WWI Test Flashcards
What type of government system was adopted in China and Mexico after revolutions in the earl 1900s (before WWI)
Democratic gov’t
What years did the Great War take place?
1914-1918
How are the core beliefs and actions of Jose de San Martin and Sun Yat-sen similar?
Desire for independence/nationalist movements
Which nation and revolution were Porfirio and Francisco Villa associated?
Mexico
What type of gov’t was adopted in Mexico with the singing of the Constitution of 1917?
Democracy
Why were the Chinese unsuccessful wars including the Opium Wars and the Sino-Japanese Wars?
Lack of industry and limited technology
What year and event marks the height of imperialism in Africa and Asia, meaning it began to decline after this marked event?
WWI 1914
Why did Emperor Meiji decide to implement his restoration project?
Japan needed to industrialize after a long isolation
Meiji acronym
Modernization, Emperor/Empire building, Imperialism, Japan, Industrialize
Describe the effects of the Meiji Restoration on Japan
Began rapid empire building
What was the goal and actual result of Commodore Mathew Perry’s “visit” to Japan in the 1850s?
Open trade/end of Japanese isolation
What policy best describes the period when Japan closed in ports of trade?
Tokugawa Isolation
Identify the leader of Japan during the Tokugawa period
Shogun/Shogunate
Which two nations struggled for land in China during the Russo-Japanese War? Who won?
Russia vs. Japan; Japan won
Why did several Europe nations join a system of alliances prior to WWI?
prevent war; protection; aid; balance of power
Why did the existence of opposing alliances become a cause of WWI?
Domino effect; Bring several into conflict
MAIN acronym
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Why was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated?
Black Hand “Serbian” opposed Austria- Hungary
Identify the members of the Triple Entente
France, England, Russia
Identify the members of the Triple Alliance
Italy, A-H, Germany
Identify the main members of the Central Powers
Ottomans, Germany, A-H
What event was the spark that started WWI?
Assassination
What area of Europe is the “power keg” of WWI, where it erupted?
Balkins
Identify the main members of the Allies
France, USA, England, Italy, Japan
Why is imperialism and nationalism in Europe considered a major short-term cause of WWI?
Tension caused by competition for land and power
List the TWO main reasons the United States entered into WWI
- sinking of the Lusitania 1915
- Zimmerman telegram 1917
What was the main purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?
Peace Treaty 1919; punishment to the Central Powers
What was the main purpose of the League of Nations?
maintain peace- keeping orginzation
Why were many Germans angry with the Treaty of Versailles for several reasons?
lost land, reduce military, 33 billion, reparation, war-guilt clause
Which event brought about the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire
WWI
Jose de San Martin
South America; desire for self-rule, nationalist movements
Sun Yixian/ Yat-sen
China; desire for self-rule, nationalist movements
Fransisco “Pancho” Villa
Peasant leader during Mexican Revolution
Emperor Meiji
After Perry, before WWI, modernized Japan
Commodore Matthew Perry
USA- ended Japanese isolation
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the A-H throne
Armenians
victims of genocide by the Ottomans; Christians living in a Muslim empire
Ottomons
Middle East Muslim; Central Powers; collapsed after WWI
