World War I and the Russian Revolution Review

After WW1, international organizations, such as the __________________ _______________ and other agreements were established in order prevent future wars.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

The _________________ system was created to administer the colonies of defeated powers on a temporary basis.

MANDATE

France and Great Britain became mandatory powers in the ________________________.

MIDDLE EAST

There were four "main" causes of WWI: ___ meant that countries were building up for war.

MILITARISM

The development of chemical weapons, such as ______________ ________ caused many men to die a slow, painful death.

MUSTARD GAS

The most deadly weapon was the_____ which was often used to protect the area between trenches called _____________________.

MUSTARD GAS NO MANS LAND.

The Russian tsar, _______________________, was also considered incompetent to rule over the growing cries of the poor landless _________________.

NICHOLAS II PEASANTS

Airplanes were used for

RECONNAISSANCE

The tsar and his family were killed, ending the _________________ dynasty in Russia.

ROMANOV

The Archduke was visiting ___ in Bosnia when members of the ___ a ___ nationalist group shot him.

SARAJEVO BLACK HAND GROUP SERBIAN

Germany controlled the seas with the invention of the _____________________.

SUBMARINES

There was competition for ___gained through imperialism as well as a growth of ___ feelings.

TERRITORY NATIONALIST

Alliances forced the rest of Europe to join the war.

True

Germany then went to support Austria and declared war on Russia.

True

Russia immediately went to support their ally, Serbia and declared war on Austria.

True

The war quickly became stuck in the trenches with no side gaining much territory. Some new technology made this war more brutal than ever.

True

Austria blamed Serbia for the assassination and issued an ___

ULTIMATUM

Although it was proposed by President Wilson, the ___________________________ was not a member.

UNITED STATES

The war ended with the Treaty of ___________________ and Germany was forced to accept full responsibility for the war, pay ____________________, limit their military and lose territory.

VERSAILLES REPARATIONS

The communist leader was ____________________________ who brought many positive changes to Russia through his ______________________________.

VLADIMIR LENIN NEW ECONOMIC POLICY

The US, led by President ________________ ________________ entered the war in 1917 soon after it decoded the __________________________ which offered Mexico part of the US territory in exchange for help.

WOODROW WILSON ZIMMERMAN NOTE

Serbia complied with most, but not all, of the terms and with Germany's support, a ____________ ________________, Austria declared war on Serbia.

BLANK CHECK

Civil war broke out in Russia and the communists, known as the ____________, won.

BOLSHEVIKS

The League failed because it did not have power to ___________________ its decisions.

ENFORCE

The spark that started the war was, of course, the assassination of the Archduke ___ from ___.

FERDINAND AUSTRIA

There were many causes of the 1917 revolutions in Russia. In 1905, many Russians were extremely embarrassed when the small island nation of __________________ defeated them over territory in Manchuria. During WW1, Russia suffered many military defeats.

JAPAN

Unfortunately Lenin died shortly thereafter and was replaced by ___________________, who became dictator of the newly formed Soviet Union.

JOSEPH STALIN

The leader of Germany was ______________ _______________.

KAISER WILHELM ll.

___divided Europe into competing sides.

ALLIANCES