and the existence of an intricate alliance system designed to prevent general war, Europe in 1914 lacked meaningful crisis management mechanisms. As a result, this metaphor is often used by historians to describe how great powers, driven by honour, fear, and prestige, stumbled into war not with clear intent, but through a fatal series of miscalculations and automatic decisions.
Sleepwalking into war, Popularised by historian Christopher Clark in The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
The brutality of trench warfare, the moral ambiguity of killing, and the lack of understanding of mental health led many WWI soldiers to experience deep emotional and ethical conflict. In literary terms, this phenomenon, wherein soldiers felt alienated from civilian life and disillusioned with traditional authority structures, came to define this postwar cultural identity.
The Lost Generation
What battle is unique to the study of major battles (as listed by the syllabus) and why?
Beersheba and because of its location, being in the desert sands of Palestine. (it also saw one of the last great cavalry battles of modern warfare)