The Dawn of War
The event that started the Great War
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Serbian nationalist terrorists
Name the two fronts of the war
Western Front
Eastern Front
the official term for “the draft” which required all young men to join the military
conscription
What was the international body to mediate disputes and prevent future wars?
the League of Nations
the last tsar of the Romanov dynasty of Russia
Tsar Nicholas II
to prepare military forces for war
Define "stalemate"
a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
military supplies and materials used to make military supplies
contraband
The date of the armistice which ended the Great War
November 11, 1918
The Russian revolutionary who spread Marxist ideas among the Russian proletariat; he called for a small, elite group called the Bolsheviks to lead the revolution and establish a “dictatorship of the proletariat” to supervise the revolution
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The main members of the Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire
What action in May 1915 killed 1,200 civilians, almost leading to the U.S. joining the war against Germany?
the sinking of the Lusitania
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a particular political cause or point of view
propaganda
What finally convinced the U.S. to declare war on Germany?
the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Name the two men who fought to succeed Lenin
The three main members of the Allied Powers
France, Russia, and Britain
The terrible destruction of The Great War resulted from what?
old-fashioned strategies and new technology
loans from private citizens to a government for the purpose of funding the war
war bonds
Where did the Allied Powers meet to discuss the fate of Europe (without inviting the Central Powers or Russia)?
Paris Peace Conference
What was the name of the peace treaty signed by Lenin with Germany after the Bolshevik Revolution?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Three forms of rivalries that increased tension
economic rivalries, militarism, and nationalism
List four of the technological innovations of the war
poison gas, submarines, airplanes, tanks
Who led led Arab nationalists to declare a revolt against Ottoman rule and was supported by British Colonel T. E. Lawrence?
Husayn ibn Ali
List three of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles that were detrimental to Germany.
Germany was forced to take full responsibility for the war; Germany was forced to make massive war reparations; Germany was forced to keep its army small and to disband its navy; Germany surrendered Alsace-Lorraine, hundreds of square miles of territory in east and west Germany, and most of its overseas colonies
What compromise with capitalism allowed the Russian economy to recover to prewar levels by 1928?
New Economic Policy