chapter 29 Flashcards
One of the major causes of WW I.
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism
One of the major causes of WW I.
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism
One of the major causes of WW I.
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism
One of the major causes of WW I was the complicated ______ system that Europe was entangled in during the 1800s.
Alliances
He unified Germany in the 1870s.
Bismarck
This was the title for the King of Germany.
Kaiser
The Triple ______ was Britain, France, and Russia.
Entente
Which country abandoned its alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary and joined the Allies in World War I.
Italy
The _____ was called the “Powder keg of Europe.”
Balkans
This is the state in which the Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated.
Bosnia
This was a major battle of WW I in 1916.
Verdun
The _____ Front was characterized by endless trenches and no clear victories.
Western
The Schlieffen Plan called for Germany to defeat ____ before attacking the Russians.
France
This type of warfare was experienced on the Western Front.
Trench
This German naval weapon was employed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Uboat
This battle was a six-month long bloodbath in Belgium in the summer of 1916.
Somme
_____ defended an assault on Gallipoli in 1915.
Turkey
Many _____ soldiers supported the British efforts to secure Africa during WW I.
Indian
The sinking of the _____ was one of many outrages that led to US involvement in WW I.
Lusitania
_____ was US president during WW I.
Wilson
The Zimmermann Note was intended to entice _____ into a war with the US.
Mexico
So many goods were in short supply that governments turned to _____ during WW I.
Rationing
Many _____ helped in hospitals and on the home front building war materials during WW I.
Women
He led Russia to pull out of the fighting of WW I and later into a revolution.
Lenin
The _____ was on November 11, 1918 at exactly 11 am.
Armistice
Georges Clemenceau was the leader of this Allied nation at Versailles peace conference.
France
Wilson hoped the treaty would include his ____ points, however it did not.
Fourteen
The _____ treaty ended World War I.
Versailles
The _____ of Nations was established to keep the peace following WW I. It failed.
League
Which country was supposed to accept War Guilt with Article 231 of the Versailles Peace Treaty.
Germany
Which country refused to sign the Versailles Peace Treaty.
United states
Which portion of Europe had the most dramatic boundary changes following WW I?
Eastern
