World War I Test Study Flashcards

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Armistice

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Verterns Day

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Mobilization

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Preparing for the war

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3
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Belligerent

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Fighting sides

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Propaganda

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Information used to influence public opinion.

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U- Boats

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Submarines (Underwater Boats)

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Huns

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Germany

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Doughboys

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Americans

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8
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Tommie’s

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British

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Frogie’s

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French

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10
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Spanish Flu

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Influenza, killed many in the war

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Isolationism

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Nothing to do with Europeans affairs and remain neutral

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12
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Suicide Club

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The Airforce

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13
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No Man’s Land

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Between two countries trenches

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14
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Lusitania

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British Luxury Liner

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Franz Ferdinand

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Archduke of Austria- Hungary

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Czar Nicholas II

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Czar of Russia

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Manfred Von Richtofen

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“Red baron”

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Vladimir Lenin

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(Promised people) dictator of Russia who started Bolshevik Revolution.

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King George V

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King Of Great Britian

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Great War

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Bolshevik Revolution

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communist and movement revolutions

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Kaiser Wilhelm

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King of Germany

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Franz Joseph

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King of Austria- Hungary

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Arthur Zimmerman

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German Ambassador

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Eddie Rickenbacker
Top American Ace
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John Pershing
Gerneral of the US army
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The Four Causes and Describe how each contributed to the war?
Militarism- Created military build-up of forces & weapons. Alliance System- Created a world conflict. Imperialism- Created rival ties between empires. Nationalism- created a desire for self.
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What was known as the "powder keg of Europe"?
The Belkin Peninsula
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Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Archduke of Austria- Hungary
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What was the "Black Hand"?
A Serbian Terrorist Group
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Who was Gavrilo Princep?
The assassin who killed the Archduke and his wife.
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Describe what Pan-Slavism was?
A national movement which was created to bring independence to the region
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Describe how the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary created a world war?
Austria declares war over Serbia then the alliance system kicks in and drags Austria and Serbia. Then they begin to side.
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What was the original purpose of the Alliance system?
To prevent wars
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Name five modern weapons and what impact they had?
- Machine Guns- mostly deadly -Zeppelins "blimps" -Poison Gas- Mustard Gas -Tanks- cross trenches -Artillery- launch exploding shells .
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Name the three purposes of the propagandas used in WWI
1. Recruitment of men 2. promote patriotism 3. make enemy look evil
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The Western front extended from where to where? The Eastern front extended from where to where?
1. Western front extended from the North Sea. 2. The Eastern front extended from the Baltic Sea
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What were the three main reasons the USA entered the war in 1917?
1. Sinking of Lusitania 2. Unrestricted submarine warfare 3.Zimmerman telegram
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Describe why Russia eventually pulls out of the war in 1917?
Communist took over and pulled Russia out as they promised after the Russian revolution.
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Why were the Allied Powers so concerned when Russia pulled out of the war?
Russia was the only allied power to be fighting at the eastern front.
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What were the American Impacts on the war?
1. Boosted moral of allied powers 2. Fresh manpower 3. Supplied and equipment
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What does "Bloody Stalemete"mean?
No one was winning the war
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Name the Big Four countries and their Leaders?
1. Great Britian- David Lloyd George 2. France- Georges Cleameance 3. USA- Woodrow Wilson 4 Italy- Vittono Orlanda
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What was the purpose of the five points in the peace plan?
To prevent future wars
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What is "self-determination"?
Nations should have the right to govern themselves.
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What was the League of Nations and its goal?
International peacekeeping organizations and the goal was to prevent any future wars.
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Name the three nations of the Central Powers and the Allied Powers? & which USA joined
Central- Germany, Austria, and Ottoman Turks Allied- Russia, France, and Great Britian (USA)
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List the four results of World War I:
- Death Toll -Bolshevik -USA becomes a world power -Four major empires collapse
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What event marked the "turning point" in the war?
The United States joining the war on the Allied power sides.