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| 1. Explain the 4 major causes of World War I |
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1. Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
2. Germany presented an ultimatum to Russia to demobilise, and when this was refused, declared war on Russia on 1 August
3. Nations needed more land and territory
4. Sides were strong and had many amo |
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| 2. Who was Franz Ferdinand? |
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| The Archduke of Austria-Hungary |
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| 3. What role did the Black Hand play? |
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| The Black Hand was a group of Serbian men who wanted to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
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| 4. What was Germany’s “blank check”? |
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| A promise Germany made to support Austria-Hungary in whatever action Austria-Hungary might take to punish Serbia. |
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5. a. Who were the Allies?
b. Who were the Central Powers? |
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A) Allies were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States
B) Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
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| 6. What was the Schlieffen Plan? |
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| Germany's plan to have war against France and Russia at the same time. |
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| 7. What were the effects of “total war”? |
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| Factories, pipelines, railroads, bridges, etc. become targets in war. Some negative effects of this were bankruptcy, loss of many resources, shortage of food and e.t.c. |
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| 8. What was the major issue that Austria-Hungary faced? |
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| Nationalism. Many people demanded for political and cultural equality for all the different national groups in the Empire. |
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| 9. What new weaponry was used in WWI? |
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| Poisonous gas from Germany and Machine guns |
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| 10. What were women’s roles during WWI? |
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| Women took the difficult and dangerous jobs of men fighting in the war. They also were nurses and doctors who helped wounded soldiers during the war. |
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| When neither side could do anything or start any action. |
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| 12. What were the major principles and effects of the Treaty of Versailles? |
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| This treaty ended the war. Germany was forced to sign and had to take the blame for the whole war. |
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| 13. What was the significance of the Zimmerman Note? |
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| was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany, Mexico and Japan in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. |
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| 14. Who was Tsar Nicholas? |
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| was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917 |
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| 15. What was the Christmas Truce of 1914? |
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| Soldiers from opposing sides laid down their guns and celebrated Christmas together. They bonded and seemed friendly to each other for that day. |
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