Black Hand terrorist; killed Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28/1914.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
100
Competition among nations for weapons supremacy; British and German race to build battleships for example.
What is an arms race?
100
Manipulative Russian monk and faith healer; had tremendous power in the Russian government.
Who is Rasputin?
100
Royal hemophiliac; "saved" by Rasputin.
Who is Alexei Romanov?
100
Political philosophy based on Marx's theory the capitalism creates economic inequality which will lead to an uprising against the bourgeosie elite by the proletariat masses.
What is communism/Marxism?
200
Russian Marxist and exile; led the Bolsheviks to power after the Russian Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin (Ulyanov)?
200
Russian Parliament.
What is DUMA?
200
Incompetent Russian monarch; abdicated his throne, exiled, and executed by order of Lenin's Bolsheviks.
Who is Czar Nicholas?
200
Synonym for imperialism; world wide colonies provide raw materials for industry and a market for manufactured goods.
What is colonialism?
200
Political philosophy that values and promotes military power and aggression; often results in arms races with rival countries.
What is militarism?
300
Austro-Hungarian monarch; assassinated by the Black Hand while inspecting army war games in Sarajevo.
Who is Archduke Ferdinand?
300
A war among rivals within the same country; United States for example.
What is a civil war?
300
Captain of the ill-fated Lusitania; blamed for the deaths of over 1000 people.
Who is Captain William Turner?
300
Indian role model of Martin Luther King; used non-violent acts of civil disobedience; Salt March.
Who is Mahatma Ghandi?
300
Political philosophy that values and aggressively promotes pride in one's country.
What is nationalism?
400
Czar Nicholas's unpopular and unstable wife; easily manipulated by Rasputin.
Who is Alexandra?
400
Lenin's political party; Russian word for majority.
What is Bolshevik?
400
Idealistic American president who was reluctant to take his country to war; proposed the creation of the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
Bolshevik's famous slogan - "Peace, Bread, __________!"
What is Land?
400
Synonym for colonialism; Political and economic philosophy that gives priority to the development of a world-wide empire.
What is imperialism?
500
British secret agent; sent to Middle East to encourage Arab independence.
Who is Lawrence of Arabia (T.E. Lawrence)?
500
Type of warfare where victory is achieved by gradually wearing down the enemy. Battle of Verdun for example.
What is a war of attrition?
500
German military strategist; tried to solve the problem of the "two-front" war.
Who is Alfred von Schlieffen?
500
Famous Mexican revolutionary who raided American towns along the US/Mexico border; hero in Mexico/villain in the US.
Who is Pancho Villa?
500
Political and economic philosophy that places priority on the interests of large scale industry; not imperialism.