WORLD WAR I STUDY GUIDE
To be prepared for the test over World War I and the Russian Revolution, be able to identify and
describe the following:
Wilhelm II
Causes of the War – identify and describe each cause completely
What event “sparked” the start of the war?
Years of World War I
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Where did fighting begin?
Why was the Battle of the Marne important?
Western Front
Eastern Front
Trench Warfare
Submarine Warfare
Lusitania
Propaganda
Rationing
Zimmerman Telegram
Reasons the U.S. entered the war
Reasons Russia got out of the war
What made World War I a “total war”?
What new weapons were introduced during the war?
When did the war end? – Who won?
Fourteen Points – who proposed it? Was it accepted? Why or why not?
Treaty of Versailles – What did it do? What did it not do?
Results of the war in Europe – lasting impact
League of Nations
What was Germany’s greatest weapon against Russia?
Who was the Czar that was overthrown?
Who overthrew the Czar?
Who was Rasputin? Why was he important?
Difference between communism and socialism
Why communism did not work
Karl Marx – Communist Manifesto
Vladimir Lenin
Bolsheviks
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Red Terror
White Terror
Alexander Kerensky
Joseph Stalin
Proleltariat
Be sure to be able to identify the order in which events occurred.