WWI
Glorifying a country's power and spending to build up armed forces in an example of this underlying cause of WWI.
What is militarism?
This man returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Nationalism, democracy and economic security were the goals of this Chinese political party.
What is the Nationalist Party?
What country invaded China in 1927, all but ending their civil war?
Who is Japan?
I am well known for encouraging civil disobedience as a means to achieve a goal- in my case the goal was independence from Britain.
Who is Gandhi?
Characterized by bloody battles with few gains made by either side, this style of fighting on the Western front proved devastating.
What is trench warfare?
Industrialization in Russia had similar effects as it did in Western Europe, causing discontent within working classes because of these basic issues.
What are bad working and living conditions, poor wages, child labor, etc.
The emerging Communist Party in China gained much of its support from what group?
Who are the peasants/ rural peasants/ lower classes?
2 part question! This country left WWI in 1917 due to its own internal conflicts, while in the same year this country joined the Allies for the remainder of the war.
What are Russia and the United States?
France, Great Britain, Russia and eventually the United States in WWI.
Who are the Allies?
Identify any THREE new technologies that made WWI the first "modern" war of the 20th century.
What are heavy tanks (tanks), flamethrowers, mustard gas, gas masks, airplanes
Identify any THREE characteristics of a totalitarian government.
What are: censorship of the media and information, use of a secret police, denying basic liberties, state control of economic political and social life, etc. (there are many)
Defined as deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law.
What is civil disobedience?
It was a good thing Germany spent so much money competing with Great Britain to build up their naval forces, because they used this key strategy throughout the war.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
As ethnic tensions grew in the region, I was assassinated by a member of a Serbian nationalist group while visiting Sarajevo.
BONUS question: What is the name of the Serbian nationalist group?
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Who is the Black Hand?
The first major conflict on the Western front happened here by September of 1914.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
"Bloody Sunday" was the clash between protesting workers and the czar's army that killed thousands of Russian civilians. What resulted from that violent confrontation was the establishment of the first parliament in Russia, called this.
What is the Duma?
When boycotts of British goods began in India, this item became a symbol of Indian independence movement.
What is the spinning wheel?
After WWI, United States President Woodrow Wilson came up with this plan that outlined a post war peace, called the Fourteen Points. The very last (14th) point, was this.
What is a League of Nations?
2 part question! WE led the opposing sides of the Chinese civil war from 1930-1938; I led the Chinese Nationalist Party while I was the revolutionary leader of the emerging Communist party.
Who are Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong?
Of the many controversial parts of the Treaty of Versailles, this was the part the forced Germany to take complete responsibility for WWI.
What is the war guilt clause?
Although under prepared and ill-eqipped this Russian Czar led Russia into WWI when it began in 1914, which proved to be a huge mistake.
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
This was the ultimate act of civil disobedience, led by Gandhi but across all of India as tens of thousands of people joined in.
What is the Salt March/ collecting salt to defy the Salt Acts?
When Joseph Stalin took control of the Communist Party in 1924 he began a campaign to eliminate any threat to his power and any political opposition. Millions of Russians fell victim to what became known as this.
What is the Great Purge?
I was the leader of the provisional (temporary) government in Russia, until the Bolshevik Revolution ousted me and established a communist state.
Who is Alexander Kerensky?