WHY?
A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
Alliance system
Payments to cover damages from war
What are reparations?
This war ended in a humiliating defeat for Russia, because of it the Duma was created.
The Russo-Japanese war.
The area of land in between opposing trenches
What is No Man's Land?
a group of countries trying to protect the independence of all countries- small or large. Organization formed after WWI
The League of Nations
The spark which triggered the outbreak of a global war
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This leader of the Bolsheviks negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, believing it was essential to end Russia's involvement in WWI.
Vladimir Lenin
This radical political party, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized power from the provisional government in October 1917,.
The Bolsheviques
An incredibly slow form of warfare that involved hiding from the enemy in pits in the ground
The Trench Warfare
Which nations were permanent members of the League of Nations
France and Great Britain
A note from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia lost large portions of land. Name 3 of the modern-day countries that was part of the territories ceded to Germany.
Poland, Ukarine, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus.
This ruling family, which included Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra, was the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia before the revolution led to their downfall.
The Romanovs
This term refers to the area between opposing trenches, often filled with barbed wire and land mines, where many soldiers faced significant danger when attempting to advance.
Noman´s Land
What was the most important political change of WW1?
The fall of the different European empires sucha as the Russian, German, Austrian- Hungarian and Ottoman.
Why the United States was never part of the League of Nations?
The United States Senate rejected President Wilson's request to join the League of Nations
Name the keypoints of the Treaty of Versaille
Germany takes full responsability for the war.
Payment of reparations
Limitations in the German army
Territorial changes
Name the new nation created in Russia after the Fall od the Empire
The Soviet Union
Name 4 weapons used during WW1
Gas poisoning
U boats
Tanks
Airplaines
Machine guns
This territory was under the League of Nations controll after the war, it was relevant because of the exit to the Baltic Sea.
The Polish corridor
Germany's plan to invade through Belgium to get around French territory?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
Explain the territorial changes of the Treaty of Versailles.
Saar Basin
Polish Corridor
Alsace-Lorraine
Why the Duma lost the support of the people after the abdication of the Tsar?
They wanted to continue fighting in the war.
Provide the location of the trenches during WW1.
The Western front (Border between France and German)
This multi-ethnic state was formed after World War I in 1918, uniting several South Slavic peoples, and was originally known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, it also included Montenegro.
Yugoslavia