Imperialism, WWI and the Russian Revolution

• The policy in which a state takes political and economic control of areas beyond its borders is called 

   imperialism
• What was the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War?

  Japan gained control over Korea and hegemony (control) over Manchuria.
• The U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War in 1898 led the United States to


   become an imperial power with territory in the Pacific and Caribbean Sea.
• What nation destabilized the balance of power in Europe in the years before World War I with its increasing military and industrial might?

  Germany
• What was the name of the alliance that Germany formed with Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882 to protect itself from its neighbor France? 

   the Triple Alliance
• As Ottoman power declined, the Balkan Peninsula became unstable due to 


  ethnic nationalism among Balkan peoples.
• How did many Europeans react to the outbreak of war in August 1914?


   They welcomed the war with patriotic celebration.
• After Italy had departed its' alliance with Austria and Hungary, what was the name given to the German, Austria-Hungarian and Ottoman alliance?

  The Central Powers.
• With the Schlieffen Plan, Germany planned to win the war by


  quickly knocking France out of the fighting.
• New military technologies used during World War I resulted in

   unprecedented bloodshed.
• What was the result of fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula?

   Turkish forces defeated the Allies and maintained control of the Bosporous and Dardanelles.
• During the war, nations began to print a lot of paper money because

  they had difficulty paying the costs of war.
• Why did the United States remain neutral when World War I first broke out?


  All of these choices are correct responses
• What German tactic eventually drew the United States into World War I? 

  the use of submarines against merchant ships
• The Treaty of Versailles signed by Germany and the Allied Powers


  required Germany to accept responsibility for starting the war.
• Why did Russia lose territory at the Paris Peace Conference, despite the fact that it had been on the winning side of World War I?

   Russia was too weak to hold on to its empire following the 1917 Revolution.
• Which of the following is a reason why the U.S. Senate rejected membership in the League of Nations? 

  Senators feared the League's collective security requirements would draw the nation into foreign wars.
• How did the League of Nations deal with the territorial possessions lost by Germany in Africa and the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East? 

   These territories became mandates under League of Nations supervision.
• The 1928 agreement, drawn up by U.S. and French officials, which outlawed war as an instrument of foreign policy was called the


  Kellogg-Briand Pact
• The last czar (emperor) to rule Russia was 

  Nicholas II.
• After Alexander II liberated the serfs, many peasants were

  disappointed by emancipation.
• How did Alexander II’s policies inspire revolutionary groups to form?

  His reforms encouraged highly critical public discussion of political and social issues.
• How did most peasants respond to radical university students’ call for revolution in 1873 and 1874? 

   They did not understand their message.
• The Bolsheviks differed from the Mensheviks because they believed that


  professional revolutionaries from the intelligentsia would have to lead Russia's proletariat to revolution.
• All of these led to the Revolution of 1905 EXCEPT 

  Nicholas II dissolving the elected national legislature.
• After the Revolution of 1905, Nicholas II agreed to make all of the following reforms EXCEPT


   releasing imprisoned revolutionaries.
• Which of these BEST describes attitudes most Russians had toward World War I? 

   They supported the war at first but adamantly protested it after economic hardships.
• The February Revolution resulted in 

   Nicholas II giving up his throne.
• Members of the Provisional Government were mostly 

   middle-class workers.
• What event led to the Russian Civil War? 

  Lenin disbanded the new national assembly because less than 25 percent of the delegates wereBolsheviks.
• The White armies were hindered during the Civil War because they 


   were divided by both geography and the causes for which they were fighting.