WW1 quiz
where was Archduke Ferdinand from
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Who were the Bolsheviks?
Communists
What is trench warfare?
Fighting from ditches
Who was Rasputin?
Healer, took care of the czar's son, creepy man
Who created Communism?
Karl Marx
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
Leader of Russia who lived in luxury while the citizens where living in poverty
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Leader of the Bolsheviks
What were new technologies in WWI?
Machine guns, submarines, tanks, airplanes, poison gas
what are the 4 main causes of WW1
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
When did WW1 end?
November 11, 1918
what speech did Woodrow Wilson give
Peace without Victory
What did the Bolsheviks promise
Peace, land, and bread
what was the Balkans nickname
Powder keg of Europe
who was the first communist nation
Russia
What is a czar?
Russian ruler
Who were the Balkans?
Slavic people
World War One is also known as...
The Great War or the War to end all wars
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
Treaty that ended WWI
bloodless coup
executed royal family in bolshevik refolution
What is an agrarian society?
farming society
means of production
farms, factories, railways, and other large businesses
What was revanchism?
french revenge on germany
world war one was the first ______ war
global
what were tools of power
ideological promises, bloodless coup, russian civil war, secret police and red terror
Effect of War Communism
industrial and agricultural production plummeted. Russian Famine of 1921
marx believed working class start the communist revolution, BUT what did Vladimir Lenin believe
intellectuals could start the revolution
War Communism
lenin moved to nationalize industry and agriculture
russian civil war
lenin's red army defeats white army of anti communists
What was a soviet?
local ruling council elected by workers
what is communism
means of production are owned by the people and goods would be shared equally
What is total war?
nation is willing to sacrifice it all to win
What is a stalemate?
neither side wins
Did Germany like the Treaty of Versailles?
no
what were ideological promises
peace, land, bread and surrendering to germany to end war
Proletariat
poor and working class
What is nationalism?
pride in one's country OR wanting to be your own country
what are the two groups in communism against each other
proletariat vs bourgeoisie
What was the Black Hand?
serbian group that killed the archduke
Effect of New Economic Plan
small business owners known as "NEP men" flourished
what were the conditions for Germany in the treaty of versailles
take full blame, relegations, demilitarized, lost its colonies
New Economic Policy (NEP)
temporary plan to increase production, mix of communism and capitalism
Bourgeoisie
the rich and middle class
what was Peace Without Victory
14 point program for world peace
When did WW1 start?
1914
how many countries were in WW1
30
how long was world war 1
4 years
What is an arms race?
A build of more powerful weapons
Why did WW1 start?
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
what was Russia called when it was renamed
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR) or the Soviet Union
What did the Bolsheviks sign
a peace agreement with Germany (took Russia out of WW1)
What is socialism?
a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
this is the first war with what type of vehicle
airplanes
marx believed communist state must be industrialized first, BUT lenin believed
an agrarian country could skip the industrialization
what did the secret police and red terror do?
arrested, tortured, and executed political enemies
what were the two teams in WW1
central powers and allied powers
what is the two power standard?
creating a power as strong as two nations together
What was Bloody Sunday?
czar nicolas II ordered troops to fire on protestors
Industrialization effects on WW1
during war factories can mass produce basically everything needed in the war
Why was WW1 a global war?
european countries had colonies that also engaged AND there was military conflict in the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific