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6267530255What two major changes undermined the stability of the world?-Germany challenged Britain at sea and France at Morocco -The Ottoman Empire grew weaker, leaving a dangerous power vacuum0
6267530256Who were the Young Turks?a group who conspired to force a constitution on the sultan, advocated centralized rule, and carried out modernizing reforms. The Turks hired a German general to modernize Turkey's armed forces.1
6267530257How was war perceived pre- WW1War was viewed as a crusade for liberty or revenge for past injustices2
6267530258What were three major causes of ww1-nationalism, made people willing to kill enemies -system of alliances and military plans -Germany's yearning to dominate Europe3
6267530259Who was in the Triple Alliance?-Austira Hungary -Italy -Germany4
6267530260Who was the Triple Entente-Britain -France -Russia5
6267530261Who declared war first?Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Eventually everyone did6
6267530262What was the reaction to the outbreak of war in Europe?they greeted it with parades and flags, expecting a quick victory. both sides thought they'd for sure win7
6267530263Which battle threw back the germans, who were advancing quickly?the Battle of Marne which France won8
6267530264How did trench warfare effect the war?It led to a stalemate. Generals on both sides ordered troops to attack only to be bombarded by a round of machine guns. During the 4 years of bloody fighting, the Western front barely moved.9
6267530265What was the western frontA line of trenches and fortification from Switzerland to the North Sea10
6267530266Why did the Germans announce a blockade of Britain by submarines?in retaliation to the British naval blockade11
6267530267Why did the Germans cease their submarine campaign?They attacked the "Lusitania" which killed 139 Americans. Amer protested and they stopped to keep America neutral12
6267530268What were some examples of new technology in the war?-airplanes for dogfights -poison gas -primitive tanks13
6267530269How did the war affect civilians?-governments imposed rigid controls over all aspects of their economies. Textiles, coal, meat, fats and imported products were rationed -recruitment of Africans, Indians, Chinese, and women into the European labor force -Germans: British naval blockade cut off access to essential food imports.14
6267530270How did the war affect Africans?-British and French forces overran Germany's African colonies (except for Tanganyika) -The europeans requisitioned foodstuffs, imposed heavy taxes, and forced Africans to grow export crops and sell them at low prices and recruited them as soldiers and porters15
6267530271How did the war affect the US (before they got involved)they grew rich by supplying France and Britain. Businesses engaging in war production made spectacular profits.16
6267530272What did civilians do in the US in WW1they were encouraged to invest in war bonds and grow food in the backyard called, "victory gardens" Employment for AA in the north played a role in migration.17
6267530273What role did the Turks play and how did they become involved with the war?They signed a secret alliance with Germany in 1914. Turkey engaged in unsuccessful campaigns against Russia, deported the Armenians (causing the deaths of hundred of thousands), and closed the Dardanelles Straits.18
6267530274What was the result of the Arab Revolt?It didn't affect the struggle in europe but it did contribute to the defeat of the ottoman empire19
6267530275What did Zionists want?Led by Theodore Herzl, Jes of this nationalist movement wanted to return to their ancestral homeland in Palestine.20
6267530276What was the Balfour Declaration?Statement favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine that led to conflicts between Palestinians and Jewish settlers21
6267530277In what ways was Russia's army declining throughout the war?-It's generals were incompetent, supplies were lacking, and soldiers were poorly trained and equipped -they ran out of ammo and other supplies. soldiers were told to go into battle unarmed and pick up weapons of the fallen enemy.22
6267530278What happened in the Febrary Revolution?the tsar was overthrown and replaced by a Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky.23
6267530279Who was Vladimir Lenin?the head of the Bolshiviks, who were a small but tightly disciplined group of obedient radicals24
6267530280What was Lenin's plan when he returned to Russia from exile?extremely popular with soldiers and workers from the war: -immediate peace -all power to the Soeviets -transfers of land to peasants and factories to the workers25
6267530281What happened in the October revolution?Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks staged an uprising in Petrograd and overthrew the Provisional Government.26
6267530282How did Lenin enforce his rule?Through the Checka, a secret police force with powers to arrest and execute opponents.27
6267530283What did the Treaty of Bret-Litovsk do?Made peace between Russia and Germany/Austria Hungary -Russia lost territories containing a third of pop and wealth -Poland, Finland, and the Baltic States became independent -Russian colonies in central asia broke away temporarily28
