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9th Grade Ch. 20 Test Review

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  • Before WWI, the Balkans were known as the: pg 451
    "powder keg of Europe"
  • Austria sent Serbia a list of demands or else. This is known as an: pg 452
    ultimatum
  • What pushed Britain to enter WWI? pg 453
    they were mad that Germany violated Belgium's neutrality, tired of them bullying others
  • who was the archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated in Sarajeveo pg 452
    Ferdinand
  • organization designed to discuss differences rather than to fight over them
    League of Nations
  • Wilson's peace plan to end WWI
    Fourteen Points
  • What was the purpose of Bismarck's System in Germany? pg 449
    to isolate France from having any allies
  • French representative at the Paris Peace Conference
    Clemenceau
  • agreement that renounced war as "an instrument of...national policy."
    Kellogg-Briand Pact
  • What term means "to make a country's troops ready for battle?" pg 452
    mobilize
  • "Anschluss" (a political union) with Germany was forbidden for which country?
    Austria
  • prime minister of Britain who attended the Paris Peace Conference pg 461
    Lloyd George
  • The War Guilt Clause placed the entire blame of the war on: pg 463
    Germany and their allies
  • treaty that took Russia out of WWI
    Brest-Litovsk
  • What did the American banker, Charles Dawes, do after the war?
    He loaned money to Germany to help them with their war debts
  • treaty that dismantled the Ottoman Empire
    Treaty of Sevres
  • What was the phrase that declared the sinking of all ships, armed or not, that carried supplies to the Allies? pg 457
    unrestricted submarine warfare
  • a secret treaty signed between Germany and Russia
    Reinsurance Treaty
  • What does "disarmament" mean? pg 466
    the elimination of weapons/arms
  • Who was the czar of Russia who abdicated (resigned/stepped down) his throne?
    Nicholas II
  • A temporary cessation of fighting is an: (pg 459
    armistice
  • Why did Germany agree to sign an armistice to end the war? pg 461
    they thought the armistice would be similar to the Fourteen Points and pretty laid back
  • What was an effect for Poland from the Treaty of Versailles?
    they were established as an independent country
  • What was the purpose of the Schlieffen Plan? pg 453
    to take over France 1st while Russia was still trying to organize for war
  • The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to make these payments: pg 462
    reparations for war damages
  • nonaggression treaty signed by Germany, Belgium, and France in 1925
    Locarno Pact
  • attempt to disarm the great naval powers in the early 1920s
    Washington Naval Conference
  • Who was the chief of the Allied armies in France? pg 459
    Foch
  • France and Britain had a friendly understanding that was known as: pg 450
    The Entente Cordiale
  • Who was a chancellor of Germany until 1890? pg 449
    Bismarck
  • German general who defeated Russia in several battles pg 453
    Hindenburg
  • treaty signed by Austria recognizing Hungary's independence
    Treaty of St. Germain
  • Who started the Peace Palace in the Netherlands and was a steel manufacturer? pg 447
    Carnegie
  • a treaty signed between Germany and the Allies near Paris
    Treaty of Versailles
  • Zeppelins look like modern-day blimps but they were German: pg 455
    airships
  • Who was an inventor who established a prize to further world peace?
    Nobel
  • Who was the general who led the American Expeditionary Force in WWI?
    Pershing
  • Who was the kaiser of Germany who fled following World War I pg 457-459
    Wilhelm
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