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1
Q

To achieve his foreign policy goal of isolating the nation of ________, Bismarck formed the Triple Alliance. Its members were ________, __________, and ________.

A

France; Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

2
Q

To counteract the Triple Alliance, France joined with ________ and _________ to form an alliance called the _____________.

A

Russia, Great Britain; Triple Entente

3
Q

The ________ region was called the “powder keg” of Europe.

A

Balkan

4
Q

In 1914, the assassination of _______________________ in the city of __________ triggered the chain events that led to World War I.

A

Archduke Francis Ferdinand; Sarajevo

5
Q

When German troops marched through Belgium into France, violating a guarantee of neutrality, _________________ declared war on Germany.

A

Great Britain

6
Q

During World War I Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottomon Empire formed the ____________ Powers, and Great Britain, France, Russia, and their partners formed the _________ Powers.

A

Central; Allied

7
Q

In 1915 nearly 2000 people, including more than 100 Americans, were killed when a German U-boat sank the ______________, a British passenger liner.

A

Lusitania

8
Q

The __________________ telegram showed the United States that Germany had no regard for the rights of neutral powers.

A

Zimmermann

9
Q

In March 1917 ______________ abdicated, ending the 300-year-old ___________ dynasty in Russia.

A

Czar Nicholas II; Romanov

10
Q

In November 1917, the ___________, led by ________, seized control of Russia, after which they renamed themselves the Communist Party.

A

Bolsheviks; Lenin

11
Q

In 1918 a civil war broke out in Russia between the __________, or the Communists, and the _________, who opposed the Communists. The Allies helped the ________________, but they were defeated in 1921.

A

Reds; Whites; White forces

12
Q

In 1918 the president of the United States, ________________, announced his formulation of the Allied war goals. These proposals are known as the ____________________.

A

Woodrow Wilson; Fourteen Points

13
Q

The countries that made up the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference were:

A

Great Britain, France, United States, and Italy

14
Q

Two provisions of the Versailles Treaty that particularly angered the Germans were:

A

(a) the treaty made Germany admit that it alone was guilty of starting war and therefore must pay reparations. (b) the treaty did not specify the total amount of reparations

15
Q

The Allied power that never joined the League of Nations was _________________.

A

United States

16
Q

The territories of _________ and ___________ were returned to France after World War I.

A

Alsace and Lorraine

17
Q

The nation with which Germany had a common border before but not after World War I was __________.

A

Russia

18
Q

The nation that lost the most land after World War I was ___________.

A

Germany

19
Q

The new nation of _______________ was created from Austro-Hungarian territory and also included Serbia and Montenegro,

A

Yugoslavia

20
Q

The new nation created exclusively out of Austro-Hungarian territory was ________________________.

A

Czechoslavakia

21
Q

A Balkan nation whose boundaries were not changed by World War I was ______________.

A

Bulgaria

22
Q

The new nation that split Germany into two parts was ___________.

A

Poland

23
Q

Four new nations that were carved exclusively out of Russian lands were:

A

Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

24
Q

Italy gained territory at the expense of _____________________.

A

Austria-Hungary

25
Q

The Prime minister of Great Britain

A

David Lloyd George

26
Q

President of the United States

A

Woodrow Wilson

27
Q

Premier of France

A

Georges Clemenceau

28
Q

Premier of Italy

A

Vittorio Orlando

29
Q

militarism

A

glorifiation of armed strength

30
Q

mobilize

A

organized a nation’s army and other resources for combat

31
Q

ultimatum

A

demand in which one party threatens harmful action to another party if the other party rejects its proposals

32
Q

belligerent

A

warring nations

33
Q

contraband

A

war materials supplied by a neutral to a belligerent nation

34
Q

armistice

A

agreement to stop fighting

35
Q

reparation

A

payment for war damages

36
Q

mandate

A

area, usually a former colony, to be administered by the government of another nation