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The idea to join the Slavic states

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Pan-slavism

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2
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Who was the prime minister of France?

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Georges Clemenceau

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3
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Who killed France duke Ferdinand?

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Gavrilo Princip

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4
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When did germany declared war on Russia?

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August 1 1914

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5
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Germany full support was called what?

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A blank check

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6
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What supposed to prevent a two front war?

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Schlieffen Plan

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7
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The land trenches was known as what?

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No mans land

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8
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Two types of gas use?

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Mustard and chlorine

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What battle wanted to control the water routes between the Mediterranean and Black Sea

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Battle of Gallipoli

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10
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When did the Lusitania sink?

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May 7 1915

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11
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What did Rasputin “treat” in the son?

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Hemophilia

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12
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What did Nicholas II promise to make but then disregarded it?

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Duma

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13
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Lenin’s first name

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Vladimir

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14
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What were first used for investigation in WWI?

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Planes

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15
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What battle that was mostly based on attrition?

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Verdun

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16
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When was the treaty of Brest-Litvosk

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May 3 1918

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17
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Where were the white from?

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Siberia

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18
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What did the Russian revolution promise to do to the peasants?

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Redistribute land

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19
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Who ordered the killing of Leon Trotsky?

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Joseph Stalin

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20
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When was the armistice signed?

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November 11 1918

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21
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Who was the first president in Germany and was social democratic leader

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Friedrich Ebert

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22
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Which point of the 14 points were the only one that was passed?

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The League of Nations

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23
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The war guilt clause was which number?

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231

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24
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Italy man in the peace conference

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Vittorio Orlando

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25
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Great Britain was known for their what?

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Navy

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26
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United Slavic nation

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Yugoslavia

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27
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Who had the nickname or tiger?

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Georges clemenceau

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28
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What lands did Germany have to give up?

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Alsace and Lorraine

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29
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When was the arch duke killed?

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June 28 1913

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30
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Who was nicknamed the powder keg

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The Balkans

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31
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GB prime minister?

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David Lloyd

32
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What battle did the British defeat the Germans with heavy artillery

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Somme

33
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Battle of passchendaele

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3rd battle of Ypres

34
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What happened November 6 1917

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The Bolsheviks seized the winter palace

35
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Which battle did the German general tell the kaiser that the war cannot go on

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The battle of the Marne

36
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What were used in the war, were difficult to move, and have a range of 25-30 meters

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Flame throwers

37
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What does MAIN stand for?

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Militarism- mass armies scared other countries
Alliances - Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance
Imperialism - expanding countries powers
Nationalism - Balkans wasted their own nationalistic states.

38
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The German expansion of what led to WWI

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Uboats

39
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When did Austria declare on Serbia

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July 28 1914

40
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When did Germany declare war on Russia

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August 1 1914

41
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When did France declare war on Germany

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August 3 1914

42
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What was militarism

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A policy of glorifying military power

Always prepared for war

43
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Who was the head of the new provisional government?

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Alexander kerensky

44
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What region in Europe was the center of many nationalistic revolutions

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The Balkans

45
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What’s was rasputins first name?

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Grigory

46
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Who’s death started the war

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Francis ferdinand

47
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Who declare war first ?

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Austria Hungary

48
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German leader who gave the Austrian Hungarians full support

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Emperor Willian II

49
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Who declared war on Russia?

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Germany

50
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What was special about the eastern front?

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It was marked by mobility

51
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Which war was fought on the Turkish Peninsula to get turkey out of the war?

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Gallipoli

52
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Who was the last czar or Russia?

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Nicholas II of the Romanov family

53
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The Bolsheviks were known for their what?

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Violent revolutions

54
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Petrograd soviets

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Victims of bread rioting

55
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When was the treaty of Brest litvosk signed?

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March 3 1918

56
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What did the treaty of breast litvosk give up?

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Ukraine, Finland, the Balkans, and Poland

57
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When was the Russian revolution

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March 8 1917

58
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Whites

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Couldn’t decided between the czarist regime and liberal and democratic ways

59
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Reds

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Communists well disciplined thanks to Leon Trotsky

60
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Why were the red and whites fighting?

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Whites
anti communist
red
Communist

61
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Who was the communist leader after Lenin

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Stalin

62
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Who were the big four?

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Italy, GB, France, USA

63
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What year did the U.S. Enter the war?

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1917

64
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Second battle of the Marne

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July 18 Germans were stopped by allied powers

65
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Who created a democratic republic in Germany?

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Friedrich Ebert

66
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What is an agreement to end fighting?

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Armistice

67
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Who and when was the armistice signed?

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The new German government November 11, 1918

68
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What did the communists try to do in Germany?

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They true to seize Berlin

69
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Who proposed the 14 points

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Woodrow Wilson

70
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Where did the big four meet at?

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The Paris peace conference

71
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What treaty ended WWI and when was it signed?

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The treaty of Versailles

June 28 1919

72
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Money payed by the defeated country

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Reparations

73
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What does BRAT stand for?

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Blame
Reparations
Armistice
Territories

74
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Self-determination

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People get to decide what government they want

14 points

75
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Who was the emperor of Germany

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William II

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