6267530284Why did the US enter the war?German practiced unrestricted submarine warfare29
6267530285What was Woodrow Wilson's position on entering the war?he wanted to stay out of Euro conflict but when the german's practiced unrestricted sub warfare he declared war. he presented 14 pts, a peace plan calling for german evacuation.30
6267530286how did the war come to an endThe Germans were able to break through and push within 40 miles of Paris. The arrival of U.S. forces allowed the Allies to counterattack in August 1918. The German soldiers retreated; an armistice was signed on November 11.31
6267530287how many people died in the warbetween 8 and 10 million32
6267530288what role did the flu epidemic play following the warIt infected almost everyone on earth and killed 1/40. 20 mil died around world33
6267530289what 3 men dominated the paris peace conference-U.S. President Wilson -British Prime Minister David Lloyd George -French Premier Georges Clemenceau34
6267530290What was the League of Nations supposed to do?safeguard peace and foster international cooperation proposed by Wilson. However the US refused to join.35
6267530291The end of the war created four new nations in Europe:-Czechoslovakia -Yugoslavia -Romania -Poland36
6267530292What were the terms for Germany listed in the Treaty of Versailles?-forbidden to have an air force -permitted a limited army and navy -gave up eastern territory -humiliated germans with "guilt clause" which blamed everything on them37
6267530293What does USSR stand for?The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -Russia and Ukraine38
6267530294What was the New Economic Policy (NEP)allowed peasants to own their own land and sell their crops, merchants to trade, and private workshops to produce goods and sell them on the free market39
6267530295In order to invest in heavy industry and electrification and create a modern industrial economy without private property the Communists had to make the peasants...pay for the industrialization of russia. This led to hatred of communists40
6267530296What happened when Lenin died?his associates struggled for power; the two main contenders were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Stalin filled the bureaucracy with his supporters, expelled Trotsky, and forced him to flee the country.41
6267530297What was the overall consensus of the end of the war?dissatisfaction among people whose hopes had been raised by the rhetoric of war and dashed by its outcome42
6267530298What happened to postwar GermanyFrench occupation of the Ruhr and severe inflation brought Germany to the brink of civil war. Currency reform and French withdrawal from the Ruhr marked the beginning of a period of peace and economic growth beginning43
6267530299What was the difference between China and Japan?China clung much longer than Japan to a traditional social structure and then collapsed into chaos and revolution Japan experienced reform, acquiring military to take advantage of China's weakness -China had good farming while Japan had very little arable land and few natural resources. -China had floods of the Yellow River while Japan had Typhoons and Earthquakes -Japan more vulnerable to swings in world economy while china had worse weather44
6267530300What happened to Chinese population after the warit rapidly increased and there was an increasingly unfavorable ratio of population to arable land;45
6267530301Why did the educated, young, urban chinese hate the foreigners?they led luxurious lives46
6267530302Why was Japan more vulnerable to swings in the world economy?they depended on foreign trade. They exported silk and imported almost all its fuel, raw materials, and machine tools47
6267530303Explain the revolution in China, beginning with Empress Dowager Cixi.-China's defeat and humiliation in the Boxer affair led many Chinese students to conclude that China needed a revolution to overthrow the Qing and modernize the country. -the Revolutionary Alliance overthrew and took over with Sun Yat Sen as leader -people didn't like Sun Yat Sen so to avoid a civil war, the presidency was turned over to the powerful general Yuan Shikai, who rejected democracy and ruled as an autocrat. -Sun Yat Sen creates the Guomindang -Sun Yat Sen reorganized Guomindang along Leninist lines and welcomed members of Chinese Communist Party -Sun Yat Sen dies and Chiang Kai Shek becomes new leader of Guomindang. He decimated the Communists and established a corrupt military dictatorship48
6267530304Yun Sat-Sen envisioned a China that wasnationalistic and socialistic, yet still incorporated a Confucisn philosophy49
6267530305Why did the Japanese join the Allies in WW1?to advance it's own opportunities in Asia while Europeans were occupied elsewhere50
6267530306What were the 21 demandsJapan gave these to China, pretty much making it it's own protectorate. The US and Britain convinced them to soften demands but still allowed Japan to keep German coastal enclaves and extracted railroad and mining concessions at China's expense. Led to riots and boycotts in China sparking conflict between the 2 countries for years.51
