Unit 16

Question 1

German emperor (Kaiser) whose militarism helped cause the First World War

Answer 1

Wilhelm II

Question 2

German chancellor who unified Germany in 1871; dismissed by the new German Kaiser in 1890

Answer 2

Otto von Bismarck

Question 3

refers to Germany’s attempt to become a world power with its navy; means “world politics”

Answer 3

Weltpolitik

Question 4

refers to Bismarck’s attempt to use practical political considerations in foreign policy and domestic policy

Answer 4

Realpolitik

Question 5

re-alignment of alliances from 1890-1914 that caused France, Russia, and Great Britain to form the Triple Entente

Answer 5

Diplomatic Revolution

Question 6

alliance between Germany and Russia that isolated France and prevented Germany from fighting two-front war

Answer 6

Reinsurance Treaty of 1887

Question 7

big-gun battleships

Answer 7

Dreadnoughts

Question 8

German naval theorist who called for a large German navy that would challenge Britain for world power

Answer 8

Alfred von Tirpitz

Question 9

World War I alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia

Answer 9

Triple Entente

Question 10

World War I alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

Answer 10

Triple Alliance

Question 11

ethnic group in the Balkans who were the primary nationalist agitators against Austro-Hungarian rule

Answer 11

Serbs

Question 12

heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne assassinated in Sarajevo in June 1914

Answer 12

Franz Ferdinand

Question 13

assassin of Austro-Hungarian archduke

Answer 13

Gavrilo Princip

Question 14

Emperor of Austria-Hungary

Answer 14

Franz Joseph

Question 15

diplomatic crisis that led to the start of World War I

Answer 15

July Crisis

Question 16

term to describe the idea that Germany urged Austria-Hungary to be aggressive toward Serbia after the Archduke’s assassination

Answer 16

blank check

Question 17

German war plan that called for an attack through Belgium into France

Answer 17

Schlieffen Plan

Question 18

largest battle of World War I; over 1.1 million casualties

Answer 18

Somme

Question 19

the concept that the entire population of a nation should be mobilized for a war

Answer 19

total war

Question 20

Irish nationalist rebellion of 1916 put down by the British

Answer 20

Easter Rebellion

Question 21

radical German socialist; murdered in aftermath of WWI by right-wing Germans

Answer 21

Karl Liebknecht

Question 22

radical female German socialist; murdered in aftermath of WWI by right-wing Germans

Answer 22

Rosa Luxemburg

Question 23

Russian tsar; murdered by Bolsheviks in 1917

Answer 23

Nicholas II

Question 24

“holy man” who influenced Russian empress during war; murdered by Russian aristocracy

Answer 24

Rasputin

Question 25

moderate liberal leader of the 1st Russian Revolution that resulted in tsar’s abdication

Answer 25

Alexander Kerensky

Question 26

radical Bolshevik leader of the 2nd Russian Revolution (October Revolution)

Answer 26

Vladimir Lenin

Question 27

Bolshevik military leader of Petrograd Soviet; later organized Red Army

Answer 27

Leon Trotsky

Question 28

workers council of St Petersburg

Answer 28

Petrograd Soviet

Question 29

radical socialist revolutionaries of Russian Revolution

Answer 29

Bolsheviks

Question 30

treaty that ended WWI on eastern front between Germany and Russia

Answer 30

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Question 31

British prime minister at Versailles Peace Conference

Answer 31

David Lloyd George

Question 32

French leader at Versailles Peace Conference

Answer 32

Georges Clemenceau

Question 33

treaty that ended the First World War

Answer 33

Versailles Treaty

Question 34

British promise to give part of Palestine to Jews for a homeland

Answer 34

Balfour Declaration

Question 35

Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace following WWI

Answer 35

Fourteen Points

Question 36

international organization that would help prevent another war; the most important point in Wilson’s peace plan

Answer 36

League of Nations