So It Goes...
The loyalty and devotion to one's nation above all else.
What is nationalism?
Long narrow ditches, used to protect soldiers, often unsanitary.
What is Trench Warfare?
Proposition for an alliance between Germany and Mexico.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
American President at the end of WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Nicholas II.
Who was the Tsar during WWI and the Russian Revolution?
A belief in the importance of a strong military and being prepared to use it to achieve one's goals.
What is militarism in the context of World War One?
It led to increased production of military weapons and equipment.
How did industrialization impact World War I?
RMS Lusitania.
What was the name of the British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I in 1915, killing around 1,000?
Laid the foundation for the terms of peace negotiations at Versailles.
What did Wilson's Fourteen Points Plan accomplish?
Bloody Sunday.
Which event ignited the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917?
It increased tensions and rivalries between European powers.
How did imperialism contribute to the causes of World War I?
New technologies used during WWI.
What are tanks, poison gas, and machine guns?
Triple Entente
(Allied Powers)
What alliance consisted of France, Russia, and Great Britain before World War I?
Freedom of the seas, reduction of arms, self-determination for oppressed nationalities, and a League of Nations.
What are key ideas presented in Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Bolsheviks
Which political party led by Vladimir Lenin played a major role in the Russian Revolution?
A factor related to imperialism which played a role in the outbreak of WWI.
What are nationalistic movements in colonies?
A war that affects civilians and resources as well as the military, extensive involvement of civilians and resources in the war effort.
What does "total war" refer to in a historical context?
Triple Alliance
(Central Powers)
Which alliance was formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to World War I?
Article 231.
What was the name of the article in the Treaty of Versailles that placed full blame for World War I on Germany?
The League of Nations supervised territories formerly controlled by the defeated Ottoman and German Empires, under this system.
What was the Mandate System?
Nations competed for control of territories around the world causing this.
What is the scramble for Africa and Asia?
It created an arms race and heightened tensions between nations.
How did militarism contribute to the outbreak of World War One?
Imperialism in the Balkans heightened tensions between these two countries.
What are Austria-Hungary and Serbia?
The BRAT of Germany's punishment.
What are blame, reparations, army, and territory?
These territories were assigned as mandates under the Mandate System.
What are Iraq and Palestine?