WW1 + RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question 1

Arms Race

Answer 1

Military competition (contest) between countries

Question 2

Militarism

Answer 2

The glorification war and build-up of arms and their use in relation to other
countries

Question 3

Alliance

Answer 3

A mutual agreement between two countries in which they promise to protect each
other during war; a pact; a coalition

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

pride and devotion to one’s country and or culture

Question 5

Imperialism-

Answer 5

When a strong country dominates a weak country: the social, political and
economic domination of one country over another

Question 6

Trench Warfare

Answer 6

Type of battle in which troops dig ditches and fight from them

Question 7

Franz Ferdinand

Answer 7

Name of the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne who was assassinated by a
Serbian nationalist

Question 8

Allied Powers or Triple Entente

Answer 8

France, Britain and Russia

Question 9

Central Powers

Answer 9

Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy

Question 10

The Black Hand

Answer 10

Radical nationalist group that called for Bosnian/ Serbian independence from
Austria Hungary

Question 11

The Balkans

Answer 11

“The powder keg of Europe” area in Europe where tensions were high due to calls
for independence; immediate cause of WWI

Question 12

Pacifism

Answer 12

Opposition to war promotion of peace over conflict

Question 13

Propaganda

Answer 13

The spreading of ideas to promote a certain cause or to damage an opposing cause

Question 14

Total War

Answer 14

When all of a nations resources are dedicated to the war effort, both the civilians
and the military populations mobilize to defeat the enemy.

Question 15

Self-determination

Answer 15

home rule; the idea that the people of the same
ethnicity, language, culture and political ideas should be united and should
have the right to form their own independent nation state

Question 16

Terrorism

Answer 16

use of violence to create fear for political reasons

Question 17

The Western front

Answer 17

term used to describe the PLACE where trenches were created by the allies
and central powers to fight.

Question 18

Stalemate

Answer 18

a tie; when neither side in a war could advance

Question 19

Non-alignment / Neutral

Answer 19

to not take a side in a conflict, to isolate oneself from world events

Question 20

The Treaty of Versailles

Answer 20

One sided agreement that ended WWI; it blamed Germany
and broke up Austria Hungary.

Question 21

The Zimmerman Note

Answer 21

Telegram sent to Mexico urging them to attack the United States

Question 22

The Lusitania

Answer 22

Ship that was sunk, by German submarines, containing civilians

Question 23

Pan Slavism

Answer 23

Movement to unite all Slavic peoples

Question 24

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 24

Leader of the Bolsheviks; leader of communist revolution in Russia 1917

Question 25

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Answer 25

German policy of attacking any vessel regardless of whether
whether they are affiliated with a country's military or not.