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Imperialism helped lead World War 1 by…
creating tension and competition between European powers
The person who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand supported:
Serbian nationalism
Germany’s Schlieffen Plan was to:
quickly defeat France and then fight the Russians
Which countries made up Europe's Great Powers?
Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
militarism
What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe?
the Balkan Peninsula
The Central Powers were…
Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
The Battle of Gallipoli was to try and defeat the Ottoman Empire and open a supply line into
Russia
Why did Russia leave the war in 1917?
they were having their own revolution
One reason the United States joins the war was
they were angry about Germany's submarine attacks on passenger ships
What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort?
total war
Which countries were members of the Allied Powers?
France, Great Britain, Russia, United States
What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?
Germany's policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning
Which was NOT a punishment for Germany under the Treaty of Versailles?
division into two separate countries
Why did the Allies attack the Ottomans on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915?
The Allies had hoped to supply Russia by way of a southern sea route.
Great Britain entered World War I and declared war on Germany when:
The Germans invaded neutral Belgium in their invasion of France
Russia's greatest strength was
massive amount of soldiers
Which was NOT a new weapon used during World War I?
atomic bombs
Was a important line of defence for Germany
the Hindenburg line
The alliance system lead to World War I by
pulling other nations into war
Why did Germany declare war on Russia on August 1, 1914?
Russia moved troops close to the German border
Which nations were created from the Austria-Hungary Empire?
Austria, Yugoslavia, Hungry, Czechoslovakia
The country where most of the Western Front battles were fought.
France
How did the Great War affect life on the home front?
Essential items needed for the war effort were rationed.
What action on November 11, 1918, brought World War I to an end?
An armistice was signed
The nation that developed and first used the tank
Great Britain
Russia and Germany signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and Russia leaving the war changed the war by
transferring German soldiers from the eastern front to the France
What is a characteristic of trench warfare?
armies dig networks of ditches to seek cover from enemy fire
The __________ was the German Government after World War I
Weimar Government
Hitler wanted _______________ for the German people
more living space or lebensraum
The three powers that made up the Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
The League of Nations stopped the aggression of Italy and Japan (T or F)
False
Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by
rebuilding the German military and remilitarizing the Rhineland
The annexation of Austria by Germany, “uniting German speaking peoples”
Anschluss
What did Stalin want to accomplish with the Great Purge of 1937?
eliminate all opposition
Hitler promises this will be his last territorial demand
sudetenland
Great Britain's Prime Minister who met with Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
The practice used by many democratic nations in Europe to avoid war with Germany
appeasement
The leader of fascist Italy was
Benito Mussolini
Japan invades _____________ in 1931
Manchuria
How were Fascists different from Communists?
they were nationalists
Hitler's first act of expansion was
remilitarizing the Rhienland
Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass)
Was the night of a Nazi pogroms, attacks, against all Jews in Germany
Japan wanted territory in China because
they wanted raw materials
During Japan's depression, the military solved the economic problem by
using foreign expansion
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