How did the Balkans get the name "the powder keg of Europe"?
What is religious & ethnic tension on brink of war
100
What was No Man's Land?
What is area between enemy trenches
100
Why was the Russian Revolution a "Firecracker with a century-long fuse"?
What is resentment built for a long time & finally erupted violently
100
What was the state religion of the USSR?
What is atheistic
100
What is organized violence against Russian Jews?
What is pograms
200
Why was WWI inevitable?
What is new technology allowed war to start immediately
200
Why did the Western Front become a stalemate?
What is development of trench warfare
200
What group believed that a small group committed to Revolution & willing to sacrifice everything was all that was needed?
What is Bolsheviks
200
How did Stalin gain control of the Communist Party?
What is he worked behind the scenes to gain favors
200
What was Germany's plan to avoid a 2 Front War?
What is Schleiffen Plan
300
How did the Austro-Hungarians view the assassination?
What is an excuse for war against Serbia
300
Why did the US join the Allies in WWI?
What is 1. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare; 2. Zimmerman Note; 3. Sinking of the Lusitania
300
List 3 Crises which lead to the Russian Revolution
What is 1. Russo-Japanese War, 2. Bloody Sunday, 3. WWI
300
What did the Soviet Union provide for working mothers?
What is state provided child care
300
Who believes in a "dictatorship of the Proletariat"?
What is Marsixm
400
What did Austria-Hungary and Serbia fight over?
What is Bosnia & Herzegovina
400
What was the "war-guilt" clause?
What is placed all the blame for WWI on Germany
400
What caused the Czar to abdicate his throne?
What is March Revolution
400
Stalin's discouragement of individual creativity would fall under what characteristic of totalitarianism?
What is censorship
400
What changes did Czar Nicholas attempt to keep power?
What is Industrialization
500
List the 4 underlying causes of WWI & What each one means?
What is 1. Nationalism = feeling of deep devotion to one's nation; 2. Militarism = keeping a standing army prepared for war; 3. Imperialism = competition for colonies; 4. Alliance System = treaties between countries to help each other in war
500
Germany agreed to the armistice with what understanding about the peace terms?
What is the peace treaty would be based on Wilson's 14 Points
500
Which man ruined the prestige of the czar's family during WWI?
What is Rasputin
500
Tell me 3 things about Stalin's Five-Year Plans.
What is 1. set impossible goals for industry; 2. limited consumer goods which led to shortages; 3. result of command economy; 4. 1st one a success, all others failures
500
List 3 legacies of WWI.
What is 1. wiped out entire generation; 2. set stage for WWII; 3. global war; 4. disillusionment