339304947 | Gavrilo Princip | assassinated the archduke and his wife while they were trying to leave; trained by Serbia but came from Bosnia | 0 | |
339304948 | What were the four causes of World War I? | ~Nationalism ~Imperialism ~Militarism ~Alliances | 1 | |
339456813 | What factors led to the contraction of the Ottoman Empire? | ~lack of industry ~rebellions in parts of the empire | 2 | |
339456814 | Why did Russia support Bosnia and Serbia? | They were Slavic and had an alliance | 3 | |
339456815 | Franz Ferdinand had what political significance? | ~ heir to the throne of Russia ~ Commander in Chief for the armies | 4 | |
339456816 | Alexandra Romanov | Wife of Nicholas II | 5 | |
339456817 | Rasputin | spiritual adviser who helped Alexis calm down and keep from bleeding out; Sociopath trusted by the Czar and helped lead the country | 6 | |
339456818 | Alexander Kerensky | Believed that in order to advance, Russia had to keep good relations with the West and kept the country in the war, but the soldiers returned home anyway. | 7 | |
339456819 | Duma | Russian parliament led by people who did not want radical change and wanted to stay in the war | 8 | |
339456820 | Mensheviks | Socialists who believe the elite should lead the people | 9 | |
339456821 | Bolsheviks | Socialists (Marxists) who thought average people should rule. | 10 | |
339456822 | Vladimir Lenin | ~Promised Russia peace, property, and bread ~Supported by Germany and gave them 1/3 of Russia for doing so | 11 | |
339456823 | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | peace treaty between Germany and Russia that benefited Germany more when they got 1/3 of Russian land | 12 | |
339456824 | Russian Civil War | ~25 million dead, third revolt but the biggest ~The Czar and his family were killed during this time | 13 | |
339456825 | T. E. Lawrence | British academic who studied the Arabs so intently that he eventually lost sight of his own identity and became one of them. ~Asked his commanders for permission to attempt to get them as allies to overthrow the Ottoman Empire and weaken Germany | 14 | |
339456826 | Fourteen Points for Peace | ~Woodrow Wilson's suggestion to Germany that involved solving the problems that began WWI ~Germany surrendered because they assumed this was the official peace treaty but the Allies disagreed | 15 | |
339456827 | Treaty of Versailles | Decided by the Untied States, France, Britain, and Italy. Germany had to admit that they started the war, demoted them to a small and defensive-only military, no more weapons, couldn't draft soldiers, and lost territory. | 16 | |
339456828 | What were some of the reasons for the Russian Revolution? | ~Incompetence of Nicholas II ~Russia was suffering in the war due to lack of industrialization and wanted out of the war | 17 | |
339456829 | What did Lenin give up in order to have peace with Germany? | 1/3 of Russian territory | 18 | |
339456830 | How did the Fourteen Points for Peace attempt to solve the problems that led to WWI? | Tried to solve the 4 reasons WWI started : ~Imperialism ~Nationalism ~Militarism ~Alliances | 19 | |
339456831 | The Treaty of Versailles attempted what major components? | ~Germany took responsibility for the war ~small, defensive-only military ~military weapons were confiscated ~aren't allowed to draft soldiers ~ lost territory | 20 | |
339456832 | Central Powers | ~Germany ~Austria ~Ottoman Empire ~Bulgaria | 21 | |
339456833 | Allied Powers | ~Great Britain ~France ~Russia ~Serbia | 22 | |
339456834 | Francis Joseph | Led Austria | 23 | |
339456835 | Wilhelm II | Led Germany | 24 | |
339456836 | Raymond Poincaré | French leader originated from Alsace-Lorraine so he was removed from office due to his bias; he wanted his country for France | 25 | |
339456837 | Georges Clemenceau | Took over and led France through most of WWI | 26 | |
339456838 | Nicholas II | Led Russia | 27 | |
339456839 | Von Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to attack France and conquer Paris in 2 weeks and turn around to face a weak Russia who hasn't industrialized. Failed because Belgium attacked and Russia prepared in 2 weeks, not 1 month like expected. | 28 | |
339456840 | Western Front | Britain and France | 29 | |
339456841 | Eastern Front | Russia | 30 | |
339456842 | Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Germany surrounds Britain with their newly advanced submarines and cut off all trade with them, including food and medical supplies by shooting ANY ship in the war zone. | 31 | |
339456843 | Propaganda | Britain used propaganda to demonize Germany and led to the United States feeling sympathetic toward their mother country. | 32 | |
339456844 | Lusitania | British passenger ship that had Americans on board and was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915 because it was carrying war weapons | 33 | |
339456845 | Freedom of the Seas | philosophy that deems the ocean as free and supported by Britain and the US | 34 | |
339456846 | Zimmerman Note | ~German message sent to Mexico asking them to become an ally and attack the US ~Intercepted by British spies and published in the American newspaper | 35 | |
339456847 | How is World War I an example of "total war"? | ~use every resource available ~attack everyone, including civilians ~massive research of new weapons ~new ideology | 36 | |
