810503591 | powder keg | keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder | 0 | |
810503592 | alliance systems | Defense agreements among nations | 1 | |
810503593 | triple alliance | Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry | 2 | |
810503594 | triple entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. | 3 | |
810503595 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 4 | |
810503596 | militarism | policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war | 5 | |
810503597 | imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 6 | |
810503598 | assassination of franz ferdinand | Event that sparked WWI | 7 | |
810503599 | total war | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort | 8 | |
810503600 | lustania | german sink british ship:1915.....killed american pasengers and germans stopped unrestricted warfare | 9 | |
810503601 | reasons for us entry and russian withdrawal | Russia: people starving, don't support army, Russian Revolution, had no money, VI Lenin said could fix economy so signed treaty out U.S.: Zimmerman note: note from germany to mexico US got a hand on saying can help win back land | 10 | |
810503602 | new weaponry | bayonets; flamethrowers; grenades; machine guns; pistols; poison gas; rifles; tanks | 11 | |
810503603 | versailles treaty | The compromise after WW1, settled land and freedom disputes. Germany had to take full blame for the war in order for the treaty to pass, among other things. The US Senate rejected it. | 12 | |
810503604 | socialism | A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production. | 13 | |
810503605 | communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 14 | |
810503606 | proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | 15 | |
810503607 | bourgeoisie | the social class between the lower and upper classes | 16 | |
810503608 | bolsheviks | Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian goverment during WWI | 17 | |
810503609 | totalitarian | referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control | 18 | |
810503610 | reds(civil war) | Communist Bolsheviks | 19 | |
810503611 | soviet union | A Communist nation, consisting of Russia and 14 other states, that existed from 1922 to 1991. | 20 | |
810503612 | gulag | a Russian prison camp for political prisoners | 21 | |
810503613 | What Caused WW1 | 1) Surbs wanted independence from Austria-hungary. 2) killed franz ferdinand 3)allied-france, britain and russia, US (1917) Axis- Ottomans, Germany, Austria-Hungary | 22 | |
810503614 | Why was WW1 different from other wars? | More advanced weaponry Trench warfare Newer tactics for warfare | 23 | |
810503615 | Why did russia leave WW1 | The Russian Revolution had overthrown the monarchy. Russians wanted a democratic government, but then a V.I. Lenin came to power. Russia's new leader pulled Russia out of the war. | 24 | |
810503616 | Why did the USA enter ww1 | German and Britan made them choose which country the USA wanted to support | 25 | |
810503617 | What did the versailles treaty do | -Set the boundaries of Germany -Created Czechoslavakia out of the former Austria-Hungarian lands -creation of an independent Yugoslavia and Hungary loss of German colonies abroad | 26 | |
810503618 | How was russia's government weakened before WW1 | Many people were trying to start a revolution(bolsheviks,Communist.) | 27 |
World War 1/Russian Revoultion Flashcards
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