World War 1

Question 1

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Answer 1

Militarialism: belief of desire of a country having a strong military that is used to defend or promote national interests
Alliances: relationships among people/groups/states that have joined for mutual benefit or to achieve a common purpose
Imperialism: policy of extending a country’s power or influence through diplomacy or military force
Nationalism: feeling of loyalty and proudness of a country often with a belief that the country is superior to others

Question 2

Pan-Slavism

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Question 3

Alsace-Lorraine

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Area of land lost by France to Germany during the Franco-Prussian war, which they were still upset about by the time of WWI

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Reasons for war

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increasing rivalry among European nations
Competition for materials and markets
Territorial disputes
Nationalism and growing want for independence by different ethnic groups

Question 5

Triple Alliance

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Alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy
Bismarck saw France as the greatest threat to peace. He believed that France still wanted revenge for its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Bismarck’s first goal, therefore, was to isolate France
Also signed a treaty with Russia as a way to take an ally away from them

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Triple Entente

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France, Russia, Britain formed when Germany started to build a navy rivaling Britain’s

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Balkans

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mountainous peninsula in the southeastern corner of Europe was home to an assortment of ethnic groups

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Serbia

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Had a large Slavic population and wanted to connect all Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula. Russia supported Serbian nationalism, but Austria-Hungary did not and thought efforts to create a Slavic nation would cause rebellions within their country. Austria took over Bosnia and Herzegovina, two large Balkan states, creating tensions between a Serbians and Austria

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Franz Ferdinand

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Question 10

Mobilization

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Moving troops

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Central powers

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Germany
Austria Hungary
Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire

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Stalemate

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Long fighting without a clear winner

Question 13

Western front

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Region of northern France where many battles took place

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Schlieffen plan

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Germany’s plan of war, quickly defeating France and then defeating Russia

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Trench warfare

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Armies fighting from trenches dug in the ground

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No-mans land

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The space between the opposing trenches

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War of attiration

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Slowly wearing the enemy down

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Casualties

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Death and injuries from the war

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Modern weapons

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Poison gas
Machine gas
Tank
Submarine

Question 20

World war 1 around the globe

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War took place in the Dardanelles, Gallipoli

Question 21

Armenian genocide

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Mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

Question 22

Battle of Gallipoli

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British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops made repeated assaults on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the western side of the Dardanelles strait. Turkish troops, some commanded by German officers, vigorously defended the region. Gallipoli had turned into another bloody stalemate, and eventually, allies gave up.

Question 23

Colonial support

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Colonies fought in battle, worked to supply and hoped that participation would give them independence

Question 24

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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Germans announced that they would sink any ship without warning

Question 25

Why did the U.S. enter the war?

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Germany sunk the British passenger ship the Lusitania, where Americans were killed, the Zimmerman telegram, which stated Germany would help Mexico regain territory from the U.S. of they became allies, and because of Americas belief in democracy, which lined up with beliefs of the allies

Question 26

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

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Treaty between Germany and Russia, stating that the war between them was over. Russia exited the war early because of shortages and civil unrest in the country

Question 27

Armistice

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Agreement to stop fighting
One was signed between Germany and France as the central powers began to crumble and the people turned against the Kaiser. The war ended after the signing

Question 28

Censorship

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Blocking/regulating information from people

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Propaganda

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Information, usually biased, as a way to publicize or promote a cause

Question 30

Enlistment of soldiers

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Question 31

Contributions of women

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Women worked as nurses, censored letters, worked in factories, shops etc, supplied troops

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Self-determination

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Freedom of people to decide what government to live under

Question 33

War guilt clause

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The punishing of Germany by taking away their land and having them pay lots of money for reparations

Question 34

Fourteen Points

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Wilsons plan achieving peace for after the war, the goal behind them all was self determination

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Treaty of Versailles

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Peace treaty between allies and Germany

Question 36

Middle East mandates

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Europe assigned mandates for different middle eastern counties