What does the acronym M.A.I.N stand for
Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, Nationalism
Disease that ran rampant through the trenches caused by poor sanitary conditions making it hard for people to walk
Trench foot
Peace treaty signed at the end of the war
Treaty of Versailles
What two empires broke apart after the war
Austria-Hungary and Ottomans
The main goal of the League of nations was to
promote peace and stability worldwide so that another world war would not happen
Event that directly plunged Europe into war
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife
German Plan for defeating France
Schlieffen Plan
What was the Zimmerman Telegram
A message from Germany to Mexico trying to get them to go to war with the US
Global economic downturn in the 1930's is known as
The Great Depression
What was the main goal of Zionism?
Establishing a Jewish homeland
What region is referred to as the "Powder Keg of Europe" prior to World War I
The Balkans
Nations on the homefront used this kind of messaging, characterized by painting the enemy in a negative light to garner support for the war
propaganda
What group of people were victims of genocide by the Ottomans in World War I
Armenians
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points influenced colonial people's in Asia and Africa to seek ___-_________ in creating their own independent nation
self-determination
Leader of the Chinese Nationalist movement and founder of the Guomindang
Sun Yat-sen
Name me 2 examples of how nations militarized in the buildup to World War I
-Germany and Britain expanded its navy
-Russia doubles military spending
-France conscripted its citizens to 3 years of military service
-National drafts
Name 4 new technologies that were introduced during WWI
Mustard gas, submarines, planes, tanks, camouflage, machine guns, zeppelins
Longest and bloodiest battle of the war
Battle of Verdun
the three main punishments for Germany following the war inlcude
Emperor Meiji of Japan and Kemal Ataturk are similar in that they both....
modernized their nation
Name the members of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Entente- Britain, France, Russia
Name 3 battles of the War
Battle of Verdun, Battle of the Marne, Galipoli, Battle of Somme, Battle of Tannenberg, Pashendale
Treaty between Germany and Russia marking the end of Russian involvement in the war
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Policy of Lenin that saw the Soviet Union nationalize industries, banks, factories and foreign trade
New Economic Policy
name of the man who assassinated the Archduke and his wife
Gavrilo Princip