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World History, Tignor et al
Ch 18-20
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Undergraduate 1
05/04/2009

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WWI: Central Powers
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Germany and Austria-Hungary
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WWI: Triple Entente
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France, Russia, Britain
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Whose assassination sparked the beginning of WWI?
Definition
Archibishop Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo (Hungary)
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WWI: The Allies
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France, Russia, Britain, ITALY
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WWI: What side was the Ottoman Empire on?
Definition
Central Powers (Germany & Austria-Hungary)
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WWI: Which country did Japan declare war on?
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Germany
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John Chilembwe 
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WWI: The missionary-educated African that led a revolt against British colonial military demands ("Africa for Africans")?
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WWI: What was the first empire to be destroyed?
Definition
Romanov Russia
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Who led the Bolsheviks in Russia?
Definition
Lenin and Trotsky
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Signed by Soviet Russia, acknowledging defeat on the Eastern front. Lenin wanted to safeguard the Socialist revolution at all costs.
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What 4 dynasties fell as a result of WWI?
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Romanov Russia, German Empire (became a republic), Austria-Hungary dissolved into several new states, the Ottoman Empire
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Peace Treaty at the end of WWI?
Who refused to sign it?
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Versailles Peace Treaty
US
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Three social outcomes at the end of WWI
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1) Loosened relations between classes 2) Contributed to the making of mass societies 3) Shook up gender relations
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Who pioneered the national radio address?
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Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini
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What does Tignor say is the most notable example of propagandistic cinema?
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Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi Germany
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What was America's #1 symbol of modernization?
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The automobile
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What started the Great Depression?
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Black Tuesday, October 24, 1929, US stock market crash
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Author of The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
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John Maynard Keynes
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