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What are the four M.A.I.N. causes of World War I?

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Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, and Nationalism

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What is militarism?

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Countries’ focus on having giant, powerful militaries

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How did the fighting in WWI differ from previous wars in Europe?

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Militaries are MUCH larger
Weapons were far more advanced due to industrialization
Civilians were targeted (total war)

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What were the complex web of alliances in Europe supposed to stop?

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European wars that had been happening every few years

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Which countries were in the Triple Alliance/Central Powers?

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Germany and Austria-Hungary

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Which countries were in the Triple Entente/Allied Powers?

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France, Russia, England, US

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How did imperialism contribute to the start of WWI?

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Germany wanted to get colonies, and England and France wanted to keep theirs. The winner would get control of all of them

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Which country had recently formed, and upset the balance of European power?

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Germany

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What is nationalism?

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Intense pride in your country

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How did nationalism contribute to the start of WWI? (two ways)

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Made countries feel superior and were sure they would win a war
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in an attempt to free Bosnia from Austria-Hungary

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What was the name of the terrorist organization that killed Franz Ferdinand?

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The Black Hand

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Why did Gavrilo Princip assassinate Ferdinand?

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He was trying to free Bosnia from Austria-Hungary, and thought they would join with his native Serbia

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How did Austria-Hungary respond to the killing of their prince?

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They threatened Serbia, and then invaded them

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Which were the first two countries to go to war?

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Austria-Hungary and Serbia

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When does WWI officially start?

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July 28, 1914

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Describe the basic plan for the Schlieffen Plan?

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Germany would focus on beating France first, and then focus on Russia afterwards

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What is the goal of the plan?

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For Germany to avoid a 2-front war

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18
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Why did England join the war?

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Because Germany had invaded Belgium, who was a neutral country

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How close did the Germans come to winning the war in the first month of the war?

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30 miles

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How many miles of trenches were dug in WWI, and where were they?

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25,000 miles, ran along the French border from Switzerland to the English Channel

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Which front is known for its extensive system of trenches?

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The Western Front

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22
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Were the new weapons of war more defensive or offensive?

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Defensive

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Why were machine guns important?

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They were so good at defending, they forced soldiers to dig trenches to keep from getting shot.
THIS IS WHAT CREATED STALEMATE AND TRENCH WARFARE

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What is artillery?

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Large caliber, long range gun. Similar to cannons, but much more advanced

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What was the purpose of artillery?

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To destroy trenches and kill the people in them

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What was the original purpose for tanks?

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To transport troops across no man’s land without getting shot

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What problems did the first generation of tanks had that stopped them from being effective in WWI?

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Lacked guns, armor and speed

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What was the purpose of airplanes originally in the war?

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To gather information about the enemy (reconnaissance)

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What is a zeppelin, and what was it used for?

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A hydrogen filled blimp that was used to bomb London and for reconnaissance

30
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What city saw the first use of poison gas?

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Ypres, Belgium

31
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How does chlorine gas work?

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Creates hydrochloric acid when it contacts any moisture, such as in the eyes, mouth and lungs

32
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Which gas killed the most people in the war?

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Phosgene

33
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How did Mustard Gas work?

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Creates large blisters when it contacts any moist skin

34
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What are U-Boats?

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German submarines

35
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What did Germany use submarines for?

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Sinking supply ships

36
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What are ways that you could be killed in a trench? (5)

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Sniper fire, machine guns, artillery attacks, cave-ins, poison gas, disease, shell shock

37
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Where were the trenches?

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Western Front

38
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What is no man’s land?

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The land between the trenches

39
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What is Trench foot?

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A disease that happens when feet are too moist and get infected and rot

40
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Who fought on the Western Front?

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France, England, the US vs. Germany

41
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Who fought on the Eastern Front?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary vs. Russia

42
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Why did the Russians make such big gains originally?

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The Russians arrived earlier than the Germans expected, and caught the Germans by surprise. The German army was still in France when Russia invaded

43
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Who pushed the Russians to enter before they were ready? Why?

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England and France, because they needed Russia to put Germany into a 2-front war

44
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What was the biggest problem with the Russian war effort?

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They were constantly undersupplied

45
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What reasons were there for the Russian soldiers to be undersupplied?

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Russia hadn’t industrialized, and they weren’t able to have the allies ship them goods and weapons

46
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What was Russia’s main contribution to World War I, strategically?

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They were a distraction to Germany and forced them into a 2-front war

47
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Why did Russian’s revolt halfway into the war?

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Because Russia was doing so badly in the war

48
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What did the new Russian government have to do in order to quit the war?

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Give Germany land

49
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How did unrestricted submarine warfare help to draw the US into the war?

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Germans changed from targeting supply ships, to targeting passenger ships and trying to kill civilians, which turned Americans against them

50
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How did our loan amounts to Germany and the Allies help to draw the US into the war?

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We loaned a lot more money to the Allies, that if they didn’t win and those banks would lose out on all that money

51
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What was the Zimmerman Telegraph?

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A letter to Mexico, from Germany, trying to get them to attack us as a distraction. It was the final straw and it is what got us official to join the war

52
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What year did the US enter the war?

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1917

53
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What happened to the Germans when the Americans entered the war?

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The Germans lose quickly

54
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When did the war officially end?

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11:00, November 11, 1918

55
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How many troops died overall? Which side had more killed?

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8.5 million, the Allies

56
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Besides the death rate, what are two other effects of WWI?

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Spanish Flu, Europe was mostly destroyed, European governments were broke, the end of all the old monarchies of Europe

57
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What treaty brought the war to a close?

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Treaty of Versailles

58
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How did the European countries want to treat the Germans after the war?

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They wanted to destroy and punish Germany so they wouldn’t ever be a threat to peace again

59
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How did Woodrow Wilson want to treat the Germans after the war ?

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He wanted to treat them fairly

60
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What happened to Germany’s colonies?

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They were taken by the Allies

61
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What happened to the German military?

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It was reduced to 100,000 troops with no air force, navy or tanks

62
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What was the War Guilt Clause and why was it so important?

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It made Germany admit they were fully responsible for WWI, and therefore had to pay to fix everything

63
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How much was the German government supposed to repay after the war?

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$64 Billion

64
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What were three major problems with the League of Nations?

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Needed a unanimous decision to do anything, Russia and Germany weren’t allowed in, and the United States didn’t join

65
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Why did the US vote against joining the League of Nations?

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We didn’t want to be in another alliance because we were becoming very isolationist again

66
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Why did the League of Nations collapse without the support of the US?

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It had no money or military

67
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Franz Ferdinand

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Archduke

68
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Gavrilo Princip

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Man who assassinated Ferdinand

69
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George Clemenceau

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Big four, France

70
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Vittorio Orlando

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Big Four, Italy

71
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Woodrow Wilson

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Big four, US

72
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David Lloyd George

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Big Four, England

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