6267530307what was the mandate systemdistributing former German and Ottoman territories among the victorious powers after ww1 to be administered under League of Nation supervision52
6267530308describe the classes of mandates-Class C Mandates were ruled as colonies -Class B Mandates were to be ruled under League of Nations supervision. -Class A Mandates were the Arab-speaking territories of the former Ottoman Empire (lead the Arabs to believe that they had been promised independence. In practice, Britain took control of Palestine, Iraq, and Trans-Jordan, while France took Syria and Lebanon as its mandates.)53
6267530309Who was Mustafa Kemal?had a nationalist gov in Central Anatolia and fought the Greece to reconquer Anatolia for Turkey. He won and declared Turkey to be a secular republic; introduced European laws; replaced the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet; and attempted to westernize the Turkish family, the roles of women, and even Turkish clothing and headgear. His reforms spread quickly in the urban areas, but they encountered strong resistance in the countryside, where Islamic traditions remained strong.54
6267530310What name did Kemal take for himself?Ataturk (father of the turks)55
6267530311How did Arabs view European presencenot as liberation from Ott oppression, but as foreign occupation56
6267530312How did Arab life change?the population grew by 50 percent, major cities doubled in size, and the urban merchant class adopted western ideas, customs, and lifestyles.57
6267530313Who made up the Maghribthe French army and by French settlers, who owned the best lands and monopolized government jobs and businesses, while Arabs and Berbers remained poor and suffered discrimination.58
6267530314What did Britain and France do in the middle east postwar?-The British allowed Iraq to become independent under King Faisal (leader of the Arab revolt) but maintained a significant military and economic influence. -France sent thousands of troops to crush nationalist uprisings in Lebanon and Syria. -Britain declared Egypt to be independent in 1922 but retained control through its alliance with King Farouk.59
6267530315What was the result of the British limiting Jewish immigration in Palistine?instead, they earned the hatred of both sides by alienating the Jews without appeasing the Arabs60
6267530316What changed in the class systems post war?-Class distinctions faded after the war as the role of the aristocracy (many of whom had died in battle) declined and displays of wealth came to be regarded as unpatriotic -working class did not expand because new machines allowed for more productivity and without a larger labor force61
6267530317How did women's lives change in the 20s?women enjoyed more personal freedoms than ever before, and women won the right to vote in some countries between 1915 and 193462
6267530318Who was Margaret Sanger?She fought for birth control rights63
6267530319What are some of the revolutions in Physics?The discovery of subatomic particles, quanta, Einstein's theory of relativity, and the discovery that light is made up of either waves or particles64
6267530320What are some of the revolutions in Social Sciences?they challenged Victorian morality, middle-class values, and notions of western superiority.65
6267530321Who was Sigmund Freud? Albert Einstein? Maxq Planck?-founder of psychoanalysis to probe patients minds' -developed theories of relativity -developed quantum theory66
6267530322How was aviation used?during the war used for battle, but after for entertainment and to carry passengers. Amelia Earhart, Richard Byrd, and especially Charles Lindbergh were famous flyers67
6267530323how did electricity transform home life?lighting, electric irons, fans, washing machines radio used during the war for communication, after as entertainment and news68
6267530324how did film transform american lifeThe introduction of the talking picture in the United States in 1921, combined with the tremendous size of the American market, marked the beginning of the era of Hollywood's domination of film and its role in the diffusion of American culture.69
6267530325how was health transformed?Advances in medicine, sewage treatment systems, indoor plumbing, and the increased use of soap and home appliances contributed to declines in infant mortality and improvements in health and life expectancy.70
6267530326What two technologies devastated the environment and how?the skyscraper-Skyscrapers with load-bearing steel frames and passenger elevators were built in American cities. European cities restricted the height of buildings, but led the way in designing simple, easily constructed, inexpensive, functional buildings in what came to be known as the International Style. the automobile-replaced horses in the city streets and led to the construction of far-flung suburban areas like those of Los Angeles. On farms, gasoline-powered tractors began replacing horses in the 1920s, while dams and canals were used to generate electricity and to irrigate dry land.71

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