AP TEST #15 Flashcards
what were 4 main long term causes of world war1?
MILITARISM- golrify/prepare for war
ALLIANCES- mutual aggreement to support others.
IMPERIALISM-stronger country conquers and runs foreign land
NATIONISLM- devotion to ones nation (feelings/ superiorty)
HOW did militarism lead to world war 1?
Conscription- military huge
jingoism- foreign policy
arms race- common between world powers
how did allliances impact world war 1?
more countries/empires into WW1
what were the sides in ww1
CENTRAL powers
ALLIED powers
what side of the war was united states on and why was this important?
U.S entered war (1917) towad end of war and had large say in peace negotiation.
How did Imperialism lead to WW1?
-Industrialized countrys need RAW MATERIAL bec of I.D.
-EUROpean powers ruled colonys/needed strong militaries to rule them.
-COMPETITION for colonies in AFRICA/ASIA led to empire rivalry
How did nationalism/self determination lead to WW1.
-Many ethnic groups in empires want own independent countrys
-country/ethnic group superior
-blind devotion led to trust bad leaders
why was Balkan peninsulu called “the power keg of europe” prior to ww1.
-part of AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, Balkan housed different ethnicites (wanted independent countrys)
WHAT was SHORT TERM cause of ww1?
-assasination of ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND; serbian nationilist want serbia to be country for slavic. thought murder would would make A-H give up BOSNIA.
what “MODERN” weapons used in ww1?
-machina guns, artillery, airplane, tanks, zeppelins, land mines, poisnonous gas, battle ships.
what was trench warefare like?
2 trenches with “no mans land in middle” goal to rush over top conquer enemys trench.
overall was the treaty versailles leniant or harsh for losers?
HARSH, had lots of punishments that costed alot for losers.
what was purposes of the league of nations (2 things)
- TALK/EETING w/ ALL COUNTRIES about WORLD PROBLEMS.
- end future wars
Which 3 notable countries were not in the league of nations when it started?
-soviet union (russia surrendered early/ not trusted)
-USA (congress voted it down)
-GERMANY (lost war)
what was common opinion about war after WW1? relate to LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
-questioned it/ tired of war/deaths didnt want to repeat it. (STOP WAR)
- league of nations formed to stop future wars.
what gov. was mostly discarded after WW1?
MONARCHY, ottoman empire, russia, A-H, germany ALL LOST.
what happened to austria- hungary as result of treaty of versailes?
-ENDED/DISSOLVED into 7veral smaller countries.
what hapned to germany as result of treaty of versailles?
-lost borderlands/overseas empire
-forced weak military
- Banned from league of nations
- pay repareations for war (fees)
- signed DOC. admitting germanys fault
- Republic
How did ottoman empire become TURKEY?
-LOST WW1
- lost land outside turkey
- fought civil war (1911)
how was turkey different than the ottoman empire when mustafa kemal took over?
-more secular
-pro european culture
-banned fez
-adopted turkish alphabet
-father of “MODERN” turkey
what happened to ottoman empire becuase of the treaty of versailes?
-ended
-land divided between ENGLAND and FRANCE
-“turkey” after civil war
what freedom/rights did colonies win as result from helping mother countries in WW1?
-NOTHING!
what does communism attempt to do? (2)
-classles society
-abolish private property
according to MARXIST theory, what is the final class struggle before world wide revolution?
-WORKERS vs OWNERS
