UNIT 6: WW1 + after

Question 1

capitalism

Answer 1

an economic system in which the individual is free to manage their wealth and resources

Question 2

fascism

Answer 2

a government that has a strong military, a dictator, and demands loyalty to the state

Question 3

nationalism

Answer 3

the strong division or loyalty to a group of people based on culture, history, etc.

Question 4

communism

Answer 4

a system in which the group makes all decisions together, such as distribution of resources

Question 5

conservatism

Answer 5

a belief that traditional modes (monarchy, aristocracy) are the best, doesn’t like a lot of change

Question 6

socialism

Answer 6

an economic system in which the government controls resources, work, and distribution of wealth

Question 7

militarism

Answer 7

a system in wich a nations fighting forces are considered the most important function of the state

Question 8

social darwinism

Answer 8

a belief that some humans are best suited to rule due to their biological superiority

Question 9

Triple Alliance

Answer 9

Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary

Question 10

Triple Entente

Answer 10

Russia, France and Great Britain (Belgium and Japan)

Question 11

MAIN causes

Answer 11

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism

Question 12

shell shock

Answer 12

ptsd

Question 13

Archduke Ferdinand

Answer 13

Heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, assassinated by the black hand (Serbian nationalists) which sparked WW1

Question 14

Black Hand

Answer 14

Serbian nationalists

Question 15

Why did the Black Hand assassinate Archduke Ferdinand?

Answer 15

As the hier he was seen to be a threat to Serbian independence.

Question 16

blank check

Answer 16

A German promis of unconditional support for whatever action Austria-Hungary might take to punish Serbia.

Question 17

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 17

Germanys plan to invade Belgium in order to attack and defeat France quickly then turn its forces to Russia.

Question 18

Armenian Genocide

Answer 18

The systematic killing and “deportation” of Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire to eliminate the possibility of Armenians taking independence and land from the Empire.

Question 19

Battle of Gallipoli (1915-16)

Answer 19

Allied troops on Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Turkey to take Constantinople and kick the Turks out of the war.

Question 20

Battle of Tannenberg (1914)

Answer 20

Germany beat Russian army

Question 21

Battle of Verdun (1916)

Answer 21

10-month battle yieds 700,000 deaths with little difference in territory

Question 22

stalemate

Answer 22

neither German or France could get each other out of the trenches

Question 23

When does the US enter the war?

Answer 23

1917

Question 24

Treaty of Brest

Answer 24

Russia gives up Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and Baltic provinces

Question 25

armistice

Answer 25

truce between opposing sides

Question 26

Woodrow Wilsons 14 points

Answer 26

League of Nations

Question 27

David Lloyd George

Answer 27

Prime Minister of Great Britian

Question 28

George Clemenceau

Answer 28

Frech leader during the war

Question 29

League of Nations

Answer 29

Peace organization to prevent future wars

Question 30

Germanys punishment

Answer 30

accept blame for starting WW1, demilitarize, give up imperialized territory, and pay $33 billion in reparations

Question 31

Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)

Answer 31

Arab revolt against Ottomans

Question 32

Zionism

Answer 32

Jews have been f-ed over for years

Question 33

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 33

27 Allies nations meet to finalize peace treaties

Question 34

When workers led by radical priest marched to the czars winter palace to make demands and killed and wounded hundreds of people in the process

Answer 34

Bloody Sunday

Question 35

Led by Vladimir Lenin, this group worked to abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war.

Answer 35

Bolshevik Revolution

Question 36

Soviet labor camps

Answer 36

gulags

Question 37

emergency government authority

Answer 37

provisional government

Question 38

The army garrison at Petrograd joined striking workers demanding socialist reforms and he was forced to give up power.

Answer 38

Czar Nicholas II

Question 39

This man was illiterate and a self proclaimed holy man that struck the liking of the Czarina Alexandra through his “ability” to cure her son of hemophilia.

Answer 39

Grigori Rasputin

Question 40

Premier of the Soviet Union that promoted Marxism/Leninism through the communist international and supported European anti-fascist movements as well as signing a regime with Nazi Germany which resulted in the Soviet invasion of Poland

Answer 40

Josef Stalin

Question 41

Head of the Red army as a people’s representative and naval affairs. He played a vital role in the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War.

Answer 41

Leon Trotsky

Question 42

USSR

Answer 42

Soviet Union