WWI
the name of the Austrian-Hungarian who was shot and killed in June 28, 1914, Sarajevo, Bosnia. This politically charged murder is considered to be the short term catalyst for WWI.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
New type of warfare/battle strategy. Was influenced because of recent advancements in artillery and was really only seen during WWI.
Trench Warfare
The Russians will withdraw from the great war as a result of which leader/party influencing a revolution?
Vladimir Lenin or Bolshevik party
this word, starting with an A, is believed to be the way that Hitler was able to gain so much power so quickly without intervention or hostility from other European nations.
Appeasement
Name of Japanese pilots who flew themselves directly into targets:
Kamikaze Pilots
A common acronym for remembering the causes of WWI spells out M.A.I.N.A.
what does the N represent?
Nationalism
This weapons released hundreds of rounds per minute and was responsible for an estimated 40% causality rate
Machine Guns
True or false: The October revolution (coup) that overthrew the Russian provisional government in 1917, was a bloody event and lasted many days with a death count of over 15 thousand.
false. the provisional government gave up quite fast with little to no violence.
Who were the BIG THREE- leaders
Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill
these vessels were first used in WWI but were used again and upgraded for WWII
Tanks or subs
There were 2 alliances in Europe. first between the Russia, Great Britain, and France (later US). And the second between Austria-Hungry, the Ottomans, and Germany (and Italy)
What were both teams called.
first- Triple Entente or Allied powers
second- central powers or central Alliance
Warfare usually didn't make any progress on either fronts. when battles prolong and there is no victor or advancements made this is called a what?
What was the name of the spiritual advisor who directly assisted Tsarina Alexandra while her husband, Tsar Nicolas, was assisting in the great war?
Grigori Rasputin
name two of the worst concentration camps in the holocaust
Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland)
Treblinka (Poland)
Mauthausen (Austria)
Chelmno (Poland)
What is Blitzkrieg?
B.
Why did the United States join the War effort AGAINST Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottomans
there are multiple answers ill accept (i will not accept "alliances")
1. Zimmerman note
2. 1915 sinking of the Lusitania
3. war bonds (loans) they had given the Allies
4. German invasion of Belgium
what is the Schlieffen plan?
a. Sneak attack against France, by entering from Belgium
b. A plan to attack Russia first on the Eastern front and then focus on France
c. The plan to mobilize as many U-boats as possible against the British navy forces
A
This 1905 event, sparked by the massacre of peaceful protesters, forced Tsar Nicholas II to create a legislative assembly.
Bloody Sunday
Two reasons Japan bombed Pearl harbor:
1. the united states put oil sanctions on them and they retaliated
2. Destroy our naval bases and ships to prevent us from joining the war
what language was used to code messages from the united states in wwii?
Navajo
A common acronym for remembering the causes of WWI spells out M.A.I.N.A.
what do they stand for?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Assassination
Following the end of the war, Germany was given many consequences for its contribution as the main aggressor in the war. At the meetings in Versailles, name one of the things Germany had to do to take responsibility.
1. claim they were entirely at fault for the war. War guilt clause
2. no more military :( 100,000 men only. no air force
3. give back all the land they accumulated during war (plus some extra)
4. BILLIONs in war reparations
5. Rhineland zone neutralized
How many died in the Russian Revolution/civil war?
12 million
This secret U.S. program developed the first atomic bombs, which were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
the Manhattan project
what was the name of one of Japan's biggest war crimes? it was a "scientific" center in Manchuria, China, where civilians were captured and tested on in extremely brutal ways (chemical and biological warfare research)
Unit 731