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| intitially, why did britain invade mesopotamia? |
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| to capture the oil fields along persian gulf |
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| why did the british want access to the dardanelles? |
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| to open shipping routes with russia |
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| ITaly fought primarily with |
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| what was the longest and bloodiest battle of world war 1 |
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| Who ordered the Russian offensive on July 1, 1917? |
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| What was Lenin’s first decree after the Bolshevik Revolution? |
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| 35. Which best describes the outcome of Russia’s peace negotiations? |
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| What pandemic disease threatened soldiers and civilians on all sides during the late stages of the war? |
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| 1st decade of the twentieth century saw relative ________ growth. |
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| what were the goals of the young turks(4) |
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*centralized power
*turkification of minorities
*constitution
*modernizing reforms |
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| four main causes of world war 1 |
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| nationalism, militarism, alliances, imperialism |
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| triple entente and triple alliance(germany italy, austria) |
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| Slow wearing-down process in which each side tries to outlast the other. This situation occurs when there is a stalemate, or deadlock, in a contest or war. |
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President Woodrow Wilson's plan based on the Allies' aims to end World War 1. |
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| German civilians starved beecause they were blockaded by who? |
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| tsar overthrown and replaced with a provisional gov |
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| provisional gov overthrown by lenin |
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| what two soviet republics merged to create the soviet union? |
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-population outgrew foodsupply
-corruption
-floods |
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| what motivated chinese people to overthrow qing? |
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| the humiliation in the boxer's defeat |
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| important scientific disocvery ? |
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| light is made up of niether particles or waves |
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