vocab and dem Flashcards
What were the primary causes of World War I?
Militarism Alliances Imperialism and Nationalism
What was the “spark” that led to the start of World War I?
The asasination of Archduke ferdinand
What were the names of the two groups fighting in World War I? What nation were members of each?
Allied powers and Central powers. The Allied Powers included France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States , while the Central Powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
What about World War I made it a “total war”?
Mobilization, total control and non compromising
How did imperialism influence the development of World War I?
By creating intense competition between European powers for colonies and resources, leading to heightened tensions
How did the Industrial Revolution influence the development of World War I?
By enabling mass production of weapons and military equipment
What happened in Russia in 1917? What style of government existed prior and what were the steps that led to the creation of the Soviet Union?
The Russian Revolution. Before the revolution, Russia was ruled by an absolute monarchy
How are communism and capitalism different?
Capitalism often sees war as an opportunity for economic gain through military contracts, while communism generally views war as a threat to the collective good and aims to avoid it through diplomacy or resistance to imperialism.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
It forced Germany to accept full blame for the war, pay large reparations, cede territory to other nations which led to Germany going into debt, losing lots of their strong military and being flushed.
How were other, more local conflicts (like the Armenian Genocide) impacted by and impacted World War I?
Inflation happened, lots of territory was destroyed and not to mention, PTSD for the soldiers and even families that lost soldiers at war.
What were millets and how did they fit in the Ottoman Empire?
Millets were a self-governing religious community, where non-Muslim minorities like Christians and Jews who were allowed to manage their own internal affairs, including legal matters, under their religious leaders, while still acknowledging the overall authority of the Ottoman government
How did the Middle East fare after World War I?
Widespread economic disruption, social unrest, and political turmoil occured.
What is the Arab-Israeli conflict and how did WWI contribute to this conflict?
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and territorial conflict between Arabs and Jews, primarily over the land of historic Palestine.
