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The map shows territories held by countries in 1914. According the map, which country was the biggest threat to European nations in 1914?
This chart shows WWI spending.Which country's total war spending was the highest at the end of World War I?
This chart shows Allied deaths from World War I.Which two countries lost the smallest percentage of their populations?
The chart shows the casualties faced by the Central Powers.According to the chart, which country had the highest casualty rate?
This chart shows deaths and death rates during WWI.Which country had the lowest death rate?
What is the most likely reason the United Kingdom had the largest shipping losses?
This poster was created to increase support for the war effort.The poster links food rationing to
This chart shows spending during World War I.Name the Central Powers country and the Allied country that spent the most money on the war.
Read the excerpt about the effects of poison gas.Like some liquid the heavy-coloured vapour poured relentlessly into the trenches, filled them, and passed on.For a few seconds nothing happened; the sweet-smelling stuff merely tickled their nostrils; they failed to realize the danger. Then, with inconceivable rapidity, the gas worked, and blind panic spread.—British eyewitness on the western front, 1915According to the excerpt, how did the poison gas work to kill the soldiers?
Every man who really loves America will act and speak in the true spirit of neutrality, which is the spirit of impartiality and fairness and friendliness to all concerned. . . . The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in name, during these days that are to try men's souls.The passage is from President Woodrow Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality in 1914.How did this speech affect US involvement in World War I?
This notice was posted in Britain during World War I.How did posts like this help countries enforce rationing?
In the early 1800s, European countries competed for colonies in
The map shows territories held by countries in 1914.Which imperial nation appears to have the most dominance in Africa?
The map shows Europe's two major alliances in place in 1905.Which best explains why these alliances created tensions in Europe?
How did the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 intensify the rivalry between Austria-Hungary and Serbia?
What was the name of the German strategy for fighting a two-front war against France and Russia?
About the city of the New Delhi: ...- the building of New Delhi (building a new capital). Instead of improving the Mughal city, associated with the Mughal Empire and associated with the 1857 rebellion.1911: New Delhi was built on the model of a..., with wide tree-lined avenues. ... was in place with different districts for British and Indian civil servants. A bureaucratic city.
Two influential figures in the Indian National Congress: ...- advocates of civil disobedience ( peaceful protest through..., marches, boycotts etc.)Mohandas K. Gandhi went to rural India and listened to common people's concerns; used traditional Indian culture, ancient Hindu concepts to fuel the political movement.
... - creation of EIC... - start of domination of EIC... - dissolution of EIC
First, Indian National Congress was not a ... organization, it had moderate claims for reform of the ..., not the destruction of it. (didn't ask for self-rule right , rather the ..., engaging in dialogue with the British).