Causes of the War
What was the short term spark that ignited WW1?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the name of the span of heavy defenses that spanned from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps where much of the fighting of WW1 was conducted?
The Western Front
The Treaty of Versailles
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik party that started the October revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Soldiers survived the frontline of WWI by hiding underground in long, narrow holes called:
Trenches
Militarism is the build up of what?
Weapons and Armies
List 3 New Weapons/technologies that were used to try to break the stalemate of WWI (NO MACHINE GUNS):
Long range heavy artillery
Tanks
Poison Gas
Planes
Flamethrowers
President Woodrow Wilson came to Paris with a list of solutions to avoid future wars. What was this list called?
The 14 Points
What was created at the end of the Russian civil war?
U.S.S.R.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union
List the 3 main countries of the Triple Entente
England, France, Russia
How did the domino effect of alliances drag so many countries into WWI?
(Hint: What made them so surprising?)
They were made in secret
What was the deadly stretch of open land between both sides that attacking infantry had to cross?
No man's land
What was the name of the organization created by Wilson made up of many nations that would stand up to future aggression?
The League of Nations
List 3 reasons why Russia was collapsing by 1917:
Incompetent Czar
Rasputin
Food Shortage
Military Defeats
What was the name of the agreement that promised a Jewish Homeland in Palestine?
The Balfour Declaration
What is a special identification with one's country and its interests called?
Nationalism
"Industrialized warfare made it easy to ________ but difficult to ___________."
"Industrilaized warfare made it easy to ATTACK but difficult to DEFEND."
Which provision of the Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the war?
The War Guilt Clause
What did the Russian Civil War force Russia to do in 1917?
Withdraw from WW1
List the 3 main Countries of the Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Imperialism increased tensions and made Europe very competitive over what?
Colonies/Territories/Land
How did battles like the Somme and Verdun characterize all WW1 battles?
- High Casualties
- Little to no gain
What is the tragic irony of the League of Nations?
America does not join
What was the name of the Soviet army?
The Red Army
What was the name of the German plan to invade France through Belgium?
The Schlieffen Plan