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| What were European powers doing to the rest of the world in the late 1800’s and early1900’s? |
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| European powers were competing for more land and taking over as much land as possible. This was imperialism. |
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| What were European powers building up in the early 1900’s? |
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| European powers were increasing the size of their militaries in the early 1900s. This was known as militarism. |
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| What was on the rise in Europe in the early 1900’s? |
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| Nationalism was increasing in Europe. |
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| Nationalism is extreme love or devotion for your country. Typically, extreme nationalism makes people feel that the needs of their country come before anything else (their own needs or the needs of other countries.) Propagands was used ot increase nationalism. |
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| What did the European powers create to help protect themselves? |
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| European powers created alliances to help protect themselves. |
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| What were the major causes of World War I? |
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| The major causes in WW1 were imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and military alliances. |
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| An alliance is a group that joins together to protect each other. |
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| What were the major alliances before World War I? |
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| Triple Entente: Triple Alliance; Allied Powers: Central Powers; The United Kingdom, France, and Russia, Italy: Austria Hungary, Italy, and Germany. Red: Yellow |
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| Who was assassinated on June 28, 1914? |
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| What country was Ferdinand from? |
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| He was from Austria Hungary, and he was the next in line to take over the throne. |
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| What country was his assassin from? |
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| His assassin worked for the Serbian government. |
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| Why was Archduke Ferdinand killed? |
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| Serbia (in green on the map) wanted to unite all Serbs, but many of them lived in Austria Hungary. Serbian nationalist wanted to change this. |
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| What happened as a result of the assassination? |
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| In 1914, war broke out in Europe. Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. It started with just Serbia and Austria Hungary, but because of the alliances this soon spread through all out of Europe. |
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| Where did much of the fighting in World War I take place? |
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| A lot of fighting place on the border of Germany and France. |
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| What were the main areas of fighting know as? |
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| This area became known as the Western Front. The Eastern Front was the area between Russia, Germany, and Austria Hungary. The Middle Eastern Front was the area between the Ottoman empire and other friends of the allied powers. |
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| Identify and describe 4 important weapons that became popular during World War I? |
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| Tanks-armored vehicles that could protect soldiers and fire cannon-like guns as they moved. Planes-they were used to drop bombs and fire guns at the enemy targets. Chemical Warfare-gases were released that would burn the eyes, skin, and mouths of the soldiers. Trenches-long holes were dug in the ground and the soldiers would wait inside the trenches and then would charge out when their leaders told them to. The trenches were used as protection, but they eventually led to a stalemate on the Western Front. |
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| What term describes the change from human power to machine power in World War I? |
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| Mechanization was the change to machine power. This included things like using tanks, planes, and machine guns. |
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| How did the new weapons and mechanization impact soldiers during the war? |
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| Many soldiers died because of the new weapons. |
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| How many people died during the war? |
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| Around 9,000,000 soldiers died during the war. Around 13,000,000 civilians died. |
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| Who joined the war in 1917? |
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| The United States entered the war because it had been provoked by the Central. |
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| Why did the United State join the war? |
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| The US entered the war because it had been provoked by the Central Powers. It had previously remained neutral so it could stay out of Europe’s business. |
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| The Lusitania was a British cruise ship that was sunk by Germany submarines/U-boats. There were 120 Americans on board and this angered the USA. |
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| What was the Zimmerman Telegram? |
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Definition
| The Zimmerman Telegram was a note sent by Germany to Mexico. It promised Mexico would be able to take some of the USA’s land if ir joined the war. This also angered the USA. |
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| Who dropped out of the war in March of 1918? |
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| Why did Russia leave the war? |
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| Russia left the war because of a revolt started in the Russia by a group called the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks were unhappy with the length of the war, Russian deaths, and food shortages at home. |
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| Communism is a type of government that controls the means of production and also tends to control everything else about government, including speech, the press, and the political parties. Communism is seen as the end of result of socialism. After the Bolsheviks won the revolt in 1921, Russia became a communist country known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Soviet Union. |
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