ww1 ww2 and cold war

Question 1

What are the years of WWI

Answer 1

1914-1918

Question 2

What are the balkan wars

Answer 2

1912-1913- conflicts signalize start of WWI - elimanted ottoman empire

Question 3

what are the central powers

Answer 3

triple alliances: germany (kaiser wilhelm II), austria-hungary (Franz, Josef I), Ottoman Empire

Question 4

what is the schlieffen plan

Answer 4

german plan to attack france first then knock them out so they could attack russia - failed - marched though belgium first - britain comes to aid belgium and declares war on germany

Question 5

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 5

He was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne that was killed by Serbian nationalists which is why the Austro-Hungarians think Serbian Slavs and Slavics are a threat

Question 6

what is the western front

Answer 6

soldiers expressed distaste for the war and it was all lies and culture of a thousand years couldn’t prepare for the bloodshed

Question 7

what is trench warfare

Answer 7

took place during WWI - dug up trenches to fight on the battle field

Question 8

stalemate

Answer 8

situation which no progress can be made/no advancements - nothing happens - stale bread(nothing)

Question 9

what is the “no man’s land”

Answer 9

no one goes there - between the trenches

Question 10

what is total war

Answer 10

war that requires each country involved to mobilize its entire population in the effort to defeat the enemy

Question 11

who is woodrow wilson

Answer 11

American President who had the idea of the league of nations

Question 12

what is lusitania

Answer 12

germans sunk this ship - began US involvement in WWI 1917

Question 13

what is the flu pandemic of 1918

Answer 13

The microscopic killer circled entire globe in four months, claiming the lives of more than 21 million people

Question 14

what are the fourteen points

Answer 14

made by woodrow wilson it heraled new kinds of international life based on moral principles

Question 15

what is the treaty of versailles

Answer 15

(1919)- formal conclusion of WW1
- terms of treaty: germany loses its colonial empire
- germany lost 15% of its european territory
- germany required to pay huge reparations
- restricted military
- germany required to accept responsibility for war

Question 16

what is the league of nations

Answer 16

international peace keeping organization committed to the principle of “collective security” - intent to avoid repetition of war

Question 17

what is the mandate system

Answer 17

ottoman empire separated as turkey, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Arabs emerge from Turkish rule and then was governed by the French or British

Question 18

what is the great war

Answer 18

WWI - european civil war with global reach - massive casualities, trench warfare, and mobilization of entire population

Question 19

what is the 1905 revolution

Answer 19

russian revolution - mass political/social unrest spread through vast areas of the russian empire - worker strikes, peaseant unrest, military mutines - led to constitutional reform including the establishment of the duma

Question 20

what is bloody sunday

Answer 20

Massacre of peaceful demonstraters in st petersburg by forces associated with Tsar nicholas II; led to decline of the ruling of the romanov dynasty = beginning of violence in this era

Question 21

what are dumas

Answer 21

1906-1917- legislative essembly - after made Nicholas didn’t want to take thier advice and did his own thing and didn’t want help

Question 22

what are bolsheviks

Answer 22

seized power in 1917 from Romanov dynasty - later called communist

Question 23

what is the march revolution

Answer 23

overthrew the imperial govt. when russian society exploded. Tsar nicholas II looses all support and ended the romaov dynasty. the provisional govt. came after being led by major political figures from many parties

Question 24

who is kerensky

Answer 24

established duma - later overthrown by the bolshivieks

Question 25

what is soviet

Answer 25

russian council composed of representatives from workers/soldiers - remains communist in a capitalist sea for the next 25 years

Question 26

what is the provisional government

Answer 26

led by major political figures from various parties - followed after Nickolas II lost almost all support and was forced to step down the throne

Question 27

who is V.I. Lenin

Answer 27

leader of Russian (USSR) Bolsheviks when they seized power in 1917

Question 28

what is proletariat

Answer 28

the class of wage workers who were engaged in industrial produccion and whose chief source of income was derived from the sale of their labor power - opposite of aristocracy and upper classes who live off of inherited money or property, including inherited businesses (think poor)

Question 29

what is the november revolution

Answer 29

bolshiveks seized power in russia capital and gained power - led to founding of soviet union

Question 30

what is “peace land and bread”

Answer 30

lenin gained support of russian peasants/factory workers by promising them peace, land, and bread - preached ideas of karl marx’s communism - lenin slogan gave proletariat (poor) hope for a better future under communism

Question 31

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 31

peace treaty signed with germany- ends Russia’s involvement in wwi

Question 32

what is reds vs. white

Answer 32

civil war- breaks out - red=bad/communist - white=good/noncommunist

Question 33

what is romanov

Answer 33

dynasty that lasted more than 3 centuries in Russia - was overthrown by communist/Lenin

Question 34

who is Tsar Nicholas II

Answer 34

Head of Romanov dynasty/Russia - got overthrown when he lost support of almost all people

Question 35

what is the lost generation

Answer 35

group of american writers that shared their sorrows and questioned the world they lived in

Question 36

who is gertrude stein

Answer 36

an american writer of novels, poetry, plays (one of americas most important feminist icons)

Question 37

What is the great depression and its effects on the government

Answer 37

began with an ebrupt crash - 1929 of the stock market; capitalist economies grew weak during depression while the communist economies thrived

Question 38

What is the crash of 1929

Answer 38

stock market crash in october 1929 that started the great depression and lasted for ten years

Question 39

who is Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 39

U.S president who made the New Deal - worked closely with other national leaders in leading allies against axis powers

Question 40

What is the new deal

Answer 40

president FDR’s plan to counter the great depression;made it super easy to get a job- programs of public spending

Question 41

who is lenin between the wars

Answer 41

dies in 1924. russian revolutionary and political leader who played a key role in bolshevik revolution of 1917. he became the first head of the soviet union and is known for implementing and developing marxist theory into practical policies

Question 42

who is Trotsky

Answer 42

central figure in 1905 revolution, october revolution russian civil war, and the establishment of the soviet union

Question 43

who is joseph stalin

Answer 43

Tasked with constructing socialist society; soviet leader by 1920 - used position as secretary to fill posts with his supporters - forced all his opponents out of power(trotsky) - estbalishes totalitarian state - five year plan

Question 44

who are the bolsheviks

Answer 44

lenin was the leader- seized power in 1917 from Romanov dynasty - later called communist