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world war 1
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10th Grade
03/29/2011

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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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austria-hungary
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what was the longest and bloodiest battle of world war 1
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verdun
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u.s. commander in europe
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pershing
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Who ordered the Russian offensive on July 1, 1917?
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kerensky
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What was Lenin’s first decree after the Bolshevik Revolution?
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delcaration of peace
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35. Which best describes the outcome of Russia’s peace negotiations?
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russia lost territory
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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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influenza
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1st decade of the twentieth century saw relative ________ growth.
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economic
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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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2 major alliances
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triple entente and triple alliance(germany italy, austria)
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War of Attrition
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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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Fourteen Points
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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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britain
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february revolution
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tsar overthrown and replaced with a provisional gov
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october revolution
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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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ukraine and russia
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china's problems
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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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twenty-one demands
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japan's demands on china
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important scientific disocvery ?
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light is made up of niether particles or waves
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