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9.	Why was the mandate system created? (WHII. 11a)

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9.	Why was the mandate system created? (WHII. 11a)

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During World War I, Great Britain and France agreed to divide large portions of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East between themselves.

• After the war, the “mandate system” gave Great Britain and France control over the lands that became Iraq, Transjordan, and Palestine (British controlled) and Syria and Lebanon (French controlled).

• The division of the Ottoman Empire through the mandate system planted the seeds for future conflicts in the Middle East.

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8.	What was the League of Nations and why did it fail? (WHII. 11a)

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8.	What was the League of Nations and why did it fail? (WHII. 11a)

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I (WHII.1a)

Why was the mandate system created?

• Established to prevent future wars
• United States not a member
• Failure of League because it did not

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have power to enforce its decisions

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1.	How did communism rise in Russia? (WHII. 10c)

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1.	How did communism rise in Russia? (WHII. 10c)

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Bolshevik Revolution and civil war

Vladimir Lenin’s New Economic

Policy
• Joseph Stalin, Lenin’s successor

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6.	Why did Russia erupt in revolution while fighting in WWI? (WHII. 10c)

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6.	Why did Russia erupt in revolution while fighting in WWI? (WHII. 10c)

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• Defeat in war with Japan in 1905
• Landless peasantry
• Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II
• Military defeats and high casualties in WWI

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5.	What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? (WHII.10b)

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5.	What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? (WHII.10b)

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Forced Germany to accept responsibility for war and loss of territory and to pay reparations

Limited the German military

League of Nations

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4.	What were the outcomes and global effects of WWI? (WHII.10b)

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4.	What were the outcomes and global effects of WWI? (WHII.10b)

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Colonies’ participation in the war, which increased demands for independence

• End of the Russian Imperial, Ottoman, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires

• Enormous cost of the war in lives, property, and social disruption

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3.	Who were the major leaders? (WHII. 10a)

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3.	Who were the major leaders? (WHII. 10a)

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Woodrow Wilson

Kaiser Wilhelm II

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2.	What were the major events of the war? (WHII. 10a)

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2.	What were the major events of the war? (WHII. 10a)

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Assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand

Identify and compare contemporary political boundaries with the locations of civilizations, empires, and kingdoms. (WHII.1d)

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• United States enters the war • Russia leaves the war

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1.	What were the factors that produced WWI? (WHII. 10a)

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1.	What were the factors that produced WWI? (WHII. 10a)

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• Alliances that divided Europe into competing camps

I. (WHII.1a)

What were the major events of the war?

• Nationalistic feelings
• Diplomatic failures
• Imperialism
• Competition over colonies • Militarism

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germany-austria hungary-italy

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area full of tension and ready to explode

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list of demands that must be met of consequences will be given

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friendly understanding

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military builds up

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france goes down 1st