The Road to War
Russian Revolution
Important People
Important Terms
World War I
100
This is the event that occured at Sarajevo and provided the "spark" that started WWI.
What is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
100
He spent nearly two decades in exile in Western Europe planning for revolution and the establishment of a socialist state.
Who was Lenin?
100
This French Prime Minister was a leftist opposition leader and newspaperman in his early career. He was a key figure in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles.
Who was Georges Clemenceau?
100
Until German militarism posed a threat, Great Britain was happy to take this approach to European affairs and avoid alliances in the late 19th and early 20th century.
What was "splendid isolation?"
100
Most of the fighting in WWI took place in this country
What is France?
200
A major reason that Europeans were surprised by the outbreak of the war was that they assumed war was not this.
What is profitable/good for the economy?
200
The reason Russia went to war with Germany.
What is Austria went to war with Serbia with full support of Germany?
200
This industrialist directed the German economy to ensure that German industrial capacity was at the service of the war effort.
Who was Walter Rathenau?
200
German used these boats to circumvent the British naval blockade of the North Sea and to wreck havoc in the North Atlantic.
What are U-Boats?
200
The war shattered the lives of a generation of young men and their trust in government. They are known by this term.
What is the "Lost Generation?"
300
The members of the Triple Alliance at the start of the war.
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire?
300
The Russian Army consisted almost entirely of these people.
What are peasants?
300
This British Prime Minister believed Germany should be punished for World War I, but justly or fairly so. He feared that if they were punished to harshly it would lead to another war.
Who was David Lloyd George?
300
This document is responsible for ending WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
300
This was one of the deadliest weapons of the war and accounted for nearly one third of the deaths. It had extremely harmful effects including blistering of the skin, suffocation, blindness, and even death.
What is poison gas
400
This was probably the most powerful country in Europe at the start of WWI. Or they had at least spent the most money towards military efforts.
What is Germany?
400
This wing of the Russian socialist party wanted a democratic party with mass membership
Who were the Mensheviks?
400
This Bolshevik leader overthrew the provisional government.
Who was Trotsky?
400
Countries employed this, examples of which are shown here to mobilize for the war effort and get people to join the army.
What is propaganda?
400
One of the provisions of the Treaty in which the Germans had to accept responsibility for causing the War.
What is the War Guilt clause or Article 231?
500
This region of Europe is called the “tinderbox” of Europe for its role in the start of World War I.
What are the Balkans?
500
The revolutionary government led by this man was the freest in the world when it was established.
Who was Alexander Kerensly?
500
The architect of German naval power.
Who was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz?
500
Many of the battles on the Western Front in WWI ended in this, which basically means no one won.
What is a stalemate?
500
World War I ended these three empires in Europe and Asia.
What were the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire?