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1.
what were the 5 great powers prior WWI?
Answer: great britain, germany, russia, austria-hungary and france
2.
what was the new imperialism?
Answer: the expansion of colonial empires( massive and rapid expansions)
3.
what was the causes of new imperialism?
Answer: scientific and technological advances, trains and steamships
4.
describe militarism in these great powers
Answer: -idea that the larger a country’s military was, the less likely other countries would attack it -modernisation in weapons - germany’s naval army was a rival to UK’s naval army - massive sizes of european militaries - increase in industrial production
5.
the three major causes of wwi
Answer: imperialism, nationalism and militarism
6.
what were the expectations of wwi?
Answer: people expected this war to be over by christmas and everyone expect their country to win. short war and successful war for them
7.
start of the schlieffen plan
Answer: - germans slowed down by the belgian army which caused them to not reach paris in their set goal( 6 weeks) - germas won alsace- lorraine but the french held out the battle of marne -russia mobilized faster than expected so germans had to unexpectedly sent troops to the russian front
8.
battle of marne
Answer: germans transferred 10000 soldiers to attack russia they didn’t have enough food supplie and ammunition because of their first advance and being held back in belgium german army were weary overstretched and exhausted on the other side, french army was well supplied and energy and their motive for war was to save their country british and french stopped germans at the river Marne there, they built trenches which made the war come to a stalemate ( war without movement) the schlieffend plan had failed since germany was fighting in a double front
9.
race to the sea
Answer: germany replaced its commander it decided to go round the end of the enemy’s trench which made them move west the british and the french moved troops to block them both sides did this movement of troops by rail
Some examples from this set of practice questions
1.
what was war communism
Answer: they were harsh economic measures the Bolsheviks put in place during the civil war
2.
aims of war communism
Answer: 1- put communist theories into practice: redistributing wealth among russians 2- to help with the civil war by keeping towns ( red army supplied them with food and weapons)
3.
characteristics of war communism
Answer: -all larger factories were taken over by the government - government planned and organised produxtion - strict disciplines for workers - peasants had to hand over surplus food to the government - food was rationed - free enterprise was illegal
4.
what did war communism cause?
Answer: it caused terrible hardship instead of winning WWI as present refused to produce because the government would take everything away from them there was food shortages, bad weather which overall created terrible famine all over the countey
5.
why was the new economic policy created?
Answer: -lenin realised changes had to be made since famine was taking over the country
6.
how was the NEP introduced?
Answer: -it brought back capitalism for some sections of russian society - peasants were allowed to seek surplus for profits but they would pay taxes on what they produced - factories handed back to private ownership and private trade allowed
7.
was NEP temporary or long term
Answer: the NEP was supposed to be temporary additionally heavy industries would still be state owned
8.
progress made by 1925
Answer: food production rose steeply however working conditions didn’t improve
9.
stalin/trotsky elections
Answer: no elections=> leader was the one who showed he had the most power within the party 1929 stalin became the leader
10.
how did stalin become the leader?
Answer: it was achieved through political scheming, mistakes from opponents and the clever way in which he built his power base
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