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CLEP Western Civilization: WW 1 - Early 20th century

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2. Statement of British support for 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.' It was made in a letter from the British foreign secretary






3. American Air Force Ace with (26 kills)






4. The political revolution that brought about the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and returned control of the country to direct imperial rule under the emperor Meiji - beginning an era of major political - economic - and social change






5. Act passed Aug. 10 - 1911 - in the British Parliament which deprived the House of Lords of its absolute power of veto on legislation.






6. Series of agreements whereby Germany - France - Belgium - Great Britain - and Italy mutually guaranteed peace in western Europe. The treaties were initialed at Locarno - Switz. - on October 16 and signed in London on December 1.






7. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: The evacuation of all ____________ and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest cooperation of the other nations of the world in obtaining






8. American offensive in coordination with British and French assaults along the German line which eventually broke through - resulting in the immediate request for peace by Germany






9. Signed by the United States - Great Britain - Japan - France - Italy - the Netherlands - Portugal - Belgium - and China - this agreement affirmed China's sovereignty - independence - and territorial integrity and gave all nations the right to do busi






10. A political and military pact that developed between France and Russia from friendly contacts in 1891 to a secret treaty in 1894; it became one of the basic European alignments of the pre-World War I era






11. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: _________________ and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.






12. An authorization granted by the League of Nations to a member nation to govern a former German or Turkish colony.






13. The first of its kind of battleship in the Royal Navy - named after this new - deadly model






14. Huge German victory over invading Russian armies inn East Prussia - inflicting 78 -000 casualties at a cost of 5 -000. Russians began retreat after this battle






15. German admiral - the chief builder of the German Navy in the 17 years preceding World War I and a dominant personality of the emperor William II's reign.






16. Prime Minister of France during WWI






17. Franco-German dispute over control of the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine - Disintegration of European Turkey - Bosnian Crisis of 1908 - The fragility of European politics






18. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. (Creation of the League of Nations)






19. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: Rumania - Serbia - and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; ______ accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several Balkan states






20. Weapons: flamethrower - machine gun - poison gas - Artillery vehicles: tanks - aircraft - U-boat






21. U.S. Army officer who early advocated a separate U.S. air force and greater preparedness in military aviation. He was court-martialed for his outspoken views and did not live to see the fulfillment during World War II of many of his prophecies: strat






22. Militarism - Navalism - Nationalism - Alliance System - Political instability - Imperialism






23. President of United States from 1912-1920






24. Series of relentless German assaults on a network of French forts astride the road to Paris - designed to bleed the French Army white. Although a tactical French victory - the casualties were horrendous (over 700 -000)






25. Arrangement for Germany's payment of reparations after World War I. On the initiative of the British and U.S. governments - a committee of experts - presided over by an American financier - Charles G. Dawes - produced a report on the question of Germ






26. French General and Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe (except for American forces) in WWI






27. The failed Allied invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula of Turkey along the Dardanelles strait that followed an unsuccessful attempt by the Royal Navy to breach Constantinople






28. The battle in which the French army attacked the outside flank of the German forces that were marching near the east side of Paris toward Alsace-Lorraine






29. The government of Germany from 1919 to 1933






30. Controversial British commander on Western Front; the force behind the failed offensives during the battles of the Somme and Passchendaele






31. Adolf Hitler's attempt to start an insurrection in Germany against the Weimar Republic on Nov. 8-9 - 1923. Hitler and his small Nazi Party associated themselves with General Erich Ludendorff - a right-wing German military leader of World War I






32. King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936 - the second son of Prince Albert Edward - later King Edward VII






33. Peace settlement signed at Kittery - Maine - U.S. - ending the Russo-Japanese War. According to the terms of the treaty - mediated by Theodore Roosevelt - the defeated Russians recognized Japan as the dominant power in Korea and turned over their lea






34. The agreement that concluded the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) - which ended in China's defeat; China had to recognize the independence of Korea - to cede Taiwan - the Pescadores Islands - and the South Manchurian Peninsula to Japan; to pay an in






35. A continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule. The Treaty of Paris (1898) transferred Philippine sovereignty from Spain to the United States but was not recognized by Filipino leaders - whose troops were in actual control of the en






36. Secured by Russia - France - and Germany - it required Japan to retrocede the South Manchurian Peninsula to China in return for an additional indemnity of 30 -000 -000 Taels






37. The group of Czechs who had been fighting on the side of Russia; they were given the freedom to leave Russia - but violent incidents that occurred during the evacuation led the Bolsheviks to order the legion's disarmament. The legionnaires then rebel






38. Emperor of Germany; he fired Bismarck






39. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: The Turkish portions of the present ______________ should be assured a secure sovereignty - but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted






40. International meeting convened at San Remo - on the Italian Riviera - to decide the future of the former territories of the Ottoman Turkish Empire; the prime ministers of Great Britain - France - and Italy - and the representatives of Japan - Greece






41. The originally-French territories that were annexed by Germans






42. The economic policy of the government of the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1928 - representing a temporary retreat from its previous policy of extreme centralization and doctrinaire socialism.






43. The assassin of Franz Ferdinand






44. Secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941-53) - who for a quarter of a century dictatorially ruled the Soviet Union and transformed it into a major world power






45. Defeat of the Spanish Pacific fleet by the U.S. Navy - resulting in the fall of the Philippines and contributing to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War






46. This event marked the end of fighting in WWI






47. Supreme German Commander on the German Western Front






48. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: A _________________ should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.






49. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: ____________________ should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations - which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea -






50. Emperor of Austria-Hungary