World War 1

Question 1

chancellor who kept the peace in Europe and altered the balance of power in Germany’s favor using alliances

Answer 1

Otto von Bismarck

Question 2

alliance of Austria, Italy, and Germany promising to back each other up if unprovoked attack occurs

Answer 2

Triple Alliance

Question 3

What 2 pillars of Bismarck’s diplomacy kept Europe at peace?

Answer 3

Isolation of France with no allies and prevention of Balkan War

Question 4

How did William 2 destroy Germany’s dominant position in Europe?

Answer 4

By not renewing the Reinsurance Treaty, it drove Russia to negotiate an alliance with France.

Question 5

In the event of war between Austria and Russia, Germany would side with whoever was the aggressor

Answer 5

Reinsurance Treaty

Question 6

worker’s protest in St Petersburg that undermined support for Tsar Nicholas II

Answer 6

Bloody Sunday

Question 7

word meaning “a council of worker’s delegates”

Answer 7

soviet

Question 8

forced Tsar Nichols II to make political concessions

Answer 8

Revolution of 1905

Question 9

an elected parliament in Russia, helped save the regime

Answer 9

duma

Question 10

alliance of Britain, France, and Russia

Answer 10

Triple Entente

Question 11

Austria decided to annex Balkan provinces and Russia protested, but backed down when Germany pledged aid to its ally Austria

Answer 11

Bosnian Crisis

Question 12

Whose murder led to World War 1?

Answer 12

Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Question 13

term coined to describe Germany’s promise to support Austria in a war with Serbia and Russia. Led all of Europe into war.

Answer 13

“blank check”

Question 14

permanent part of World War 1 battles that created a stalemate

Answer 14

trench warfare

Question 15

British passenger liner carrying Americans sunk by German u-boats

Answer 15

Lusitania

Question 16

town in France devastated by Germany. 200,000 dead on each side. Germany lost though.

Answer 16

Battle of Verdun (fortress town)

Question 17

largest one-day loss in British history. Stalemate with 1.2 million killed

Answer 17

Battle of Somme (river)

Question 18

Who was president of the US during World War 1?

Answer 18

Woodrow Wilson

Question 19

an intercepted message from Germany to Mexico requesting an alliance against the US

Answer 19

The Zimmerman Note

Question 20

new Prime Minister of France

Answer 20

Clemenceau

Question 21

general of Verdun who restored discipline and ended the mutiny crises in France

Answer 21

Petain

Question 22

Who governed Russia while Nichols II led Russia’s military?

Answer 22

His wife Alexandra and Rasputin

Question 23

the forced transfer of private property to state control

Answer 23

nationalization

Question 24

Duma leaders that assumed power after tsar stepped down, led by Kerensky

Answer 24

Provisional Government

Question 25

socialists elected by workers modeled on the soviet of 1905. Sought to shape policy.

Answer 25

Petrograd Soviet

Question 26

Lenin's followers who revolted against the Provisional Government

Answer 26

Bolsheviks

Question 27

Ended Russia's participation in the war and freed Germany to concentrate its forces on the Western front

Answer 27

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 28

What were some new technologies used in World War 1?

Answer 28

Tanks, poisonous gas, U-boats, and airplanes

Question 29

The event that brought about the tsar stepping down and the Provisional Government taking over

Answer 29

White Revolution

Question 30

Lenin and Trotsky's Bolsheik/Communist overthrow of the Provisional Government

Answer 30

Red Revolution/Red Army

Question 31

Ended World War 1

Answer 31

Treaty of Versailles

Question 32

Germany's last push

Answer 32

Lundenorff Offensive

Question 33

Led Allied counter-offensive that turned the tide of the war

Answer 33

John Pershing

Question 34

international organization designed to maintain world peace

Answer 34

League of Nations

Question 35

an ideology that glorifies a nation as a collective community under a powerful leader

Answer 35

Fascism

Question 36

Fascist dictator of Italy

Answer 36

Mussolini

Question 37

trade barriers created to protest industries and products from international competition

Answer 37

Economic nationalism

Question 38

Anti-Communist Russians

Answer 38

White Army

Question 39

Communist of Soviet Union who formed a coalition against Trotsky and eventually became dictator

Answer 39

Stalin

Question 40

`multifamily farms run by the state USSR which took away all their grain

Answer 40

collective farms

Question 41

Stalin's systematic efforts to eliminate opponents

Answer 41

Great Purges