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Chapter 26
World War 1
Question | Answer |
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United Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. | Triple Alliance |
France, Russia, and Great Britain. | Triple Entente |
Opened fire with his pistol, killing the archduke and the archduke's wife, Sophie. | Gavrilo Princip |
Or a country that takes no side in a conflict. | Neutral |
Germany and Austria-Hungary made up one side. | Central Powers |
Great Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia. | Allied Powers |
The deadlocked region in northern France. | Western Front. |
Or fighting from trenches, was not new. | Trench Warfare |
The nations fighting in World War 1 soon realized that winning this new type of war would require the use of all of society's resources. | Total War |
Information designed to influence people's opinions, in order to encourage support of the war effort. | Propaganda |
Was meant solely to kill or injure as many French soldiers as possible-to"bleed France white," said the German commander. | Battle of Verdun |
Was a failure. | Gallipoli Campaign |
The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. | Genocide |
Sought to change life in Russia though revolution. | Bolsheviks |
After Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. | Marxism-Leninism |
A top Bolshevik official, to negotiate for peace with the Central Powers. | Leon Trotsky |
A plan that permitted some capitalist activity. | New Economic Policy |
Who did not want to become involved in the huge conflict on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. | Woodrow Wilson |
Under this policy, any ship traveling in the waters around Great Britain was subject to attack by German Submarines. | U-boats |
Was a secret message from German diplomat Arthur Zimmermann to officials in Mexico in which Germany proposed that Mexico attack the United States. | Zimmermann Note |
Or truce. | Armistice |
In early 1918, while fighting was still going on, Woodrow Wilson had announced his vision of world peace. | Fourteen Points |
After difficult negotiations, the Allies finally compromised. | Treaty of Versailles |
It established the organization of world governments he had envisioned in his Fourteen Points. | League of Nations |
Or territories to be ruled by European powers. | Mandates |
Which favored establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, the ancient Jewish homeland. | Balfour Declaration |