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What countries were apart of the Entente?

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The Russian Empire, the French Empire, British Empire, Serbia, Belgium, Japan, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Romania and the U.S.A.

1
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The Central Powers included the countries of?

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The German Empire, Austro-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

2
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What percentage of the United States was killed during World War One?

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.13%

3
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How many were killed in the US during the war?

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117,000

4
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How many more people did the United States loose in World War Two than World War One?

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3 times as much

5
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How many people died as a direct result of World War One?

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9 million people

6
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How many citizens were killed during World War One?

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6 million people

7
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What percentage of people did Germany and France loose during the war?

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3%

8
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What percentage of the Serbian population died?

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5.6%

9
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What percentage of the Ottoman Empire’s population died?

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3.8%

10
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How many people were injured during World War One?

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15 million

11
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How many soldiers were taken prisoner?

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7 million

12
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Who had the largest population during the war?

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Russia

13
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Who mobilized the most soldiers during World War One?

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Russia

14
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Who suffered the most dead during World War One?

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Germany

15
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What country suffered the most wounded during the war?

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Russia

16
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Who suffered the highest casualty percentage of troops mobilized?

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France

17
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Who had the smallest population during the war?

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Montenegro

18
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Who mobilized the least soldiers during World War One?

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Montenegro

19
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Who suffered the least dead during the war?

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Japan

20
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Who suffered the least casualty percentage of troops mobilized?

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Japan

21
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Total military casualties during World War One add up to?

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30 million

22
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What was the worst example of inter-group conflict during the war?

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The Armenian Genocide

23
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What was the estimate of the number of victims in the Armenian massacre?

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1/2 million to 1 1/2 million

24
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The bird flu epidemic of 1918-1919 killed approximately how many people?

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50 million

25
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Which was is argued had greatest historical impact?

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World War One

26
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What three nations repeatedly put down Polish nationalistic uprisings?

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Austria, Germany and Russia

27
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When did Germany unite a single country?

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1871

28
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What countries emerged after World War One from the old empires?

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Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Yugoslavia and Poland

29
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What countries did the Ottoman Empire loss in the century and a half before 1914?

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Egypt, Sudan, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia

30
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What other countries were lost during the 1910’s by Turkey?

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Libya, Albania, Macedonia and Thrace

31
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What countries were lost by the Ottoman Empire after World War One?

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Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Palestine

32
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In what countries did post war revolutions occur?

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India, China, Korea and Egypt

33
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When did Russian generals force the Tsar to abdicate?

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February/March 1917

34
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In what countries did Communism gain a foothold in after World War One?

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Hungary and the German state of Bavaria

35
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What countries fell to fascist dictatorships after World War One?

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Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal

36
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Where did World War One begin?

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Serbia

37
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hen did the Austro-Hungarian army annex Bosnia?

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1908

38
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When did the First Balkan War occur?

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October 1912 to May 1913

39
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In the First Balkan War, Serbia allied with what countries to defeat the Ottoman Empire?

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Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro

40
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What happened during the Second Balkan War?

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Bulgaria attacked Greece and Serbia and was defeated when Romania and the Ottoman Empire launched a counterattack

41
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When did the Second Balkan War start?

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June 16, 1913

42
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Serbia’s successes cause her leaders to believe what?

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That they needed to unite all Serbians and lead a multiethnic South Slav state

43
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When did Austria present its ultimatum to Serbia?

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July 14, 1914

44
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What were the terms of the Austrian ultimatium

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All anti-Austrian propaganda to cease and Serbia would allow Austrian participation in the murder investigation

45
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How much time did Austria give Serbia to accept the terms of their ultimatum?

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48 hours

46
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Why did Serbia reject the Austrian terms?

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Because they believed that Russia would support them

47
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When did Austria declare war on Serbia?

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July 28, 1914

48
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When did Russia mobilize its army?

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July 30, 1914

49
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When did Germany declare war on Russia?

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August 1, 1914

50
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When did Germany declare war on France?

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August 3, 1914

51
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When did Great Britain declare war on Germany?

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August 4, 1914

52
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In what order did the European countries industrialize?

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Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Czech, Austro-Hungary, Italy and Russia

53
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What revolution was the first to challenge the principle of autocratic monarchy?

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The French Revolution of 1798

54
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Austria moved from monarchy to constitutional monarchy after what revolution?

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The Revolution of 1848

55
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In 1871 Germany was ruled by a ?

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Constitutional monarchy

56
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In 1905 the Russian czar created what?

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The Duma, an elected national parliament

57
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In 1908 the Sultan gave power to what group in the Ottoman Empire?

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The Young Turks

58
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What is Realpolitik?

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Realist foreign policy

59
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What was engaged more than two major powers between 1815 and 1914?

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The Crimean War with Britain, France and Russia

60
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Kaiser Wilhelm II attempted to compete with Socialist parties for support by following an aggressive foreign policy against who?

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Africa

61
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Tsar Nicholas II attempted to win support through a wuick war against who?

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Japan

62
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What was yellow journalism?

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Journalism that uses little or no facts and only sensationalism or nationalism to sell more newspapers

63
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How did the press make it hard for leaders to break alliances?

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By demonizing the other side of the alliance

64
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Why did Britain not want to enter war with the Central Powers during the July crises?

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Because they had no direct interest in Europe, their empire spanned an entire glove

65
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What was the biggest threat to Britain’s Empire?

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Germany’s rapidly expanding navy

66
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The Russian Empire looked for new territory where?

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By conquering of Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire

67
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The German mission to the Ottoman Empire caused what?

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A hardening of Russian attitude towards Germany who was interfering on their new territory

68
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In 1783 Russia forced the Ottoman Empire to do what?

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To accept Russian interference and special rules for protecting Christian minorities

69
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What three countries repeatedly interfered in Ottoman affairs?

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Britain, France and Russia

70
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In the 1880’s Germany established colonies in what two areas?

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In Africa and the Pacific

71
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What league published articles claiming that there were many Germans living in Eastern European countries?

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The Pan-German League

72
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France attempted to stop German unification how?

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By declaring war in 1870

73
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What two regions in France were ceded to Germany after the French defeat?

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Alsace and Lorraine

74
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When did Germany, Italy and Austria sign the Triple Alliance?

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In early 1882

75
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What was the Franco-Russian Alliance?

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An agreement between Russia and France in 1892 to go to war against the Triple Alliance if each was attacked. Both countries were required to mobilize their reserves and immediately force a two front war

76
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What Great Power could tip the power between the Franco-Russian Alliance and the Triple Alliance?

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Britain

77
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Tensions between France and Britain were widely resolved with the?

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Entente Cordiale in 1904

78
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When did Britain and Russia sign an agreement that settled the borders of their two empires in Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet?

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August, 1907

79
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Germany and France came into confrontation between their two navies where and when?

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In Morroco in 1905 and 1911

80
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hat was the Schlieffen Plan?

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A plan by the Chief of the German General Staff Alfred von Schlieffen to defeat France by the 42nd day of the war and then turn against Russia

81
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In 1908 Russia began a rearmament and modernization program known as?

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The Great Program

82
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In 1916 Germany believed that Russia would be able to mobilize her army in how many days?

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30 days

83
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Italy stayed neutral for what reasons?

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Italy didn’t want to fight Britain and France the two strongest navies in the Mediterranean and had constant territorial disputes against Austria

84
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France helped Russia how?

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By giving Russia huge loans to better prepare for war

85
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What do total military casualties in World War One add up to?

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30 million

86
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What is the worst example of inter group conflict unleashed by the war?

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The murder of Armernian men, women and children by the Turks in Eastern Turkey

87
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In addition to the Turks what other groups participated in the murder of Armenian men, women and children?

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Kurds and Muslim groups

88
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Where did Turks lead Armenian citizens on long marches accompanied by mass killings and atrocities?

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Through Anatolia and the Syrian desert

89
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What are the estimates for the casualties during the Armenian massacre?

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500,000 to 1.5 million Armenian deaths

90
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Hunger and disease hit what country particularly hard during the war?

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The Ottoman Empire

91
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How many lives did the Russian Revolution claim?

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8 million dead

92
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How many people died in WW1?

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15 million

93
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How many people died in WW2?

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55 million dead

94
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Why is it argued that WW1 had more historical consequences than the second World War?

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Because so many of the causes of World War Two can be traced back to World War One

95
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What empires had the world been divided into before 1914 in Europe?

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The Habsburg, Russian, German and Ottoman Empire

96
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What helped the Russian, Habsburg, German and Ottoman Empires grow?

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Royal marriages, wars and effective ruling strategies

97
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How man wounded did the Entente suffer?

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12.8 million

98
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How many POW’s did the Entente suffer?

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3.985 million

99
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How many dead did the Entente suffer?

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5.38 million dead

100
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How many wounded did the Central Powers take?

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8.39 million

101
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How many dead did the Central Powers suffer?

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4.03 million

102
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How many POW’S did the Central Powers suffer?

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3.630 million

103
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What languages were spoken in the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

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Italian, Romanian, Ruthenian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and German

104
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What was the most spoken language in the Hungarian Empire?

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German

105
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What was the least spoken language in the Hungarian Empire?

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Italian at 3%

106
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What language in the Hungarian Empire was spoken by 6% of the population?

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Romanian

107
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What language was spoken by 8% of the Hungarian Empire’s population?

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Ruthenian

108
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What language was spoken by 10% of the Hungarian Empire?

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Polish

109
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What language was spoken by 13% of the Hungarain Empire?

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Czech

110
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What language was spoken by 20% of the Hungarian Empire?

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Hungarian

111
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What language was spoken by 24% of the Hungarian Empire?

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German

112
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What was the most important national movement in Eastern Europe in the Russian, German and Habsburg empire?

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The Polish national movement

113
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What three kingdoms partioned the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in three partitions from 1772-1795?

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Prussian, Austrian and Russian

114
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What government did the Russian, Prussian and Austrian Empires overthrow and dismantle between 1772-1795?

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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

115
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Where had Poland enjoyed a great Empire for 500 years?

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In Eastern-Central Europe

116
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When was the second partitioning of Poland?

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1792

117
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What had the second partition of Poland been in response to?

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A Polish liberal national uprising

118
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The Polish national liberal uprising inspired by?

A

The French and American Revolutions

119
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When did large-scale Polish rebellions challenge imperial rule over their country?

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In 1831 1863 and 1904-1906

120
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When did liberal national rebellions break out in Hungary, Italy and the German states?

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In 1848

121
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wHEN DID iTALY FORM A SINGLE COUNTRY?

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1860’S

122
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When did Germany form a single country?

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1871

123
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In the German Empire what percentage of the empire spoke German?

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93%

124
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What percentage of the German Empire spoke Polish?

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6%

125
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What language did .4% of the German empire speak?

A

French

126
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What language did .3% of the German Empire speak?

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Danish

127
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What did .2% of the German Empire speak?

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Lithuanian

128
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What ethnic group was 51% of the Ottoman Empire?

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Turkish

129
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What ethnicity was 25% of the Ottoman’s Empire?

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Arab

130
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What ethnicity was 8% of the Ottoman Empire?

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Kurdish and Greek

131
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What ethnicity was 7% of the Ottoman Empire?

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Armenian

132
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What ethnicity was 1% of the Ottoman Empire?

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Jewish

133
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What was the Ottoman Empire’s population in 1914?

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24,000,000

134
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What religion was 83% of the Ottoman Empire?

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Muslim

135
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What language did 48% of the Russian Empire speak?

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Russian

136
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What language did 20% of the Russian Empire speak?

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Ukrainian

137
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What language did 6% of the Russian Empire?

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Belarussian

138
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What language did 3% of the Russian Empire speak?

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Latvian, Lithuanian and Finnish

139
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What language did 1% of the Russian Empire speak?

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rOMANIAN

140
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What language did 12% of the Russian Empire speak?

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Turkish-Tatar

141
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What caused the loss of Libya in 1912?

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An Ottoman War against Italy

142
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What was the Bolshevik party a faction of?

A

The Social Democratic Party

143
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What did the Bolshevikcs claim the Russian Revolution was the first step to?

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A global communist revolution

144
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What were some conditions for the growth of fascist movements after the First World War?

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Hyperinflation, unemployment and other economic difficulties

145
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What did trench warfare demand?

A

Millions of shells and ammunition

146
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What regions of the Hungarian Empire did the Serbians encourage nationalist movements in?

A

Bosnia-Herzagovinia and Croatia

147
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What was Bulgaria disappointed in that caused the Second Balkan War?

