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What is the term for readying troops and supplies for war?
Mobilization
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Who were the two countries that fought on the western front?
France and Germany
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What was the type of warfare that kept the western front from moving quickly?
trench warfare
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Which country disappeared from the map of Europe at the end of the war?
Austria-Hungary
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What is the term for controlling territories and lands outside of one's own country?
Imperialism
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What is the term meaning reliance on military strength?
Militarism
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What is the area between the two trenches called?
no man's land
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What were the roles of the planes in WWI?
spy planes, attacking ground targets, and shooting down enemy aircrafts
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Who were the participants at the Paris Peace Conference? (names of the leaders)
Wilson, George, and Clemenceau
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Who was the leader of the Bolshevik's revolution?
Lenin
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What is another name for a Military draft?
Conscription
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Who was assassinated in Austria, which started WWI?
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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What is the main reason the US entered the war?
unrestricted submarine warfare
300
By attacking Austria in May 1915, Italy...
betrayed Germany and Austria
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What changed in Europe between countries before the war?
Alliance system
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What is a truce or an agreement to end the fighting?
Armistice
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What was the reason for the military plan devised by General von Schlieffen?
Called for a two front war against Russia and France
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What happened after WWI to women in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany?
right to vote
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What is the definition to arouse nationalistic pride, fear, and anger?
propaganda
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What is the term that required a complete mobilization of people and resouces?
total war
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What is the term for wearing the other side down by constant attacks with heavy losses?
war of attrition
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How many men were drafted to fight in the war?
about 10 million
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List four new weapons that were used in WWI?
planes, mustard gas, machine guns, zepplins
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What countries were involved in the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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What are three consequences that happened to Germany after the Treaty of Versailles?
reduced size of army, territory lost, and admit they started the war