Ch22 - Terms Flashcards
What is the inexpensive car that was built by the Ford Motor Company?
Model T
What are two name for the giant airship used back then?
dirigible
zeppelin
What was a result of the wireless telephone? It was an instrument that could receive voice and sound transmissions over radio waves.
radio
What was the first commercial broadcasting station?
KDKA
What was the British luxury liner that sank in the icy Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg?
Titanic
How may people died on the Titanic?
1522
Who was involved in the Triple Alliance?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Who was involved in the Triple Entente?
France
Great Britain
and Russia
What countries where part of the Allies?
The Triple Entente (England, France, Russia)
and its supporters (incl. Serbia, Belgium, Montenegro, Greece, Romania, Portugal, Japan)
What countries were part of the Central Powers?
The Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy)
and its supporters (incl. Bulgaria and Turkey)
What was the “Miracle on the Marne”?
A incident in which French forces stopped the German advance at the Marne River, saving Paris and the French army from capture.
What were “the trenches”?
deep ditches used in battle for cover against enemy gunfire
When was the Russian Revolution?
March 1917
Explain the Russian Revolution.
Mutinous soldiers forced the czar to abdicate and set up a Provisional Government.
When was the Bolshevik Revolution?
November 1917
Explain the Bolshevik Revolution.
Communists led by Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Provisional Government and set up a Communist dictatorship.
What was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
It surrendered much Russian land and resources to Germany and pulled Russia out of World War I.
Explain the Gallipoli Campaign.
It was planned by England’s First Lord of the Admiralty (Winston Churchill). It attempted to attack the weak side of the German empire, but failed.
What were the German “unterseeboots”?
submarines, U-boats
Attacked from underwater
What British luxury liner sank off the coast of Ireland after being hit be a torpedo from a German U-boat?
Lusitania
What was the name given to pilots who shot down at least 5 enemy aircraft?
aces
What proposed that Mexico and Germany from an alliance if America enter the war?
The Zimmermann Note
What was the nickname given to American soldiers?
doughboys
What is the name of the day that celebrated the end of World War I and when is it?
Armistice Day
November 11, 1918
What are the Fourteen Points?
Fourteen points listed by President Wilson in a speech to Congress in January 1918, which proposed a new program of international relations and discussed the political and territorial future of Russia, Eastern Europe, and occupied counties in the west.
What was proposed by President Wilson “to guarantee international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”?
League of Nations
What treaty ended World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
