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CLEP Western Civilization: WW 1 - Early 20th century

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1. This event marked the end of fighting in WWI






2. Prime Minister of France during WWI






3. The Prussian strategy to attack France by going through Belgium - march from the west of Paris towards the French rear - and then crushing the French forces in the 'Nutcracker'






4. 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-






5. A communist theorist and agitator - a leader in Russia's October Revolution in 1917 - and later the commissar of foreign affairs and of war in the Soviet Union;... In the struggle for power after Lenin's death - Stalin emerged as victor - and this m






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






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






8. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: ______________________ - outside territorial waters - alike in peace and in war - except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of in






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War - the final - crushing defeat of the Russian navy in that conflict






13. 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






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






15. Emperor of Austria-Hungary






16. The assassin of Franz Ferdinand






17. 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






18. Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWI






19. 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.






20. American Air Force Ace with (26 kills)






21. 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






22. Supreme German Commander on the German Western Front






23. 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






24. Leader of Russia's Provisional Government






25. The government of Germany from 1919 to 1933






26. Leader of the Social Democratic movement in Germany and a moderate socialist - who was a leader in bringing about the constitution of the Weimar Republic -






27. 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.






28. The Treaty that included the terms of surrender for the Germans after WWI - which the United States Congress refused to sign






29. 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






30. 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






31. The Last Tsar of Russia






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






33. 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






34. German commander who was victorious over the Russians at the Battle of Tannenberg






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. [needs definition]






40. An intercepted German message that helped draw the United States into World War I (1914-1918). The message was an attempt by Germany to persuade Mexico to go to war against the United States






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






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






43. An excellent American rifleman who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for single-handedly capturing a small division of German soldiers






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






45. 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






46. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: _______ - the whole world will agree - must be evacuated and restored - without any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other si






47. 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






48. 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






49. Military conflict in which a victorious Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in Korea; The Japanese became the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power.






50. Alliance that bound Britain and Japan to assist one another in safeguarding their respective interests in China and Korea. Directed against Russian expansionism in the Far East - it was a cornerstone of British and Japanese policy in Asia until after