Causes
assassinated in Sarajevo, triggering the start of WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The defining feature of World War I on the Western Front was this type of warfare.
Trench Warfare
Total number of casualites who died in WWI
8-9 million
The major event that triggered the Great Depression worldwide?
The stock market crash in the United States in 1929.
The country that prospered economically during and immediately after World War I by supplying war materials and agricultural products to the Allies.
The United States
The alliance of Britain, France, and Russia was known by this name.
What is the Triple Entente (Allied Powers)?
Name of the weapon that was first used extensively to break stalemates.
tank
Emerging after the war in 1918 this global pandemic claimed 20 million lives
Influenza
British economist who challenged laissez-faire economics during the Great Depression
John Maynard
Name of the system that created new colonial arrangements that replaced direct Ottoman rule.
mandate system
This treaty imposed harsh penalties on Germany after WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Out of these three 1. Battle of the Marne 2. Battle of Verdun 3. Battle of the Somme.
This battle considered the longest single battle of WWI fought in 1916 where the Germans launched a massive offensive against the French forts
Battle of Verdun
Term used to describe the youth who were scarred by the wars trauma
What is the Lost Generation?
Ialy’s fascist dictator after the 1922 March on Rome?
Benito Mussolini.
issued by Britain promised a national home for the Jews in Palestine
Balfour Declaration
This term means glorifying military power and readiness.
What is millitarism?
This German policy/technology threatened American ships and citizens by targeting ships without warning.
What is unresitred subarine warfare
U.S
Great Britan
France
Italy
Name of the laws that allowed legal discrimination against Jews, stripping citizenship and banning intermarriage.
What were the Nuremberg Laws of 1935?
introduced revolutionary scientific theories of relativity and quantum mechanics.
Albert Einstein
Initially neutral in the war, this country later joined the Allies in 1915.
What is Italy?
Leader of the Bolsheviks who became head of the Soviet state.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Name of the person who created 14 Points of Peace and The Leauge of Natons
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
An authoritarian ideology characterized by
Extreme nationalism
Glorification of militarism and violence
Suppression of opposition, political parties, trade unions
Anticommunism and ethnic scapegoating
What is fasicm?
established the Republic of Turkey and initiated westernizing reforms such as abolishing polygyny and expanding women's suffrage.
Atatürk