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33 Cards in this Set
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What is the capital of Bosnia?
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Sarajevo
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What region of Europe was referred to a the "powder keg"?
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The Balkan Peninsula
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The purpose of the Schlieffen Plan was to keep Germany from having to do what?
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fight on two fronts at the same time
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What two countries were the main competitors for industrial domination of Europe during the late 1800s?
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Germany and Great Britain
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Who was the French commander of the Allied forces
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Marshall Foch
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What year did the United Statrs enter the World War I?
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1917
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Who propsed an end ot secret treaties and free trade and freedom of the seas?
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Woodrow Wilson
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Which nation was the first to declare war in WWI?
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Austria-Hungary
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Which nation's heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by a Serbian nationalist?
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Austria-Hungary
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Who was the ruler of Germany in 1890?
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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A deep devotion to one's nation is called _____________.
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nationalism
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Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield is called ___________.
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trench warfare
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What 3 nations belong to the Triple Entente?
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France, Russia, Great Britain
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What 3 nations belong to the Triple Alliance?
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Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
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What was the system of rationing designed to limit?
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purchases of consumer goods
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The purpose of propaganda during World War I was to _________________.
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influence public opinions
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An agreement at the end of WWI between Germany and the Allied Powers was called what?
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Treaty of Versailles
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An International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations ....
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League of Nations
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What is artillery?
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large guns; cannons
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a ruler of Russia was called this
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czar
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glorifying war and preparing for it is called this
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militarism
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In the years leading up to World War I, Russia and ____________competed for dominance of the Balkans.
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Austtria-Hungary
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What would eventually develop into World War I began in July 1914 when Austria-Hungary declared war on _______.
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Serbia
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Due to having withdrawn from the war, ___________ was not represented at the Paris Peace Conference despite having been an Allied Power.
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Russia
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Great Britain entered the war following Germany's invasion of _______ in violation of that nation's neutrality.
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Belgium
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Most of the new European nations created at the end of World War I were located on former lands of _______.
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Russia
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___________ was represented at the Paris Peace Conference by Georges Clemenceau.
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France
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Two nations deliberately excluded from the League of Nations were Germany and _____________.
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Russia
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All of Germany's territories in Africa and the Pacific were declared _________, or territories to be administered by the League of Nations.
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mandates
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Under the Schlieffen Plan, Germany was to focus first on defeating _________.
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France
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The battles of the Marne, the Somme, and Verdun were fought on ___________ soil.
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French
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Article 231, also known as the ___________________ clause, ordered Germany to pay huge war reparations to Allied nations.
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war guilt
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Using submarines to sink any ship with warning is called __________________.
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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