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CLEP Western Civilization: WW 1 - Early 20th century

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1. Provided that no territorial changes should take place in the Balkans without prior agreement and that Austria could annex Bosnia and Hercegovina when it wished; in the event of war between one party and a great power not party to the treaty - the ot






2. The Last Tsar of Russia






3. President of United States from 1912-1920






4. 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






5. Totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany. It shared many elements with Italian fascism - but it was far more extreme both in its ideas and in its practice.






6. 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






7. Leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party (from 1920/21) and chancellor (Kanzler) and Fuhrer of Germany (1933-45)






8. Following the Brest-Litovsk Treaty - Berlin launched an enormous assault in the west which came within 20 miles of capturing Paris before running out of steam






9. Signed by Benito Mussolini for the Italian government and by cardinal secretary of state Pietro Gasparri for the papacy and confirmed by the Italian constitution of 1948 - this treaty gave the papacy control of the Vatican City in exchange for recogn






10. One of several major internal uprisings against Soviet rule in Russia after the Civil War (1918-20) - conducted by sailors from the Kronshtadt naval base.






11. 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






12. The insurrection by which Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy in late October 1922. The March marked the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the preceding parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals.






13. 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






14. Worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world - sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions - macroeconomic pol






15. This event marked the end of fighting in WWI






16. Secret convention made during WWI between Great Britain and France - with the assent of imperial Russia - for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. It led to the division of Turkish-held Syria - Iraq - Lebanon - and Palestine into various French-






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. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: ____________ - openly arrived at - after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.






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. 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






21. A series of letters exchanged during World War I - between Husayn ibn 'Ali - emir of Mecca - and Sir Henry McMahon - the British high commissioner in Egypt. In general terms - the correspondence effectively traded British support of an independent Ar






22. 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)






23. Negotiated by Germany's Walther Rathenau and the Soviet Union's Georgy V. Chicherin - it reestablished normal relations between the two nations. The nations agreed to cancel all financial claims against each other - and the treaty strengthened their






24. Pact in which Britain and Russia settled their colonial disputes in Persia - Afghanistan - and Tibet. It delineated spheres of influence in Persia - stipulated that neither country would interfere in Tibet's internal affairs - and recognized Britain'






25. 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.






26. Itinerant monk - whose influence over Russia's royal family had a malign effect






27. Emperor of Germany; he fired Bismarck






28. Fighting behind rows of trenches - mines - and barbed wire: the cost in lives was staggering and the gains in territory minimal






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






30. 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 -






31. A series of Anglo-French assaults on German entrenchments along the river Somme. A minimal amount of ground was gained at the cost of 1.12 million casualties in total






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






35. Leader of Russia's Provisional Government






36. 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






37. Supreme German Commander on the German Western Front






38. A secret agreement between Germany and Russia arranged by Otto von Bismarck. The treaty provided that each party would remain neutral if the other became involved in a war with a third great power and that this would not apply if Germany attacked Fra






39. 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






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






41. Any of several private paramilitary groups that first appeared in December 1918 in the wake of Germany's defeat in World War I.






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






43. The war that broke out after the explosion of the USS Maine was blamed on the Spanish forces in Cuba






44. (Russian: 'fist'): a wealthy or prosperous peasant - generally characterized as one who owned a relatively large farm and several head of cattle and horses and who was financially capable of employing hired labour and leasing land.






45. 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.






46. Enormous but inconclusive naval confrontation between the German and British navies in the North Sea. 25 ships and 8 -000 sailors were lost with the British suffering the worst casualties; German fleet returned to its anchorage and never left port ag






47. 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






48. 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.






49. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: Adequate guarantees given and taken that ___________ will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.






50. First Lord of the Admiralty (later demoted) to fight in trenches - after which he was repromoted to his previous position