1. World War CFA
Study Guide

2. What Countries were part of the Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy

3. What countries were the Triple Entente? (Allied Powers)
France
Britain
Russia (until the revolution)
Later, the United States

4. What caused Russians to withdraw and begin a revolution?
Massive losses on the Eastern Front!!!

5. Russia!
The Bolsheviks would become…
The communist Party

6. Christianity gave us The dignity of the individual
…because one could have a personal relationship with his/her God!

7. Jews were unique because
They were the first known monotheistic (one God) religion
“I will make you
The father of many nations.”

8. Rome, like the U.S. was… A Republic!
Athens Greece was the first site of a democracy, a DIRECT democracy.

9. The Spark that started WW1
The Schlieffen Plan failed because
Russia mobilized quickly
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

10. T.E. Lawrence
Also known as Lawrence of Arabia, he fought for Britain and the Arabs to win the Ottoman Empire from Germany

11. Concert of Europe
A group of kings and emperors united for the cause of keeping monarchs on their thrones after the French Revolution and the spread of Napoleon’s empire.

12. MAIN Causes of WW1 M=militarism A=alliances I=imperialism
N=nationalism

13. Imperialism Two main competitors for industrial domination were:
Germany
Britain

14. World War 1 New technology Reasons US entered U-boats Airplanes
Poison gas/gasmasks
Machine guns
Steel helmets
Aircraft carriers
The Zimmerman Note promising Mexico land lost in the Mexican-American War
Sinking of the Lusitania during unrestricted submarine warfare

15. Powder Keg of Europe was…

16. The WESTERN FRONT From the northern tip of France
To the southernmost tip of the
German Empire

17. The EASTERN FRONT
Between the
boundaries of
Germany
and Russia

18. The Gallipoli Campaign
British goals were…
1) establish a supply line to Russia
2) secure the Strait of Dardanelles
3) Conquer Constantinople (now Istanbul)

19. Holodomor
Armenian Genocide by Stalin’s regime!!!

20. Key terms Rationing Total war Propaganda Pandemic of 1918 Armistice
The 14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Battles of Verdun
Battles of Somme