Leaders and Sides
Events and Fighting
Russian Revolution
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
This man was the leader of Russia for the first three years of the war.
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
100
This was the event that sparked World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
This man was the leader of the Bolsheviks in Russia.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
100
This is an emphasis on the development and strengthening of the armed forces.
What is militarism?
100
When WWI began, the three members of the Triple Alliance became the three dominant countries on what side?
What is the Central Powers?
200
When the war began in 1914, these were the three main members of the Allied Powers.
Who are France, Great Britain, and Russia?
200
This was the stretch of open land between the trenches where much of the fighting took place.
What is no man's land?
200
Many people in Russia were unhappy with the czar and his wife because they relied too much on this man.
Who is Rasputin?
200
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause are called this.
What is propaganda?
200
On what date did World War I officially end?
What is November 11, 1918?
300
Name the "Big Three" leaders at the Paris Peace Conference.
Who are Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, and Woodrow Wilson?
300
Many countries relied on this procedure, also known as a draft, to get new soldiers for the war.
What is conscription?
300
This military group, led by the Bolsheviks, won the Russian Civil War.
Who is the Red Army?
300
This term means "payments for damages."
What is reparations?
300
This was the name of the man who assassinated the Austrian archduke.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
400
This man was the leader of Germany during WWI.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm (William) II?
400
Russia ended its involvement in WWI in March 1918 when they signed this treaty with Germany.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
400
This is a council made of representatives from the working classes and the Russian military.
What is a soviet?
400
This is the process of assembling troops and making them ready for war.
What is mobilization?
400
This was the part of the Treaty of Versailles that most upset Germany because it forced them to take the blame for starting WWI.
What is the war guilt clause?
500
Name two countries that were NOT members of the Central Powers when the war began, but were when the war ended.
What are the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria?
500
WWI quickly became a ______________, where the goal is to wear down your opponent enough that they have to give up.
What is a war of attrition?
500
This man led the Russian provisional government for eight months during 1917.
Who is Alexander Kerensky?
500
______________ involves the complete mobilization of people and resources and affects all citizens in the countries involved.
What is total war?
500
This is a nation, like Cameroon or Palestine, that after WWI, was governed by another nation on behalf of the League of Nations.
What is a mandate?
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