Unit 8: Quiz 1 Flashcards
War equipment and supplies
armament
A compulsory enrollment of men for military service; draft.
conscription
The development of forcing trade and exploration of raw materials of backward countries through political or military means.
imperialism
Devotion to one’s nation and to its political, social, and cultural interests and traditions.
nationalism
led Europe in military readiness
Prussia
highly trained and skilled officers
general staff
cause of war between Russia and Japan
Manchuria
members of the Triple Entente
England, Russia, France
Russia and England were alarmed over Kaiser Wilhelm’s proposal to construct a railroad to ____________ because it would interfere with ___________ trade with the Near East and India
- Constantinople
- English
members of the Triple Alliance.
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Germany and France both wanted to control
Alsace-Lorraine.
Russia and Austria disputed the future of
the Balkan States
The stalemate of _____ resulted in massive offenses by each side
1916
The sinking of the __________ by Germany, along with other similar incidents, brought the United States into World War I.
Lusitania
Germany’s hope to defeat the Allies in France before American troops arrived was aided by the withdrawal of which country from the war?
Russia
With the arrival of American troops, the Allied powers successfully halted the massive German drives at
Belleau Wood, Cantigny, and Chateau-Thierry
The party that governed Russia after the Russian Revolution, later renamed the Communist Party, was the ___________ Party.
Bolshevik
Allied victories which broke the German offensive of 1918 in France included
Chateau-Thierry, Cantigny, Belleau Wood, Argonne Forest
The German defeat included all of the following factors
the collapse allies, strong Allied offensive, the threat of a homeland invasion
The new types of war equipment used in World War I included all the following items
tanks, airplanes, balloon bombing, poison gas
