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25 Cards in this Set
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The first country to actually be attacked at the start of World War I was ___
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Belgium
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most of the fighting between German and Russian troops took place along the ____
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Eastern Front
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Germany used ____ to enforce a trade blockade of the British Isles
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U-boats
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The ocean liner that was Sunk by a German torpedo in 1915 was the ____.
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Lusitania
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The message, sent by the German foreign minister, asking Mexico to attack the US was called the ____.
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Zimmerman Telegram
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The archduke of Austria-Hungary was visiting the Bosnian city of _____, when he was assassinated.
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Sarajevo
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The US soldiers came to be called _____, because the buttons on their uniforms looked like little loaves of bread.
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Doughboys
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What Year did the US enter World War One?
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1917
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Russia signed a treaty with Germany called the _____ and quit the war while the rest of the Allies remained in the fight.
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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The campaign to open up an Allied supply line to Russia through the Bosporus to the Black Sea was called _______.
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Gallipoli
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Of these, the one which was not a costly battle of World War I was ____
Verdun / Somme / Cairo / Marne |
Cairo
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a council of leaders chosen to represent a local socialist organization in Russia was called a ____
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soviet
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The Bolshevik leader who returned to Russia from New York following the March Revolution to lead the Red Army was Leon _____.
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Trotsky
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Alexander _____ was the person at the head of the Provisional government following the abdication of the czar.
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Kerensky
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the name of the Russian "parliament"
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Duma
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he was murdered by Russian nobles because he had become too close to the wife of the czar and placed a cloud of corruption over the Romanov dynasty
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Gregory Rasputin
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This country chose to fight with the Allies even though it had been part of the Triple Alliance
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Italy
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Russia mobilized her army after Austria-Hungary threatened war against _____
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Serbia
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Prior to invading Belgium, Germany used the Russian mobilization as a pretense for declaring war on both _____ and _____.
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Russia / France
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The invasion of Belgium immediately brought _____ into the war
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Grat Britain
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The Christmas truce of 1914 took place in "no man's land" at several locations along the ______.
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Western Front
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Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli Campaign were called _____.
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Anzacs
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The Gallipoli Campaign was the idea of _____. Its failure nearly ended his career.
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Winston Churchill
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The Romanov prince who had a rare blood disorder (_______) which threatened his life was named______.
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hemophilia / Alexi
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The German plan which was designed to win a quick victory over France so that Germany would not have to fight a two front war was called the _____
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Schleiffen Plan
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