What were the main causes of growing tension between Austria and Serbia? Name two at least.
1.Weakening Ottoman Empire
2. Rise of independent and nationalist states in the Balkans
3.Austrian attempts for expansion into the Balkans.
100
Who was assasinated by Serbian nationalists which led to the start of the Great War in June 28, 1914.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
100
How did people initially feel about WWI?
Mass Enthusiasm
100
Who became leader of the Bolsheviks and led the revolution against Tsar Nicholas II in 1917 and later in the Russian Civil War (1918-1921)
Vladimir Lenin
100
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? Name two at least.
1.German colonies were to go to France, Britain, and Japan
2.Alsace-Lorrain was to be returned to France
3.German millitary to no more than 100,000 men
4.Germany was to pay war reperations.
200
This new emperor ----- in 1890 dismissed ---- because of his friendly foreign policy towards Russia.
William I I and Bismarck
200
This power joined the Triple Entente along with Britain France and Russia in 1915.
This power joined the Central Powers of Austria and Germany in 1914.
Who were these two?
Italy and the Ottoman Empire
200
After what major battles lead to Hindenburg and Luxembourg being de facto rulers of Germany
Battles of the Somme and Verdun
200
Both liberal and moderate socialist leaders in the Provisional Government rejected this.
Social Revolution
200
What document declared Britain's support for a Jewish national homeland ?
Balfour Declaration
300
Between 1900-1904 this power improved relations with France and US and signed a formal alliance with Japan
Great Britain
300
This genocidal mass deportation was done by what country to what ethnic group?
The Ottoman Empire to the Armenians
300
This group who generally were now regularly working in industry, transport, even as doctors on the front.
Women
300
Why did Bolsheviks win the Civil War? Name two reasons at least.
1.They were in the center of the country
2.The 'Whites' were divided and lacked one clear program
3.Trotsky had a superior army to the whites
4.Bolsheviks used rationing, grain requisitioning, forced labour
5.Bolsheviks used terror to maintain discipline
6.any outside intervention against the Bolsheviks helped foster Russian patriotism
300
True or False
Ata turk a.k.a Mustafa Kemah wished for Turkey to be a modern Sunning Muslim nation
False , he wanted it to be modern and secular.
400
Why do some historians believe Germany deliberately wanted war?
To protect their Great Power status, to reduce social tension from the rise of Socialism in Germany
400
Why was trench warfare so dreadful? Name three atleast
General stalement, trench foot and other diseases, long and bloody, dampness, the rats, mix of issues lead to rise of PTSD
400
In this nation, total war lead to the creation of the first totalitarian state
Germany
400
The Provisional Government shared power with what two other groups?
Petrova Soviets and Soldiers Deputies
400
Even though this nations leader helped create the League of Nations they never joined.
United States
500
What crisis brought France and Britain closer, but isolated Germany
Moroccan Crisis
500
Who directed the raw Materials Board for Germany?
Walter Rathenau
500
How many calories was the average German consuming at the end of the war, considering food rations were becoming scarse
1000 calories
500
Who was the head of government during the Provisional Government?