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A Flawed Peace
TOV
100
St. Petersburg
What is Petrograd called today?
100
Rasputin
Who was the mystic who gained the trust of the Royal Family ?
100
Bolsheviks
What was the name of the radical Marxist group willing to sacrifice everything for change?
100
League of Nations - a membership of nations that aimed to resolve conflict without violence
What was the organization that the last point of Wilson's list proposed to create and what was its purpose?
100
Guilt - Germany had to take all of the blame for starting the war.
What is the first G in GARGL? Explain in a sentence.
200
Soviet
What is the name of a local council, or group of workers and peasants, that make decisions for a community?
200
Lenin
Who was the main leader of the Bolsheviks?
200
Bloody Sunday
What is another name for the event that happened in 1905 and eventually led to the Russian Revolution?
200
Austria-Hungary
What was the Empire from which Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were formed?
200
Army. Germany had to limit its soldiers to less than 100,000. It had to reduce the number of planes, battleships and tanks as well.
What is the A in GARGL? Explain in a sentence.
300
Tsar Nicholas II
Who led Russia into WWI?
300
Trotsky
Who was the revolutionary leader who commanded the Bolshevik Red army? He was also a hero of the Russian Civil war and negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
300
Palace of Versailles
What was the location of meetings to determine the conditions of peace after WWI? Name the building.
300
Germany felt it was punished too harshly. The bitterness would later lead to the rise of Hitler and Germany's participation in WWII.
How did the Treaty of Versailles make Germany feel?
300
Reparations - Germany had to pay the Allies 6.6 billion pounds.
What is the R in GARGL?
400
Alexandra
What was the name of Nicholas II's wife?
400
Communist Party
What was the new name for the Bolsheviks after the Revolution?
400
Wilson (US), Clemenceau (France), George (Great Britain)
Who were the three leaders who represented the most powerful nations at the Peace Conference? Last name and country are required.
400
It is the term applied to the TOV. None of the big 3 (US, GBR and FRANCE) were happy with the terms, and neither was Germany. The resulting "peace" treaty satisfied no one and only contributed to bitterness among the countries involved.
What does the term "a peace built on quicksand" mean?
400
Germany lost land. It lost Alsace-Lorraine as well as its colonies in Africa and Asia.
What is the second G in GARGL? Explain in a sentence.
500
Provisional government
What was the temporary body of leaders created to rule Russia after the March Revolution?
500
Proletariat
What is a long word, starting with P, that is another name for the group of workers that would rule Russia under communism?
500
Fourteen Points
What was Wilson's list of proposals for achieving a just and lasting peace?
500
Austria-Hungary, German, Russian, Ottoman
Name three empires that fell as a result of WWI.
500
Extra points - Nations such as Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia became independent. Germany and Austria were also forbidden from uniting.
What is the E in Gargle? Give two examples.