Causes
the Great War
What was the First World War (WW1) also known as?
28 countries
How many countries were involved in the Great War / First World War (WW1)?
Belgium
What was the neutral country invaded by Germany?
Treaty of Versailles
What did Germany have to sign after the war?
German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, & Russian
Which empires were abolished?
Alsace & Lorraine
What are the two territories claimed by France from Germany?
France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Serbia
Which countries were the original members of the Allies or Entente?
Japan
Which country joined the Allied side in 1914?
Poland, Yugoslavia, Finland, & Lithuania
What were some of the new states that emerged after the war?
European hegemony
What did the dominance of the United States replace?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who was the heir to the crown of Austria-Hungary?
Whose assassination was the immediate trigger/cause for the outbreak of the war?
Trenches
What were narrow ditches where soldiers sheltered and ammunition was stored?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What treaty did Russia sign with the Central powers in 1918?
League of Nations
What was the international organization established as suggested by then US President Woodrow Wilson?
9 million
How many soldiers and civilians were killed?
"The wealth that Germany transports across the seas is in the billions."
What did Kaiser Wilhelm II say in his speech in 1896?
Propaganda
What means were used to weaken the morale of the enemy and strengthen the morale and patriotism of its own population?
American merchant ships
What did German U-boats attack?
Treaty of Neuilly
What was the treaty signed with Bulgaria?
Universal suffrage
What became widespread in many countries?
11 and 12 August
When did France and the United Kingdom declare war on Austria-Hungary?
Ammunition factory
Where was the entire economy focused on producing war material?
Fourteen Points
According to then US President Woodrow Wilson, what should be the basis for peace?
War reparations
What was Germany forced to pay to the victors of the war?
Communism and fascism
What are anti-liberal and radical ideologies?