Before World War I
The name given to Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire, once the war started due to Germany and Austria-Hungary's geographic location.
What are The Central Powers.
This German soldier was wounded by a gas attack during the first world war. He later led Germany in a rebuild that would lead to World War II.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
He was called the "Father of the Russian Revolution."
Who was Lenin?
He was the President of the United States during WWI.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary formed this alliance.
Who was the Triple Alliance?
According to the Treaty of Versailles, this country received full blame for WWII and the harshest penalties for their participation.
What is Germany?
The man called upon by Czarina Alexandra to alleviate Alexei's hemophilia.
Who was Rasputin?
This country left the Triple Alliance and joined the Allied Powers due to Austria-Hungary's handling of Serbia.
What is Italy?
Kaiser Wilhelm II forced this man to resign who was largely responsible for shaping the German Empire with his manipulative ways.
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
This war plan of the Germans utilized a strategy of speed and mass mobilization to take Paris quickly and move all resources to the Eastern Front ending the war by Christmas of 1914.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
Woodrow Wilson penned this proposal with a main focus for European countries to engage in self-determination and ultimately avoid conflicts such as WWI.
What are the Fourteen Points?
The minority party of the new Russian government was the...
Menshivks
This area of eastern Europe is known as the "powder keg" of Europe
What are the Balkans?
This is the term used when a country devotes all of its resources to the war effort and allows the government to control the economy and factors of production.
What is Total War?
November 11 celebrates the end of WWI and is known as this.
What is Armistice Day?
He and his family were executed by the Soviets.
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
This ship's sinking was pivotal in bringing in the United States into World War I.
What was the Lusitania?
This early battle of the War proved the failure of the Schlieffen Plan as Russia mobilized faster than expected and the British and French held German troops back.
Battle of the Marne
The term given to World War I after the onset of trench warfare.
What is a stalemate?
The Bolsheviks centralized government control, seized grain from peasants, introduced rations as part of this vocab term
War Communism
This is the Serbian National who single-handedly created the spark that began WWI.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?