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True or False: Before WWI, most wars had been fought by soldiers who volunteered to fight for their country. |
False! Before WWI, wars were fought by professionally trained soldiers. It was their career. |
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Name the Allied Powers. |
Allied Powers were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. |
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Who were the central powers? List at least 3. |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. |
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Who were the first 2 countries to declare war in WWI? |
Austra-Hungary and Germany. |
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What event started WWI? |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot! |
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True or False: Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks in a revolution. |
True. |
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What happened as a result of the Russian civil war?a. Stalin called for general electionsb. Lenin created a democratic statec. Lenin created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republicsd. The Soviet empire collapsed |
c. Lenin created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
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What form of government did Lenin bring to Russia?
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Communism. |
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What word means “belonging to all”? |
Communism. |
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What country did the Bolsheviks come to power in? What was the result in this change in leadership? |
Russia, communist country USSR. |
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True or FalseThe United States never joined WWI. |
False!The United States joined WWI in 1917. |
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Which side did the U.S. join in WWI, the Allied or Central Powers? |
U.S. joined the Allied Powers. |
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Who did most of the work here in the U.S. when it was involved in WWI? |
Women. |
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Who was the U.S. president during WWI? |
Woodrow Wilson. |
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Give 2 events that happened that brought the U.S. into the war. |
1. Russia pulled out of the war. 2. The sinking of the Lusitania. 3. The Zimmerman Telegram. |
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What were the things called that the soldiers dug so they could lie low to escape the deadly ammunition fire? |
Trenches. |
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What did the Germans use to bomb the city of London? |
Zeppelins. |
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Give an example of propaganda. |
-The posters and slides we made to join WN and WWI. -Persuading someone to do something. |
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Alliances between groups of nations resulted because of _________ to European countries (or nations). |
Nationalism. |
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2 Parts: What country signed an agreement ending the war (they took the blame) ? What was it called? |
Germany and they signed The Treaty of Versailles. |
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True or False: To protect soldiers from the bullets, both the Allies and the Central Powers began to use tanks. |
True. |
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What year did WWI begin? |
1914. |
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What year did WWI finally end? |
1918 |
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What country made peace with Germany and dropped out of the war? |
Russia. |
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2 Parts: What year was a turning point in the War? And why was it a turning point? |
1917, It was a turning point because of the Russian Revolution and the United States entered the war. |
