nationalism" is best defined as
strong devotion to one's country
which countries made up the Triple aliance in 1907?
Great Britain, France&Russia
why were the Balkans known as the "powder keg" of Europe in the early 1900s?
it had endured more than 400 years of ethnic and political conflict
the assassination of which leader led to the outbreak of World War 1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What did Russia, a largely Slavic nation, do after Austria-Hungary declared war on the Slavic nation of Serbia?
prepare to send troops to support serbia
the quotation, was spoken to the U.S. president in 1914, after the Austrian archduke was assassinated by a serbian student. the quotation was spoken by a diplomat from
Austria-Hungary
why did Germany have a geographic disadvantage at the start of WW1?
it was bordered by enemies on two fronts.
germany's schlieffen plan for military attack was to
attack france in the west before russia in the east had a chance to mobilize
after the battle of marine in 1914, german forces realized that victory
on the western front would not be quick
trench warfare in WW1 was characterized by
heavy casualties and little territorial gain
during WW1, Russias main strength was its
large number of soldiers
in november 2003, workers digging to build a highway near Ypres, Belgium, uncovered a network of shallow passages and found skeletons in WW1-era uniforms, newspapers, dishes and other items. the finding is most likely
a site of trench warfare
what conclusion can be drawn from these data about casualties in WW1?
the Allies had a lower casualty rate than the Central Powers
which reason for Alied victory is supported?
greater number of troops
what is one reason why millions of european and russian civilians died during WW1?
much of the fighting took place in europe and russia
civilian casualties in WW1 were
increased by disease and starvation
which country recruited colonial troops from india in WW1?
britain
after WW1, some colonies that had participated made demands for independence primarily because
colonists felt entitled to citizenship because they had served in the military
stories of german atrocities in belgium were used as propaganda, meaning that the stories were used to
make the german look worse than they were
which statement best describes the existence of atrocities during WW1?
both sides justified the use of harsh tactics to achieve their military goals
the armenians in turkey were a minority group partly because they were
christian
the ottoman empire was ruled by
the turks
what was the political position of the Armenians at the beginning of WW1?
they supported the Allies
how did the international community respond to Turkey's actions against the armenians?
it condemned turkey but did not fight to save the armenians
what is the main reason that armenians rejected the league of nations?
they feared it could lead to future U.S. involvement in european wars
what was italy promised?
promised land where many italians lived along the austria-hungary&italian border
what was the impact of the arrival U.S. troops?
-french U.S. soldiers boost Allied morale, hurt German morale -U.S. supplies&unlimited resources helped Allies win
who had the most casualties?
russia
why did 21 million people die?
flu
why was russia held out of peace talks?
-communist government -had dropped out of WW1Treaty of Brest-Litorick
why didnt they give italy all it was promised?
-hadnt made much difference -italy wasnt that important
why did they punish&weaken Germany so it cant start another war?
-france wanted revenge&britain went along
what helped allies break through WW1?
involvement of the american powers
effect of militarism?
made military alliences
what got russia out of the war?
treaty of brest-livok
by the time the u.s. entered the war it was mainly on the..
western front
main motivation finally forced central powers to surender was..
that they didnt have enough resources to fight americans
schleiffen plan was to what?
attack France in the west before it could mobilize
germany joined the triple alliance to protect themselves from who?
france
476
fall of the roman empire
1215
magna carta
1492
columbus
1789
french rev
1689
english bill of rights
1815
napoleons fall
1848
karl marx
1914-1918
WW1
1776
american rev
1517
protestant ref
1917
u.s. entered war
allies consisted of who?
britain, france, russia+u.s.&italy
central powers consisted of who?
germany, ottoman empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria
first genocide....
in ottoman empire-targeted armenians(minority&christian)
ration/rationing
restricting amount of goods avaliable to ensure that the military had what it needed
atrocity
intentional&brutal treatment of people, inhumane
genocide
intentional killing of a specific group supported by the government
who wrote the blank check?
germany
who was the blank check written to?
austria-hungary
attrition
no outright military victory(who can outlast the other side)
president woodrow wilson
u.s. 14 point speech, "war to end all wars", self-determination&league
czar nicholas 2
last emperor of russia, romonav, family executed
emperor (kaiser) william 2
ruler of germany, blank check, declared war on russia&france
general schlieffen
plan to avoid two front war