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The causes of World War I was;

Alliances that divided Europe into competing camps

Nationalistic feelings

Diplomatic failures

Imperialism

Competition over colonies

Militarism

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The Major events of the war were;

Assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand

United States enters war

Russia leaves the war

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The Major leaders of the war were;

Woodrow Wilson

Kaiser Wilhelm II

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The outcomes and global effects of World War I were;

• 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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The Treaty of Versailles;

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

• Limited the German military • League of Nations

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Russia erupted in revolution while fighting in World War I because of the;

Defeat in war with Japan in 1905

Landless peasantry

Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II

Military defeats and high casualties in World War I

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Communism rose in Russia because of;

Bolshevik Revolution and civil war

Vladimir Lenin’s New Economic Policy

Lenin’s successor—Joseph Stalin

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The league of nations was an;

International cooperative organization

Established to prevent future wars

United States not a member

Failure of League because it did not have power to enforce its decisions

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The mandate system was created because;

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.