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Chapter 14- WWI TEST! Flashcards

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Describe nationalism

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Is when people want to be recognized as their own ethnic group, they do what is best for them and work in their self interests, it is a struggle for independence.

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What are the four main causes of World War I?

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Nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and alliance system

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Describe imperialism

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Colonization, struggle for land and resources, people start to fight for land because all of it is owned already

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Describe militarism

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Countries were aggressively building up their Armed Forces, military has more power

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What was conscription and who had the best army?

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It was a military draft that was used to build up the army and Russia had the best army

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Describe alliance system

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Alliances secured a nation’s security and came to their allies’ aid

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What was the powder keg of Europe?

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The Balkan peninsula

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What country does Austria hungry want in the beginning of the war?

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Serbia

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What was the spark the ignited the war

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The assassination of archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

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Blank check

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Unlimited support

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Who were the allied powers?

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Russia, Serbia, France, GB, later Italy, U.S., Japan

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Central powers

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Germany, AH, later turkey

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What does propaganda do and what are the three P’s?

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Influences opinion, misleads and exaggerates ideas and promote, persuade, publicize

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What are the two fronts in World War I

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Western and eastern

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What are the three countries in Western Europe that are on the Western front and what kind of fighting do they use?

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France, Germany, Belgium and they use trench warfare

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What was the war plan that Germany followed and describe it

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The Schlieffen plan, supposed to be a quick attack

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What are the three countries in Eastern Europe that are on the Eastern front and what kind of fighting do they use?

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Balkan area, edge of AH, Russia and Mobility

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Name some new modern warfare

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Airplanes, tanks, hand grenades, poisonous gas, machine guns

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Describe trenches

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They were hundreds of miles long, very elaborate, creative stalemates, People got trench foot and died from diseases

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Who was Eddie Rickenbacker

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The United States flying ace, he repeatedly thought the Red Baron who was really powerful

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What is a stalemate?

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When no land or anything is gained

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By mid–war, countries wanted to tip the scale’s. How did they do this?

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By adding reinforcements and allies

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What were the three reasons why The United States wanted to stay neutral

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We were far away, the war was not affecting our lives, the United States is trading with both sides

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Why did the United States join the war

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The Germans sunk the ship Lusitania and there were American civilians on board

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What was the name of the telegram that was sent from Germany to Mexico that included the proposal of a secret alliance

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The Zimmerman note

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There was war on the ____ front and the ____ front

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Battle and home

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How did women and children do their part in the war?

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Women had to work the men’s jobs and grow gardens while children had to clean their plates

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What is total war

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A war that affects everyone

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What did the government control during World War I

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The government took over the economy, controlled resources, wealth, and production.

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What special idea was invented during World War I so wartime production could be longer and people could make more goods?

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Daylight savings time

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What were some examples of food and supplies rationed during World War I

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Coal, gas, sugar, wheat

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Patriotism went down while _____ to war goes up

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Opposition

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How did the government manipulate the public opinion

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limited freedom and made laws that supported government and the war

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What did the law DORA do?

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Punishes people who speak out against the war

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Why was World War I the most devastating war

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The flu epidemic and new weapons

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How did the war impact the population and socially?

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Population: there are many casualties in the war in the flu epidemic killed many people
Social change: new rules for women rose and women get the right to vote

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What is Armistice Day

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Germany surrendered

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Who were the winners of the war

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Allied powers

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What was the Paris peace conference

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When the Allied nations met in Paris to make a peace plan

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Who was the big four

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Great Britain, France, Italy, United States

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What are the winners of World War I want for the losers

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Revenge and retribution

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The Paris peace conference was made up of many steps, but what was the very last step of the peace process

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The Treaty of Versailles

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What were the three parts to Germany’s treaty

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They had to pay $33 billion to the Allied powers, Germany lost territory, and Germany lost their military

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What was the War Guilt Clause?

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Gemini had to take all responsibility and guilt of the war

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the war started out being an ____ war and ended as an ____ war

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Imperialist and ideaological

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What were the two main points and Wilson’s speech

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Self-determination and the creation of the league of Nations

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What is self-determination

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Countries choose what they want to do

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What did the league of Nations call for

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Lasting peace

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How did the war come to a close

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Russia back out and the US joins and one by one the Central Powers backed out

World History Semester II (6 decks)

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