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What type of government had France and Great Britain in the 19th century?
Liberal political systems
Year in which the Treaty of Brest Litovsk was signed up
1917
Who did Russia fight against in 1905?
Japan
Year in which the Berlin Conference took place
1884-1885
Name the three main types of rule in colonised territores
Colonies, protectorates and spheres of influence
Name the four political forces that existed in Russia before the revolution
Constitutional Democratic Party, Constitutional Democratic Party, Russian Social Democratic Workers Party. The latter was separated into bolsheviks and mensheviks
It was the most valuable possession of the British empire
India
Countries that made up of the Triple Entente in 1907
France, Great Britain and Russia
What were the main objectives of the Bismarckian Alliance System?
Isolate France to avoid it to reclaim Alsace and Lorraine.
Maintain equilibrium in the Balkans between Austria and Russia.
Name the causes of the First World War
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
According to the Darwinist ideas, what was the purpose of the white race?
The western world had the mission to to civilise the rest of the planet.
What colonies did USA acquire in 1898?
Cuba, Puerto Rico and Philippinnes.
What two alliances were created by Bismarck between 1870 and 1890?
The Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary
The League of the Three Emperors with Austria-Hungary and Russia.
What different blocs participated in the Russian civil war?
The White Army, made up of the tsarist, landowners, military commanders and the Orthodox Church (counter revolutionaries)
The Red Army: the Bolshevik (revolutionaries)
Name, in chronological order, the three stages of the Russian revolution of 1917.
October revolution, provisional government, February revolution.
What was the difference between mensheviks and bolsheviks?
Whilst mensheviks deffended to achieve the communism in a moderate way with the support of the bourgeoisie, bolsheviks rejected cooperation with the bourgeoisie and wanted to establish a proletarian dictatorship
Name the five main points of the April Theses
Russian withdrawal from the war
Redistribution of land
Control of factories by worker committees,
Autonomy for the national minorities
Rule by soviets.
What colonies did France stablish in Asia?
In Asia, France occupied Indochina (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia)
Name and date three important battles of the First World War
Battle of the Marne,1914
Battle of Verdun,1916
Battle of the Somme, 1916
Explain why the Industrial Revolution was an important cause of Imperialism
The colonies represented a perfect choice for invest and sell the finished goods.
Many raw materials were needed for the growing industrial sector and the colonies provided them.
Name, at least, three territorial changes occured after the Teaty of Versailles
Germany ceded its colonies, returned Alsace Lorraine to France.
Austro Hungarian Empire was divided into four countries.
The Ottoman Empire ceded Syria to France, Iraq and Palestine to Britain and various territories to Italy and Greece.
Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania won their independence from Russia
Poland was enlarged acquiring Russian, Austrian and German territories.
Romania received territory from Austria.
In the Balkans, Yugoslavia was created as an attempt to join the slaves peoples.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
It was a german plan which consisted of defeating France quickly and then attack Russia.
What territories did Portugal and Italy acquire in Africa?
Portugal acquired Mozambique and Angola
Italy acquired Libya, Somalia and Eritrea
What solution was given in 1906 in the Conference of Algeciras through which the war between France and Germany was avoided?
Morocco was handed to France but also Spain as a protectorate.
Explain the demographic effects in the colonies as a consequence of the colonial rule.
The indigenous population did not have immunity to the diseases brought by the colonisers. Consequently, colonisation had a disastrous demographic impact.