Causes of the War
Who was in the Triple Entente?
England, France, Russia
This term is defined as the German Strategy for taking France at the start of the war
The Schlieffen Plan
Which Empire controlled most of the middle east prior to WWI
Ottoman Empire
Who were the "big four" countries present at the conference
U.S., Italy, England, France
What was the Duma
Legislative body with no real power originally
Who made up the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, (either Italy or Ottoman Empire is acceptable)
no-mans-land
What ethnic group did T.E. Lawrence rally to join the British War effort?
The Arabs
What did the victors decide would happen to European multi-ethnic empires such as the Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires?
Self determination for small nations
Who killed Rasputin?
Russian aristocrats, nobles
What region did France hope to recapture as a result of the war?
Alsace-Lorraine
Which battle marked the beginning of a long period of stalemate and put a halt to quick early German advancements?
First Battle of Marne
What war time atrocity occurred as a result of Russian forces fighting the Ottomans in the Caucuses?
Armenian Genocide
Who represented The U.S. at the conference
Woodrow Wilson
What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk do?
Ceded Russian territory and got Russia out of the War
Who was Serbia's Ally that declared war because of a certain countries invasion of Serbia
Russia
This nine month German Offensive against French forces began in 1916
The Battle of Verdun
What body of water connected the Black Sea and the Mediterranean? The British tried to gain control of it during WWI.
The Dardanelles Strait
Who represented Italy at the conference?
Vittorio Orlando
Who were the "Whites" in the Russian Civil War?
Tsarist imperial officers
Mensheviks
Others who simply wanted the communists out of power
Which country did England have an agreement with where they promised to protect the countries neutrality?
Belgium
What battle began the 100 days offensive?
Battle of Amiens
What system was put into place for most of the middle east after the fall of the Ottoman Empire? (Hint: it resembled colonialism)
The Mandate System
What was Georges Clemenceau's main goal at the Conference?
What was Lenin's NEP 1921?
New Economic Policies, the state kept control of banks, foreign trade, large industries. However, some small business were allowed to operate privately