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Germany |
-treaty of versailles assigned them sole responsibility for war -punished by the "war guilt clause" in the treaty of versailles |
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What were the main reasons for the war? |
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and nationalism |
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Why did the industrial revolution begin in Great Britain? |
they had the factors of production |
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What was the spark that triggered WW1? |
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand |
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What were the conditions for soldiers in the trenches? |
deadly winters, rats, disease |
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Who is Adam Smith? |
Defended the free market system of capitalism in "The wealth of Nations" |
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What are nationalists? |
People who are loyal to a country or a group of people |
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Textile production |
The first area to undergo major industrialization |
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what was the effect of industrialism on Germany and Japan? |
They became military giants |
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Japanese victor in Russo-Japanese War in terms of social Darwinism |
-went against European belief that they could easily defeat other races |
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What was the organization created as a result of the Treaty of Versailles? |
The League of Nations |
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What are factors that promoted Imperialism in Africa? |
-European technology -steam power -inability of Africans to unite |
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What was the result of the battle of Verdun? |
Both sides lost lots of men, but gained little ground |
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what is an enclosure? |
Large, closed field for farming |
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What is a trench? |
Type of warfare in WWI |
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What aided Europeans in their quest for Africa? |
-Quinine -machine guns -railroads and steamships |
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What are the main points of the "Communist Manifesto"? |
-The industrial revolution had made the rich richer but not the poor -workers would overthrow the factory owners -workers would seize the factors of production |
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what was Industrialization? |
a cause of urbanization |
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what is capitalism? |
economic system where people invest money to make a profit |
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what is imperialism? |
Policy of seeking to dominate a weak country politically, socially, and economically |
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what was a benefit of the railroad in Britain? |
cheap transportation for materials and goods |
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what was Adam Smith's defense of laissez-faire economics? |
he said social harmony would result without gov't interference |
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what are some effects of urbanization? |
-Growing cities -lack of sanitation -disease |
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what were the punishments given to the country accused of responsibility for the war? |
-military restrictions -reparations -loss of overseas colonies |
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what was an effect of the industrial revolution on populations in cities? |
it made the population grow faster than the housing supply |
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What was the worldwide impact of industrialization? |
-Lead to imperialism -weakened economic ties between nations -exploited colonies for slaves |
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laissez-faire economics |
government should not interfere with business affairs |
