Causes of WWI
Building up your military and spending tons of money on armaments is known as...
Militarism
World War I was defined by defensive positioning, largely because countries dug these all along the battlefield.
Trenches
At the end of the Russian Revolution, a new country was born known as the...
During the Great Depression, between a third and a half of these institutions closed in the United States, wiping out many people's life savings.
Banks
This figure rose to power in 1933 in Germany and led the country out of the Depression, becoming very popular in the process.
Adolf Hitler
Imperialism caused countries to compete with each other over who could have the most of these.
Colonies
This treaty officially ended World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles
This revolutionary figure led the Bolsheviks through the Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Shockingly, this country was able to avoid the pain of the Great Depression. Their economy actually improved during the 1930s.
The USSR (Soviet Union)
The use of posters, movies, songs, and other forms of media to play on people's emotions and convince them of something is known as...
Propaganda
Intense pride for one's country - to the point of thinking your country is 'better' than others - is known as...
Nationalism
Name TWO of the technologies that caused massive devastation in World War I
Machine Guns, Barbed Wire, Poison Gas, Artillery, Planes, Tanks
What impact did the Revolution have on Russia's involvement in World War I?
Russia negotiated a peace treaty with Germany and exited the war
This statistic rose to almost 25% in the United States, meaning 1/4 of the country was out of a job.
Unemployment
Name the three winning countries that dominated discussions about the peace treaty after World War I.
France, the UK (Britain), and the United States
The assassination of this Austrian Archduke is what triggered the first World War.
Franz Ferdinand
The "middle" area on the battlefield where countless men died charging at the enemy was known as...
No Man's Land
The communist ideology that inspired the Russian Revolution was very appealing to what class in Russian society?
The Industrial Working Class
The German economy experienced an extraordinary increase in prices, to the point that paper money was almost worthless. What economic term describes this situation?
Hyperinflation
The Treaty that was signed after World War I made Germany pay for all damages caused in the war. These payments are known as...
Reparations
These TWO alliances dragged many extra countries into WWI
The Triple Alliance and The Triple Entente
These TWO losing countries did not exist after WWI was over. Name one of them.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire
The Russian Revolution broke out in what year?
1917
The stock market crashed on this dark day in US history.
Black Tuesday
This Clause in the Treaty that settled WWI was the most controversial, as it pinned all of the blame for the war on Germany.
War Guilt Clause