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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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Tommie’s

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British

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Frogie’s

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French

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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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20
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Great War

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WWI

21
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Bolshevik Revolution

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communist and movement revolutions

22
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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

24
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Arthur Zimmerman

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German Ambassador

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Eddie Rickenbacker

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Top American Ace

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John Pershing

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Gerneral of the US army

27
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The Four Causes and Describe how each contributed to the war?

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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”?

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The Belkin Peninsula

29
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Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

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Archduke of Austria- Hungary

30
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What was the “Black Hand”?

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A Serbian Terrorist Group

31
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Who was Gavrilo Princep?

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The assassin who killed the Archduke and his wife.

32
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Describe what Pan-Slavism was?

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A national movement which was created to bring independence to the region

33
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Describe how the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary created a world war?

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Austria declares war over Serbia then the alliance system kicks in and drags Austria and Serbia. Then they begin to side.

34
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What was the original purpose of the Alliance system?

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To prevent wars

35
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Name five modern weapons and what impact they had?

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  • Machine Guns- mostly deadly
    -Zeppelins “blimps”
    -Poison Gas- Mustard Gas
    -Tanks- cross trenches
    -Artillery- launch exploding shells .
36
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Name the three purposes of the propagandas used in WWI

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  1. Recruitment of men
  2. promote patriotism
  3. make enemy look evil
37
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The Western front extended from where to where? The Eastern front extended from where to where?

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  1. Western front extended from the North Sea.
  2. The Eastern front extended from the Baltic Sea
38
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What were the three main reasons the USA entered the war in 1917?

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  1. Sinking of Lusitania
  2. Unrestricted submarine warfare
    3.Zimmerman telegram
39
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Describe why Russia eventually pulls out of the war in 1917?

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Communist took over and pulled Russia out as they promised after the Russian revolution.

40
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Why were the Allied Powers so concerned when Russia pulled out of the war?

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Russia was the only allied power to be fighting at the eastern front.

41
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What were the American Impacts on the war?

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  1. Boosted moral of allied powers
  2. Fresh manpower
  3. Supplied and equipment
42
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What does “Bloody Stalemete”mean?

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No one was winning the war

43
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Name the Big Four countries and their Leaders?

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  1. Great Britian- David Lloyd George
  2. France- Georges Cleameance
  3. USA- Woodrow Wilson
    4 Italy- Vittono Orlanda
44
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What was the purpose of the five points in the peace plan?

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To prevent future wars

45
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What is “self-determination”?

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Nations should have the right to govern themselves.

46
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What was the League of Nations and its goal?

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International peacekeeping organizations and the goal was to prevent any future wars.

47
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Name the three nations of the Central Powers and the Allied Powers? & which USA joined

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Central- Germany, Austria, and Ottoman Turks
Allied- Russia, France, and Great Britian (USA)

48
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List the four results of World War I:

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  • Death Toll
    -Bolshevik
    -USA becomes a world power
    -Four major empires collapse
49
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What event marked the “turning point” in the war?

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The United States joining the war on the Allied power sides.

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