Root & Trigger Causes
Political Conflict: Nationalist: What was the name of the series of wars between the Austo-Hungarian and Turkish empires?
Balkan Wars
Name the countries of the Triple Entente
France, Russia, Great Britain, Serbia (later Italy and the US)
How many fronts did the war start on in 1914?
2
What was the name of the treaty that officially ended the war?
Treaty of Versailles
Politically: Who was recognized as the dominant power globally at the end of the war and why?
US; Europe borrowed tons of money
Economic rivalries: France and the UK were becoming suspicious of which country's economic growth?
Germany
Name the main countries in the Triple Alliance
Germany, Turkey, Austria-Hungary (later Bulgaria)
When did Russia exit the war and when did the US enter?
~1917
What was the name of the conference that discussed the end of the war?
Paris Peace Conference
Socially: Which group that experienced great social change and what were some of those changes?
Women; leaving the home to work or fight, right to vote
What was the trigger cause of the war?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist student
war materials; rationaing
What 3 countries did Germany attempt to attack?
Russia, France, Belgium
What was the name of the international organization created at the end of the war and what is the name of that organization today?
League of Nations; United Nations
Economically: Instead of continuing liberal economic tradition, how did governments handle the economy during the war and in the immediate aftermath?
Strong state control, food rationing, nationalized weapons factories, controlled trade and transport
Political Conflict: Territorial: What 2 countries were fighting over the territories of Alsace and Lorraine? And what were the 2 countries fighting over Istria and Trent?
Germany and France; Italy and Austria-Hungary
What social transformations (changes) occurred?
Men joined the army and women joined the labour force to replace the men fighting on the frontlines
Who was the US president at the end of WW1 and what was the name of the list of things that the peace should be based on?
Woodrow Wilson; the 14 Point
Name the 4 punishments Germany received in the peace treaty
1. Claim responsibility for the war
2. Pay reparations
3. Reduce its army to 100,000 men
4. Return land (to France and loss of colonies)
Ideology: Name the 2 political ideologies that people became wary (worried about/strongly against) of?
Communism and Fascism
Military Alliance System: Name the 4 things that occurred due to a belief that war was inevitable
An arms race, the "armed peace", securing well-armed and well-trained armies, the formation of two military alliance blocs (Triple Alliance and Triple Entente)
Name the new form of warfare developed and how it was employed/what was it used to do
Propaganda; used to weaken the morale of the enemy and strengthen the morale and patriotism of its own population
When and how did the war end?
Germany requested an armistice in 1918, Emperor Wilhelm II abdicated, a republic was created
What was the name of the treaty that allowed Russia to exit the war?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Demographically: Name 5 of the new countries that emerged/were created at the end of the war
Poland, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania