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The idea to join the Slavic states

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Pan-slavism

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Who was the prime minister of France?

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Georges Clemenceau

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Who killed France duke Ferdinand?

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Gavrilo Princip

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When did germany declared war on Russia?

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August 1 1914

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Germany full support was called what?

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A blank check

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What supposed to prevent a two front war?

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Schlieffen Plan

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The land trenches was known as what?

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No mans land

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Two types of gas use?

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Mustard and chlorine

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What battle wanted to control the water routes between the Mediterranean and Black Sea

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Battle of Gallipoli

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When did the Lusitania sink?

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May 7 1915

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What did Rasputin “treat” in the son?

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Hemophilia

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What did Nicholas II promise to make but then disregarded it?

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Duma

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Lenin’s first name

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Vladimir

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What were first used for investigation in WWI?

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Planes

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What battle that was mostly based on attrition?

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Verdun

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When was the treaty of Brest-Litvosk

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May 3 1918

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Where were the white from?

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Siberia

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What did the Russian revolution promise to do to the peasants?

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Redistribute land

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Who ordered the killing of Leon Trotsky?

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Joseph Stalin

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When was the armistice signed?

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November 11 1918

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Who was the first president in Germany and was social democratic leader

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Friedrich Ebert

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Which point of the 14 points were the only one that was passed?

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The League of Nations

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The war guilt clause was which number?

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231

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Italy man in the peace conference

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Vittorio Orlando

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Great Britain was known for their what?
Navy
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United Slavic nation
Yugoslavia
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Who had the nickname or tiger?
Georges clemenceau
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What lands did Germany have to give up?
Alsace and Lorraine
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When was the arch duke killed?
June 28 1913
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Who was nicknamed the powder keg
The Balkans
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GB prime minister?
David Lloyd
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What battle did the British defeat the Germans with heavy artillery
Somme
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Battle of passchendaele
3rd battle of Ypres
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What happened November 6 1917
The Bolsheviks seized the winter palace
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Which battle did the German general tell the kaiser that the war cannot go on
The battle of the Marne
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What were used in the war, were difficult to move, and have a range of 25-30 meters
Flame throwers
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What does MAIN stand for?
Militarism- mass armies scared other countries Alliances - Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance Imperialism - expanding countries powers Nationalism - Balkans wasted their own nationalistic states.
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The German expansion of what led to WWI
Uboats
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When did Austria declare on Serbia
July 28 1914
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When did Germany declare war on Russia
August 1 1914
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When did France declare war on Germany
August 3 1914
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What was militarism
A policy of glorifying military power | Always prepared for war
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Who was the head of the new provisional government?
Alexander kerensky
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What region in Europe was the center of many nationalistic revolutions
The Balkans
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What's was rasputins first name?
Grigory
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Who's death started the war
Francis ferdinand
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Who declare war first ?
Austria Hungary
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German leader who gave the Austrian Hungarians full support
Emperor Willian II
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Who declared war on Russia?
Germany
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What was special about the eastern front?
It was marked by mobility
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Which war was fought on the Turkish Peninsula to get turkey out of the war?
Gallipoli
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Who was the last czar or Russia?
Nicholas II of the Romanov family
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The Bolsheviks were known for their what?
Violent revolutions
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Petrograd soviets
Victims of bread rioting
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When was the treaty of Brest litvosk signed?
March 3 1918
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What did the treaty of breast litvosk give up?
Ukraine, Finland, the Balkans, and Poland
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When was the Russian revolution
March 8 1917
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Whites
Couldn't decided between the czarist regime and liberal and democratic ways
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Reds
Communists well disciplined thanks to Leon Trotsky
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Why were the red and whites fighting?
Whites anti communist red Communist
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Who was the communist leader after Lenin
Stalin
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Who were the big four?
Italy, GB, France, USA
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What year did the U.S. Enter the war?
1917
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Second battle of the Marne
July 18 Germans were stopped by allied powers
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Who created a democratic republic in Germany?
Friedrich Ebert
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What is an agreement to end fighting?
Armistice
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Who and when was the armistice signed?
The new German government November 11, 1918
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What did the communists try to do in Germany?
They true to seize Berlin
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Who proposed the 14 points
Woodrow Wilson
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Where did the big four meet at?
The Paris peace conference
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What treaty ended WWI and when was it signed?
The treaty of Versailles | June 28 1919
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Money payed by the defeated country
Reparations
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What does BRAT stand for?
Blame Reparations Armistice Territories
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Self-determination
People get to decide what government they want | 14 points
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Who was the emperor of Germany
William II

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