Flashcards in history: chpt. 16 test Deck (92):
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A military draft
Conscription
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The process of assembling troops and supplies for war
Mobilization
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Alliance
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Great Britain, Russia, France
Triple Entente
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Heir to Austrian-Hungarian throne
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Bosnian that assassinated the archduke; he was 19
Gavrilo Princip
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Decided to become allies with Austira-Hungary
Emperor William the 2nd
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Ordered mobilization of Russian Army
Czar Nicholas the 2nd
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Formed the Germans military plan
General Alfred Von Schlieffen
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Supported Russia; located in the Balkans
Serbia
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Located in the Triple Alliance territory
Bosnia
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Explain why Great Britain became involved in the war
They were concerned about maintaining their own world power
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List the ethnic groups that were left without nations after the nationalist movements of the 19th century
Isirsh (British rule), Slavic Groups (Balkans), Poles (Russian rule)
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Ideas spread to influence public opinion
Propaganda
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Fighting from ditches protected by barb wire
Trench Warfare
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War based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses
War of attrition
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Systems directed by government agencies
Planned economics
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Complete mobilization of people and resources
Total war
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British officer; urged Arab princes to revolt against their Ottoman overlords
Lawrence of Arabia
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Said, "I give your Majesty my word as an officer that not one American will land on the continent."
Admiral Holtzendorff
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U.S. President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
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Where the first battle of the war was fought (in France)
Marne
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Where the Germans were defeated (in Germany)
Tannenberg
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Where Germany was defeated on September 15
Masurian
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Located in France
Verdun
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Located southwest of Constantinople
Gallipoli
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Explain why WWI required total warfare
Because it affected the lives of all citizens in the warring countries
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List some of the occupations opened to women by the war
Chimney sweeps, truck drivers, farm laborers, and factory workers
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Council composed of reps from workers and soldiers
Soviets
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Ensured regular supplies for the Red Army
War Communism
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Czar Nicholas II's wife
Alexandra
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An educated Siberian peasant; claimed to be the "holy man"
Grigori Rasputin
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Headed the provisional government
Alexander Kerensky
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Small faction of a Marxist party
Bolsheviks
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Head of the Bolsheviks
V. I. Lenin
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Red Army commissar of war; reinstated the draft
Leon Trotsky
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Located in Russia; where women marched about bread
Petrograd
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Was given up by Germany
Ukraine
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Anti-Communist force attacked; threat to Communist
Siberia
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A mining town
Urals
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Explain why Lenin accepted the loss of so much Russian territory in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
He said it made no difference
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List some different opinions that split the White forces
•Single-minded sense of purpose
•Determination
•Revolutionary zeal
•Conviction
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Aggressive preparation for war
Militarism
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Readying troops and supplies for war
Mobilization
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Ally of Austria-Hungry
Germany
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Protector of Serbia
Russia
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The triple alliance was a loose agreement of cooperation among…
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Which of the following is NOT considered a major cause of World War I
A. The growth of nationalism
B. Impressionism
C. Militarism
D. Internal dissent
B. Impressionism
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Austria-Hungary feared that Serbia would…
Create a large Slavic state
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Germany viewed the Russian czar's full mobilization of the army as an…
Act of war
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The German military plan devised by General von Schlieffen
Called for a war on two fronts
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Warfare based on wearing down of the opponents
War of attrition
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Huge German airship
Zeppelin
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Warfare based on protected lines of ditches
Trench warfare
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During the war, new roles in the workforce were created for women because…
So many men entered the military effort
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To maintain high morale and maintain support for the war among the citizens ____.
The democratic states used propaganda
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Air warfare in World War I involved all of the following EXCEPT…
A. The first long-range missiles
B. Spotting enemy positions
C. Attacking ground targets
D. Shooting down enemy aircraft
A. The first long-range missiles
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Across Europe, war time governments…
Set up planned economies
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United States entered the war largely after the issue of…
Unrestricted submarine warfare
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Russian legislative body in 1917
Duma
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Representative councils of workers and soldiers
Soviets
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Small section of the Russian social Democratic Party
Bolsheviks
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Red Army's commissar
Trotsky
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Temporary suspension of communist practices
War communism
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Russia was unprepared for the war and all the following ways except one. Which one?
A. No competent military leaders
B. Weak armament industry
C. Poorly armed military
D. No czar
D. No czar
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Women workers in Petrograd marched in protest, then…
Organized a general strike
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Outwardly, Lenin turned over power to the all-Russian Congress of Soviets, then…
Passed real power to the Council of people's commissars that he controlled
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Military opposition or other forms of challenges to the red Army came from all the following EXCEPT…
A. Siberian anti-communist
B. Italian royalists who supported Lenin
C. Allied material aid to the anti-Communist
D. The Ukrainians
B. Italian royalists who supported Lenin
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Kerensky's provisional government made the fatal mistake of deciding to…
Continue the war
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Complete mobilization of resources and people
Total war
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Explain why the mandate system was created. Which countries became mandates? Who governed them?
Wilson opposed the outright annexation by the Allies. France controlled Lebanon and Syria. Britain controlled Iraq and Palestine
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List some of President Wilson's proposals for created a truly just and lasting peace. Why did he feel the need to develop these proposals?
Peace agreements and self determination/ for lasting peace
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Located in Northern Germany
Kiel
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Taken by the Germans from France
Alsace and Lorraine
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Near Germany and Czechoslovakia
Poland
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Guided military operations
Erich Von Ludendorff
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Leader of the social democrats
Friedrich Ebert
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Prime minister of Great Britain
David Lloyd George
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Premier of France
Georges Clemenceau
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A truce, an agreement to end fighting
Armistice
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Payment made to the victors by the losers of the war to cover war costs
Reparations
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A nation governed by another nation by the League of Nations
Mandates
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Truce agreement
Armistice
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Payment to cover war costs
Reparations
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Governing without owning the territory
Mandate system
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British prime minister in 1919
Lloyd George
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French premier in 1919
Georges Clemenceau
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American President Wilson argued at the Paris peace conference most strongly for…
A League of Nations to prevent future wars
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To gain Arab support against the Ottoman Turks during the war, the allies had promised to…
Recognize independent Arab states
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Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to do all of the following EXCEPT…
A. Return Alsace and Lorraine to France
B. Give up land to a new Polish state
C. Pay for war damage
D. Run Italy as a mandate
D. Run Italy as a mandate
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Big Three powers as a peace settlement with…
Germany
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