A

The terms of the Treaty of London

148
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wHAT SATE DID sERBIA WANT TO BECOME THE LEADER OF?

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A south Slav, yugoslav state

149
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How long had Emperor Franz Josef been on the throne in 1914?

A

For 66 yeaers

150
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Why did Austria delay its ultimatum to Serbia?

A

To allow more time for the harvest to be brought in and for the French President, Raymond Pioncare’s visit to Russia to be over

151
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What terms of the Austrian declaration did Serbia reject?

A

That Serbian officials complicit in the investigation should be dismissed and that Austro-Hungarian officials should take part in investigations

152
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In multi-ethnic empires the spread of literacy raised what questions?

A

The use of language on the shop floors, in government offices and in schools

153
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How many revolutions did it take to establish French democracy?

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Three

154
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When did Austria devolve power to Hungary?

A

1867

155
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When did Kaiser Wilhelm come to power?

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In 1888

156
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Why did Tsar Nicholas pursue a war against Japan?

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Due to the strong revolutionary movement brewing in Russia in 1904

157
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What war was aarguably caused by yellow journalism?

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The Spainish American war in 1898

158
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What islands did the US gain over the Spanish-American war of 1898?

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Cuba, the Phiippines, Puerto Rico and Guam

159
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What did Russian newspapers do during the July Crises?

A

Wip up enthusiasm for the idea of expanding the Russian Empire at the Ottoman’s Expense

160
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What role did Italy’s yellow journalist play during the war?

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They hyped up the cause of Italian-speakers in Austria and portrayed Austria as a greater threat than France

161
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Where did the race for the colonies occur?

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In Africa and Asia

162
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When did Russia expand its territory in Central Asia?

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In the 1860’s

163
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What type of ethnic group did the Russians want to ally ith in the Ottoman Empire?

A

Slavic Christians

164
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What stopped Russian ambitions in the Far East?

A

The Russo-Japanese war 1904-1905

165
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When did Liman von Sanders lead a German military mission to Constantinople?

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December 1913

166
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When was the Ottoman Empire on eo fthe greatest in the world?

A

From the 15th to 18th century’s

167
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What caused the Ottoman Empire to fall behind in military and economic strength?

A

Their late modernization

168
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For what group of Christian minorities did Russia force capitulations on?

A

Armenians, Greeks and Serbs

169
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When did Turkey enter the war?

A

October 28, 1914

170
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What countries built large overseas empires in the centuries before the 1870’s?

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Britain, France, Spain, the netherlands and Portugal

171
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Why did Germany not join the major part of the race for the colonies in the 1880’s?

A

They lacked the naval power

172
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Who lobbied for increasing German naval power?

A

The German Naval League and elected officials in the Reichstag

173
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Where did the Pan-German League claim there were many Germans living?

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In the Ukraine, Poland and Russia

174
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Where did Germany believe the path to imperial conquest and world power status lie?

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In the conquest of Slavic lands in Europe

175
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What caused France and Russia to form an alliance?

A

The apparent fact that Germany’s industrial and military strength was outpacing that of either country

176
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When was the Franco-Russian Alliance signed?

A

In 1892

177
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What made Germany hopeful that Britain would either join the Triple Alliance or stay neutral?

A

The tensions with France and russia over imperial questions ranging from Egypt to the Russian Far East and Central Asia

178
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When did military staff from France and Great Britain meet to discuss strategy for cooperation in case of war?

A

In 1906

179
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When did Britain and Russia settle disagreements over Afghanistan and Tibet?

A

In August 1907

180
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Due to the strictness of the Schlieffen Plan military planners saw what as a declaration of war?

A

The announceemnt of mobilization

181
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How did France prepare for war against Germany?

A

By giving Russia massive loans and building up defenses along the Franco-German border

182
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When did Russia launch it’s Great Program?

A

In 1908

183
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What was the Russian Great Program?

A

A program to rapidly build up and modernize its military and transportation networks

184
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When did German strategists think that Russia could mobilize in 30 days by?

A

1916

185
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What were the flaws in the logic of German strategic thinking?

A

The involvment of Italy and the possibility of a British force in France

186
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What was the weakness of the British army in 1914?

A

It was not supported by conscription, therefore did not have a large pool of trained reserves