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Question 1

triple alliance

Answer 1

between austria hungary, italy and germany to prevent france from posing as a threat to european peace

Question 2

why did ww1 start

Answer 2

heir to austria-hungary throne and his wife assasinated by serbian, didn’t want to negotiate, war began— european nations took sides

Question 3

central powers

Answer 3

• germany and austria-hungary
  
  • italy joined soon after

Question 4

allied powers

Answer 4

great britatin, france, russia, japan, serbia

Question 5

schliffen plan

Answer 5

attacking + defeating france in west, rushing to east for russia

Question 6

paris peace conference

Answer 6

held after defeat of central powers to set peace terms

Question 7

wilson’s 14 points

Answer 7

• end to secret treaties
• freedom of seas
• free trade
• reduced national armies/ navies
• fairness towards the colonial people
• changing borders/ creating new nations
• a general association of nations that would protect big and small states alike

Question 8

league of nations

Answer 8

founded in the paris peace conference
put all the war blame on germany
ultimately failed, US didn’t join

Question 9

treaty of versailles

Answer 9

ended world war 1
all the war blame pushed onto germany
took away many rights on war weapons

Question 10

triple entente

Answer 10

france britain and russia

Question 11

revolutionary movements in russia

Answer 11

• proletariat: workers would rule the country
• bolsheviks: supported small number of committed revolutionaries willing to do anything for change
  
  • lenin : leader
    mensheviks: more moderate, broad base of popular support

Question 12

bolshevik revolution

Answer 12

• workers stormed palace, arrested guards and government officials
• all farmland was to be evenly distributed amongst peseants

Question 13

totalitarianism

Answer 13

leaders used indoctrination, terror, propeganda, censorship, and religious or ethnic persecution

Question 14

Postwar Europe

Answer 14

• Europe was introduced to a democracy for the first time
  
  • many were not used to this, and as a result failed to establish a central government
  • established a coalition government : temporary alliance of several parties to form parliamentary majority
  • frequent changes in government made it hard to get anything done— many resorted to authoritarian rule

Question 15

Weimar government

Answer 15

attempted democratic gov for germany
germans hated the idea, blamed all their mishaps on it

Question 16

stock market crash

Answer 16

due to uneven distribution in wealth
the rich who owned companies got richer
the poor stopped buying

Question 17

fascism

Answer 17

extreme form of nationalism
unlike communists, fascists don’t seek a classless society

mussolini lead fascist party in italy

Question 18

hitler

Answer 18

gained popularity after great depression, when germans wanted a secure leader

nazist banned all other political parties
used media as propaganda
jews used as scapegoats

Question 19

kaisers blank cheque

Answer 19

from germany to austria hungary
lending their complete support to austria hungary

Question 20

austro hungarian ultimatum

Answer 20

austro hungary offered serbia 10 points in exchange for no war

Question 21

serbian reply to ultimatum

Answer 21

agreed to some points, disagreed to other unreasonable or unattainable ones
states that if austro hungary were to still decline their offers, war will proceed

Question 22

albert 1 urges belgian people to resist

Answer 22

urging belgian people to quit fighting for those in power who abuse their power— at the end of the day, they’re the ones dead while the ones in power bask in glory

Question 23

treaty of london

Answer 23

secretly brought italy into ww1

Question 24

zimmerman telegram

Answer 24

germany makes a proposal with mexico
if the us were to join the war, mexico would support germany in exchange for land

Question 25

treaty of brest litvosk

Answer 25

Russia recognized the independence of Ukraine, Georgia and Finland
gave up land to central powers