WW1 Causes & Events
The basic underlying causes of WW1 can be summarized in this acronym - what is that acronym and what do the letters stand for?
MAIN - militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
This Treaty ended the World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
This type of military strategy used long, deep ditches in the ground constructed with sandbags, wooden planks, woven sticks, tangled barbed wire or even just stinking mud.
Trench warfare
A harsh and weak ruler, he was the last czar of Russia.
Czar Nicholas II
Under Lenin, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves this.
The Communists.
The immediate cause of World War I
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand by assassin Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip
A complete mobilization of resources and people describes this kind of war.
Total war.
No-man's-land
The Russian Revolution was also called this.
The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
Under Lenin's leadership, Russia became known as this.
USSR - United Soviet Socialist Republics.
Why were places like India and Australia essentially forced into joining the war?
They were part of the British empire
During wartime, free-market capitalistic systems of Europe had to be temporarily put aside. Food supplies and materials were regulated. This was called ....
Rationing
Trench warfare led to neither the Allies nor the Germans from gaining ground. This was called ...
A stalemate
With czar Nicholas away fighting the Germans, this man influenced the czar's wife Alexandra and interfered in government affairs.
Rasputin
True or False: In 1918, Lenin had to sign a treaty with Germany giving up Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic Provinces.
True
During World War I, the Turks of the Ottoman Empire attempted to kill all of the Armenians that lived in their territory. This event is an example of ...
Genocide
What were the two reasons listed for why the United States joined the war?
German submarines attacked a US ship called Lusitania
The British intercepted Zimmerman Telegram
The Germans used these giant airships to bomb England.
Zeppelins
Who led the Bolsheviks?
Lenin
True or False: Lenin and the Communists were able to triumph in the civil war with the anti-communists partly because the Red Army was disciplined and organized. Lenin also used the secret police to quash opposition.
True dat folks
Which colony had the highest contribution to the armies?
India contributed the most, over a million people overseas and over half a million were recruited into the army.
Which colony had the highest contribution to the armies?
India contributed the most, over a million people overseas and over half a million were recruited into the army.
How many miles of trenches were there?
250 miles
2,500 miles
25,000 miles
250,000 miles
25,000 miles
What were the three things that Lenin promised to the people?
After Lenin died, this man took over USSR.
Stalin