Major Players
The alliance system made up of Russia, Britain, and France.
What is the Triple Entente?
This style of fighting became popular especially on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
Russia lost this war in 1905, causing anger and humilitation throughout the country.
What is the Russo-Japanese war?
This man was assassinated in the streets of Sarajevo.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This US President proposed the 14 Points.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The alliance system made up of Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary.
What is the Triple Alliance?
This event made mechanized warfare possible.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This political party gained control of Russia after overthrowing the Provisional Government.
What is the Bolshevik party?
This cause of World War I stemmed from competition for colonial possessions.
What is imperialism?
This is the final document that outlined the terms of the peace.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This empire, now called Turkey, eventually joined the Central Powers.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This country entered the war as a result of the Zimmerman Telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania.
What is the USA?
This man succeeded Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This cause stemmed from a buildup of armies, navies, and weaponry.
What is militarism?
Name 3 things Germany had to do as a result of the treaty.
Demilitarize, give up land, pay reparations, accept guilt.
Nationalism in this country prompted the creation of the Blank Hand.
What is Serbia?
This is the reason Russia left the war.
What is the Russian Revolution?
This man was the intellectual leader behind Communism in Russia and the first leader of the Soviet Union.
What is Vladimir Lenin?
This is the cause illustrated by the terms "Central Powers" and "Allies".
What are alliances?
The United States did not join this international group, even though it was Wilson's idea for world peace.
What is the League of Nations?
He was the leader of Germany during World War I.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
Give two reasons that this was called "The Great War."
2 of the following: massive death toll, total war (civilian involvment), new technologies, global outcomes, involvement of colonies.
Give 3 reasons for the overthrow of the Russian monarchy.
3 of the following: tsar's incompetence, high casualties in World War I, loss of Russo-Japanese war, landless peasants, Rasputin's influence.
This is the cause that inspired Gavrilo Princip to commit his final act.
What is nationalism?
Name 2 of the 4 empires that collapsed by the end of the war.
Who are the Russians, Ottomans, Germans, Austro-Hungarians?