23.2 Guided Reading Activity – Flashcards
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Before 1914, many political leaders thought war in Europe could be _______________.
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avoided
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Government ______________ had worked in stirring up national hatreds before the war.
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propoganda
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In August 1914, most people seemed genuinely convinced that their nation's cause was _____________.
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just
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The German Schlieffen Plan called for the German army to sweep around _______________ and surround most of the French Army.
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Paris
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The German advance was halted at ______________.
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the First Battle of the Marne
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The war quickly turned into a ______________ .
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stalemate
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The unexpected development of ______________ on the Western Front baffled military leaders.
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trench warfare
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In 10 months at _______________, France, in 1916, seven hundred thousand men lost their lives over a few miles of land.
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Verdun
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By the end of 1915 _______________ began to be used to attack ground targets.
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planes
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The Ottoman Empire came into the war on the side of _____________, prompting the Allies to declare war on them as well.
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Germany
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By 1917, the war that had started in Europe had truly become a _____________.
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world conflict
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The Allies took advantage of the war to seize German _______________ in the rest of the world.
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colonies
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The United States tried to remain neutral, but unrestricted ______________ warfare by the Germans brought America into the war in 1917.
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submarine
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World War I affected the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, however remote they might be from the ______________.
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battlefields
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_________________ regimes such as Germany, Russia, and Austria- Hungary relied on force to subdue their populations.
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Authoritarian
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In some countries, the role women played in wartimes economies had a (1)________________ impact on the women's movement for social and political (2)________________
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(1) positive (2) emancipation
