Vocabulary
the ditches used defensively in the war
trench
The assassination of this man is thought to be the spark that started WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The signing of this officially ended the war
Treaty of Versailles
This man was the leader of the Bolshevik movement in Russia
Vladimir Lenin
What was the trade of goods and sometimes diseases between Europe and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean?
Columbian Exchange
when neither side can win
stalemate
This term means to prepare as a country for war; gathering supplies, training soldiers, transporting to the war front.
Mobilize
These countries formed “the big three”
Great Britain, France, US
The goal of the Bolsheviks was to turn Russia/USSR into this type of state
Communist
This country gained independence from France in 1804 after years of revolution
Haiti
the mass killing of a specific group of people
genocide
This term described WWI because there was no holding back and no chance of compromise; everyone and everything could be sacrificed in order to win
Total War
This country was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles which included the War Guilt Clause; it devastated the country and paved the way for WWII
Germany
This is why people supported the Bolsheviks
hunger, poverty, tired of war
This rebellion happened in Indian after British officers forced Indian soldiers to bite open gun cartridges greased with animal fats
Sepoy Mutiny
a non military person
civilian
This was used during the war, despite being an internationally outlawed war crime
poison gas
This empire waged genocide against the Armenians
Ottomans
This man took over as leader of the USSR after Lenin’s death
Josef Stalin
This was the execution method commonly used during the Reign of Terror
guillotine
a political party in Russia that supported Communism
Most of Europe and the world were connected through these; they caused country after country to be pulled into the war
Alliances
President Wilson pushed for the creation of this, which would later morph into the United Nations
This man created Communism as a theory
Karl Marx
This describes the period of rational ideas that inspired the American, French, and Haitian revolutions, to name a few
Enlightenment