Government and Economy of Europe Flashcards
Why does world War I evolve? (List 4 reasons)
-Past Grievances -Intense Nationalism -Arms Race -Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
Rise of Nationalism: What is Nationalism? (2 things)
The belief held that all individuals within a country support their homeland to become one unified power. Nationalism weeds out ill supporters who consistently criticize the government. -Many countries will be fueled by this sense of nationalism, which will only pin powers up against each other.
Who are the two powers who fight against one another and what countries are they made up of?
-Triple Entente (Great Britian, France, Russia, & USA) -Central Powers (Germany, Austriaa-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria)
How the war evolves: Assassination of the Archduke 1.___________________________ (Austria-Hungary) by Gavrilo Princip (Bosnia) in Sarajevo. Next, Austria-Hungary declares war on 2.__________. Russia declares war on 3._____________________. Germany declares war on 4.___________. France declares war on 5._____________. Germany chooses to invade 6.___________ in order to cross into 7.____________. Great Britain declares war on 8.______________.
- Franz Ferdinand 2. Bosnia 3. Austria-Hungary 4. Russia 5. Germany 6. Belgium 7. France 8. Germany
How is the war fought? (List 4)
Trench warfare, Mustard gas, Submarine attacks, First airplanes involved.
Who wins the war?
Triple Entente
What happens to the European landscape?
Triple Entente makes the Central Powers pay war reparations (payments), but chooses to redistribute their land.
How does the Triple Entente redistribute Central Power landscape?
Germany-Sections of land are given to Poland and France. Austria-Hungary-Broken up into four new countries that include: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
Which nations declare independence from Russian rule? (list 4)
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
What happens to the central powers? (4 main things)
-Pay heavy war reparations -Deal with loss of land -Certain countries such as Germany deal with foreign rule for a period of time -Change from monarchies to democracies
What is going on during the 1920s-1930s in Europe? (3 things)
-1st-Economic Boom 2nd-Bust -Central powers becoming upset with World War I punishments -Nationalism reappearing in war torn countries
What happens by 1933 in Germany? (List 3)
-Attempting to rebound from a recession -Adolf Hitler comes to power with his party members -Hitler targets specific groups for Germany’s demise during World War II.
What was one of Hitler’s first attacks during war?
Blitzkrieg
Why dos World War II evolve?
-Germany annexed the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) and Austria (1938) -Hitler begins to target specific groups by choosing to remove them from Germany. -September 1, 1939-Hitler chooses to invade Poland (beginning the war)
What are the alliances that form in World War II?
-Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) -Triple Alliance (USA, Russia, Great Britian, & France)
