World War I And Russian Rev - Set 3

Front 1

The largest country created after world war I between Germany and Russia was _____.

Back 1

Poland

Front 2

Syria was a ______ of France after the war.

Back 2

mandate

Front 3

Which side had the most colonial troops serving their mother countries during World War I?

Back 3

the Allies

Front 4

Gavrilo Princip was a _____ who lived in ______.

Back 4

Serb / Bosnia

Front 5

When the czar gave up power, he ____ the throne.

Back 5

abdicated

Front 6

At the start of World War I, which country had the most powerful army?

Back 6

Germany

Front 7

At the start of World War I, which country had the most powerful navy?

Back 7

Great Britain

Front 8

The strategy of the Gallipoli Campaign was to get a _____ _____ to Russia.

Back 8

supply line

Front 9

Allied propaganda described the ____ committed by the German army against innocent civilians in Belgium.

Back 9

atrocities

Front 10

The treaty which ended Russia's participation in WWI was the Treaty of ___ ____.

Back 10

Brest-Litovsk

Front 11

The name of the democratic govenment imposed on Germany by the Versailles Treaty was the ____ Republic.

Back 11

Weimar

Front 12

A deadly ____ of influenza swept around the world killing 20 million, twice the number killed by the war.

Back 12

pandemic

Front 13

Mandates were created from former Ottoman territory in the Middle East as a result of the ____ Declaration.

Back 13

Balfour

Front 14

The spark that set in motion the events of World War I was the _____ in Sarajevo.

Back 14

assassination

Front 15

Prior to the break out of war, women activists demonstrated, and even resorted to terrorist acts, to gain ____.

Back 15

suffrage (right to vote)

Front 16

As a protest to gain the right for women to vote, Emily Davison was killed when she ......

Back 16

allowed herself to be run down by the king's race horse.

Front 17

he organized the Arabs to fight effectively against the Ottoman Turks within the Middle East

Back 17

T. E. Lawrence

Front 18

The actual date of the official end of all fighting in World War I was _____

Back 18

November 11, 1918
(11:00 AM)

Front 19

The British prime minister who helped negotiate the final peace treaty in Paris was _____

Back 19

David Lloyd George

Front 20

The American president who was the first ever to leave the country while still in office when he attended the Paris peace talks was ______

Back 20

Woodrow Wilson

Front 21

Another name for the Balkans was the _____ because of ethnic tensions and nationalistic ambitions.

Back 21

Powder Keg of Europe

Front 22

What did Serbia have in common with Russia?

Back 22

both were Slavic

Front 23

How did Lenin get back into Russia in 1917?

Back 23

on a sealed railroad car

Front 24

What country helped Lenin return to Russia?

Back 24

Germany

Front 25

The two opposing sides in the Russian civil war which followed the November Revolution were ____

Back 25

Reds (Bolsheviks)
Whites (democratic)

Front 26

How did Rasputin win the trust of the wife of czar Nicholas II, Alexandra?

Back 26

he promised that he could keep Alexi safe

Front 27

he was known as a womanizer and a heavy drinker, but also as a holy man with influence over the Russian emperor

Back 27

Gregory Rasputin

Front 28

The government that held power in Russia after the czar lost power and until the Bolshevik takeover was called the _____.

Back 28

Provisional Government

Front 29

The right hand man of Vladimir Lenin was _____.

Back 29

Leon Trotsky

Front 30

He was the in power in Russia until Lenin and the Bolsheviks took power by force.

Back 30

Alexander Kerensky

Front 31

Russia's greatest strength during World War I was in there _____

Back 31

large population

Front 32

The type of warfare which developed early in World War I, due to the murderous killing capacity of the machine gun, was called _____.

Back 32

trench warfare

Front 33

The British ship that was sunk by a German U-boat was called the ____.

Back 33

Lusitania

Front 34

Which country was promised the southwestern United States in return for joining the war on the side of Germany?

Back 34

Mexico

Front 35

Japan joined World War I on the side of the _____, despite it's recent war against Russia.

Back 35

Allies

Front 36

The German pilot known as the Red Baron was _____.

Back 36

Manfred Von Richthofen

Front 37

The US was determined to remain ____ during the first three years of World War I.

Back 37

neutral