Causes of WW1
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.
What are the MAIN causes of WW1?
Capable of rapid fire, used to suppress native populations around the world before its use in WW1.
What was the machine gun?
Officially ended WW1 on June 28, 1919
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
Family that controlled Russia for 3 centuries.
Who were the Romanovs?
Document proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico. Largely responsible for the U.S.A. entering WW1.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the spark that started WW1?
Used to scout for enemy movements and warn of an approaching enemy attack.
What were Airplanes?
Nation that took full responsibility for WW1.
What was Germany?
Mystical holy man that manipulated Czarina Alexandra and contributed to ruining the Russian Government.
Czar of Russia from 1884 - 1916
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
Serbian Nationalist turned Assassin, killed Franz Ferdinand
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
Heavy cannons capable of firing from over 10 miles away, used to shell trenches before an attack.
What was artillery?
The new German Government following the Treaty of Versailles.
What was the Weimar Republic?
Leading Marxist revolutionary, took control of Russia after the October Revolution and Civil War. Instituted Communism.
President of the U.S.A.'s plan to create lasting global peace.
What were Wilson's 14 Points?
Triggered when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, pulling all of Europe into the War.
What were secret alliances?
A fate worse than death if you survived its affects. Introduced by the Germans in 1915 before being adopted by all sides.
What was poison gas?
More useful as clothing or fuel to stay warm during cold winters following WW1 in Germany and Italy.
What was Money?
Took over after the death of Lenin, became the totalitarian dictator of the USSR known for his brutality and mistreatment of his people.
Who was Stalin?
Non-european country that supplied over 1 million soldiers to Great Britain during WW1.
What was India?
Common belief of all European nations, that they were better than everyone else.
What is Nationalism?
Introduced by the British in 1916, designed to traverse No Man's Land safely. Slow moving and got stuck easily, but would change the world forever.
What were Tanks?
German Political group that supported the anger and frustration of the German People following WW1.
Who were the Nazis?
Government in which nothing is privately owned and everything is publicly owned or shared.
What is Communism?
Stretch of land between two opposing trenches.
What was No Man's Land?