339456848 | The Ottoman Empire was involved in what violent nationalistic movement during WWI? | The Armenian Genocide | 37 | |
339456849 | Britain and Germany were both involved in breaking international law during WWI in what ways? | ~They blockaded and kept medicine and food from entering the country ~Germany had submarines | 38 | |
339456850 | Why was the US more sympathetic toward Britain than to Germany? | ~trading partners ~similar culture ~mother land ~propaganda used by Britain against Germany | 39 | |
339456851 | The US became involved in WWI for what reasons? | ~unrestricted submarine warfare ~sinking of Lusitania ~Freedom of Seas being ignored ~Zimmermann note | 40 | |
339456852 | Age of Uncertainty | ~Bloomed from failure to resolve WWI ~New types of government, culture, and terrorism methods were formed ~Communism was extreme socialism ~Fascism was extreme capitalism | 41 | |
339456853 | Surrealism | Art style that looks like alternate realities | 42 | |
339456854 | Cubism | use of geometric shapes, an artist being Picasso | 43 | |
339456855 | Existentialism | personal philosophy that states that whatever is most important to you is the meaning of life and that not everyone has the same views | 44 | |
339456856 | Friedrich Nietzsche | ~German philosopher who believed in Roman beliefs like discipline and strength ~Thought that there IS a path and it can be found by being assertive ~Hitler warped his views for his own benefit | 45 | |
339456857 | Theory of Relativity | discovered by Albert Einstein and states that both space and time are intermingled | 46 | |
339456858 | Quantum Mechanics | states that the universe exists on subatomic level and that every atom is made up of smaller pieces | 47 | |
339456859 | Big Bang Theory | discovered by Edwin Hubble and Georges Laimaître and says that the universe is expanding through the Doppler Effect | 48 | |
339456860 | Sigmund Freud | psychoanalysis | 49 | |
339456861 | Dictatorship of the Proletariat | Workers are supposed to rule, but Lenin didn't trust the uneducated workers and instead took complete control | 50 | |
339456862 | Leon Trotsky | Lenin's best friend who assumed that he would take over after the death of his friend, but Stalin challenged him and won | 51 | |
339456863 | Joseph Stalin | ~Ally of convenience until the end of the war ~Used radical methods to industrialize, like purges where he killed anyone who opposed him | 52 | |
339456864 | Five Year Plans | After a 15 year span, Russia would be industrialized and it worked as they changed faster than Japan did through Stalin's harsh methods | 53 | |
339456865 | Totalitarian | A dictator's complete control over a country | 54 | |
339456866 | Command Economy | All decisions are made by the state/government, no private industry | 55 | |
339456867 | Kulaks | wealthy farmers who opposed agricultural collectivism because it took their land and combined them to be controlled by the government | 56 | |
339456868 | Russia had what problems following WWI? | ~Behind industrially ~Weak from the War ~unstable government | 57 | |
339456869 | Stalin attempted to eliminate what three groups during his purges? | ~old communists ~military leaders ~kulaks | 58 | |
340254706 | Sun Yat-sen | ~Founded the Chinese Nationalist Party and supported by local warlords ~Led the Revolution against the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty | 59 | |
340254707 | Puyi | Last emperor of Qing Dynasty after Dowager Civi | 60 | |
340254708 | Yuan Shikai | army general who became president of Chinese Republic and did not defend the Qing | 61 | |
340254709 | Guomindang | Chinese Nationalist Party | 62 | |
340254710 | Chiang Kai-shek | leader of the Guomindang | 63 | |
340254711 | Mao Zedong | led Communist revolt | 64 | |
340254712 | What internal and external factors led to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty? | ~rebellions like the Taiping, Boxer, White Lotus,... ~Opium War (external) | 65 | |
340254713 | Gulags | camps where the kulaks (farmers) were sent when they were in the way of Lenin | 66 | |
340254714 | October 29, 1929 | The stock market crashes, losing over half its value. This marks the beginning of the Great Depression | 67 | |
340254715 | Depression | an economic slump that lasts for over 3 financial quarters | 68 | |
340254716 | Recession | negative growth for at least 3 financial quarters | 69 | |
340254717 | The New Deal | plan proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt to recover from the Great Depression by pumping government money into the economy in order to provide more jobs | 70 | |
340254718 | The Great Depression led to what worldwide consequences? | ~Current economic theory ~willingness to support radical ideas | 71 | |
340254719 | What is an example of nationalism in the Middle East? | Arabs fought against Jewish immigration | 72 | |
340254720 | Identify 3 examples of imperialism in the Middle East. | ~British control of Egypt ~T.E Lawrence encouraging the Arabs ~Using the British army to attack Ira and Iran | 73 | |
340254721 | What is an example of the effect alliances had on the Middle East? | The Middle East was split among Britain, France, Greek, and Italy | 74 |
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