What Caused the First World War?
He was killed on June 28, 1914, which started World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This economic system lets people own private businesses to make a profit.
What is capitalism?
If you were the Tsar, you might have done this to prevent the 1905 unrest.
What is help the workers or improve conditions?
This country entered the war in 1917, providing fresh troops and supplies to the Allied side.
The United States
This was the name for the long ditches soldiers dug to protect themselves from enemy fire.
Trench Warfare
The group of countries including Russia, France, and Great Britain before WWI was called this.
What is the Triple Entente?
Some people thought World War I was unlikely because European countries were connected through this, meaning they depended on each other’s trade and money.
What is economic interdependence?
He was the ruler of Russia before the Russian Revolution.
Who is the Tsar?
Germany used these (called U-boats) to sink merchant ships, eventually pulling the US into the war.
Submarines
This was the dangerous, open space between the two opposing sides' trenches.
No Man's Land
Serbian nationalists killed Franz Ferdinand to help Bosnian Serbs get this.
What is independence?
Socialists and communists like Marx and Lenin argued that capitalists wanted a war for this reason.
What is to make money or profit?
This Tsar was in power during the 1905 Petition from workers in St. Petersburg.
Who is Nicholas II?
This was the name of the telegram from Germany to Mexico that proposed an alliance against the US.
The Zimmermann Telegram
First used by the Germans in 1915, this weapon caused blindness, choking, and often a slow death.
Poison Gas or Mustard and Chlorine Gas
Some historians say the war happened “by accident” because countries couldn’t do this fast enough to stop it.
What is diplomacy or talking/negotiating?
Germany suffered the most financially after World War I because of this treaty that blamed them for the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The workers told the Tsar about their bad working conditions and asked for this.
What is justice or better treatment?
This type of war involves a country's entire population and all its resources focused on the war effort.
Total War
Was the act that caused long term effects on soldiers
Shelling
These four things—alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and fast mobilization—helped a small war turn into a world war.
What are the causes of World War I?
even though many countries struggled economically after World War I, this country’s economy boomed during the war and became a global economic leader afterward.
What is the United States?
The workers warned the Tsar that if he didn’t listen, this might happen.
What is rebellion or a revolution?
This major power dropped out of the war in 1918 due to a revolution happening at home.
Russia
This tech used for scouting in the sky and fear mongering.
Zepplins