WW1 and Interwar period

Question 1

What were three reasons for the cause of World War 1?

Answer 1

1. Nationalism
2. Imperialism
3. Militarism

Question 2

What was Germany considered?

Answer 2

A central power

Question 3

What is an alliance?

Answer 3

An agreement to aide each other if attacked

Question 4

What countries make up the Triple Entente?

Answer 4

Russia / France / Britain

Question 5

What is the term for new military technologies and the glorification of war?

Answer 5

Militarism

Question 6

What were Norway, Spain and Sweden considered?

Answer 6

Neutral states

Question 7

What specific problem did the Balkan states face?

Answer 7

Ethnic nationalism

Question 8

What was the IMMEDIATE cause and initiation of WW1?

Answer 8

The assassination of Austria’s Franz Ferdinand

Question 9

What battle resulted in 1 million casualties?

Answer 9

The Somme

Question 10

Who led the communist Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution?

Answer 10

Vladimir Lenin

Question 11

Why didn’t America join the war - Initially?

Answer 11

Isolationist

Question 12

Who declared “unrestricted submarine warfare” in 1915?

Answer 12

Germany

Question 13

Who sent the Zimmerman Telegraph and what did it say?

Answer 13

Sent by Germany - proposed an alliance with Mexico against the United States

Question 14

Why did the US Congress officially declare war?

Answer 14

In order to save world democracy

Question 15

What was Woodrow Wilson’s Plan for long lasting peace?

Answer 15

14 Points

Question 16

What nation was forced to accept responsibility for the war by the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 16

Germany

Question 17

What is the nickname for Europe’s battlefields?

Answer 17

No Man’s Land

Question 18

What nation became an independent nation after WW1?`

Answer 18

Czechoslovakia

Question 19

What was a main goal of Wartime propaganda?

Answer 19

Recruiting soldiers

Question 20

What did England want in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 20

Reparation payments from Germany

Question 21

What were the Big 4 countries?

Answer 21

United States
France
England
Italy

Question 22

What was created as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 22

The League of Nations

Question 23

During the Russian Revolution, what was the proletariat made up of?

Answer 23

Lower class industrial workers

Question 24

What is the term for Russia’s middle class during the revolution?

Answer 24

Bourgeoisie

Question 25

What is the term for the absolute unlimited power by a ruler and control over every phase of life?

Answer 25

Totalitariansim

Question 26

Be able to identify the family of Czar Nicholas

Answer 26

Use your notes

Question 27

Who named Russia the “Soviet Union” after the fall of the imperialist family?

Answer 27

Vladimir Lenin

Question 28

Who ran the Russian government while Nicholas was at the Eastern Front for the war?

Answer 28

Czarina Alexandra

Question 29

Who started Russia’s Bloody Sunday Revolution?

Answer 29

Discontented urban workers and poor peasants

Question 30

What didn’t pre-revolutionary Russia have?

Answer 30

No representative political institutions for the people

Question 31

Be able to identify a communist cartoon

Answer 31

use your notes

Question 32

Who was the first President of the Republic of China?

Answer 32

Sun Yat-Sen

Question 33

Who overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911?

Answer 33

Nationalists

Question 34

What did NOT increase despite Stalin’s collectivization program?

Answer 34

Production

Question 35

Who did the peasants support during China’s civil war?

Answer 35

The communists

Question 36

Who led the movement for Turkish independence and became the “Father of the Turks”?

Answer 36

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk