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What was the Triple Alliance?
Germany austria hungry and italy
With what country was the Black Hand affiliated with?
serbia
Who were the major members of the Allied Powers in WWI?
GB, Russia, France
What year did Russia officially drop out of WWI?
1917
where was the peace held
pairs
What was the Triple Entente?
GB, France and russia
What was the “blank check” given by Germany to Austria-Hungary?
List of things austria wanted from serbia so they would not go to war
Who were the major members of the Central Powers in WWI?
Germany, austria hungary, Ottoman Empire
What were the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Treaty between russia and germany gave up russia land and resources
Why were the Soviet Union and the Central Powers NOT invited to the Versailles Peace Conference?
Because russia dropped out of the war and communism had control there and the central powers lost the war
What African territory did Belgium/King Leopold II imperialize to begin the Age of Imperialism in Africa
The congo
Where is the Balkan Peninsula located?
Eurpope
On what continent did a majority of the fighting take place during WWI?
Europe
What year did Russia officially drop out of WWI
(same year US joined)
1917
What were the stipulations of the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany lost 13% of land. Germany had restrictions on military (no manufacturing of war materials, army restricted to 100,000 men, tanks, submarines, and airplanes were banned.)
What was the purpose of the Berlin Congress?
To take territory in africa and give to european countries to create empires
what started world war 1
The assassination of the Archduke franz ferdinand
Who was the first country to declare war?
Austria
Who led the Bolshevik (communist) revolution in Russia?
Lennin
What are mandates?
Germany territories given to other countries
What is imperialism?
Making colonies around the world and building empire
Who was the assassin of Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip
Explain Germany’s Schlieffen Plan
Germany would defeat France and then fight Russia so they did not have to fight 2 great powers at the same time.
What type of warfare developed along the Western Front in Western Europe?
Trench war
name ALL 9 new countries in euro
Finnland, estonia, lovita, lithoaia austria, hungary poland czechsilvia, yogoseria