WWI
Germany and this empire were the largest of the Central Powers.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This section of the Treaty of Versailles made Germany take full responsibility for starting the war.
What is the War Guilt Clause?
This Russian mystic and holy man is famous for healing the Tsar's son & for his bizarre death
Who is Grigori Rasputin?
This fascist leader believed that modern Italy was the "heir" to ancient Rome
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This German philosopher argued in "The Communist Manifesto" that capitalism exploits workers.
Who is Karl Marx?
In August 1914 German invaded this neutral nation, causing Great Britain to enter the war.
What is Belgium?
This American president proposed his 14 Points for peace.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
He was the first leader of the Soviet Union.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
These German and Italian fascist groups were organized like militaries and were used to fight and intimidate rivals.
What are paramilitaries?
Fascism first emerged in this country.
What is Italy?
This is the belief that power and security come from the strength of a nation's military.
What is militarism?
This peace-keeping organization was established by the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the League of Nations?
During the Russian Civil War this army fought the Red Army
What is the White Army?
The burning of this building led to the Enabling Act which gave Hitler nearly unchecked power
What is the Reichstag (the German parliament)?
A dictatorship, secret police, censorship, purges and the falsification of education are traits of this type of system of government.
What is totalitarianism?
This country exited the war in 1917 after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
What is Russia?
This territory, gained during the Franco-Prussian War, was returned to France.
What is Alsace-Lorriane?
This was the only genre of art and literature that was permitted in the USSR.
What is "Socialist Realism"?
This anti-semitic conspiracy theory claimed that Germany was betrayed in WWI by politicians and communist workers.
What is the "stab-in-the-back" myth?
The Holodomor famine killed ~5 million people and was the result of this Soviet policy.
What is the collectivization of agriculture (the creation of kolkhoz)?
Lord Beaverbrook created this organization to document Canadian involvement in WWI and to be the "eyewitness to the war"
What is the Canadian War Records Office?
This valuable coal mining area was put under control of the League of Nations
What is the Saar?
The February Revolution of 1917 began when women started protesting on this day.
What is International Women's Day?
After the death of Hindenburg, Hitler merged the positions of Chancellor & President and began calling himself this (meaning "the leader")
What is "the Fuhrer"?
While fascism promotes ultranationalism, communist ideology promotes this.
What is global revolution?