1. How did Bismarck's system of alliances help maintain peace?
2. What was the purpose of the German-Russian Reinsurance Treaty? Why did it end in 1890?
3. What were the reasons for Britain and Germany's love-hate relationship?
4. Why was the Moroccan crisis of 1905 a turning point in European diplomacy?
5. What impact did the Congress of Berlin (1878) have on the Balkan area? What were the origins and causes of the "The third Balkan War" in 1914?
6. Which of the major powers do you believe were most responsible and least responsible for the war? Explain.
7. What impact did the war have on the economy and the people at home? How cooperative was the population?
8. Did the war have any effect on the power of organized labor? On women in society?
9. What evidence is there that the strain of war was beginning to take its toll on the home front in Russia, Austria, France, and Germany by 1916?
10. What were the reasons for the Russian Revolution in March 1917? What were the soviets?
11. What was it about Lenin's character that made him a successful revolutionary? Why were his ideas popular with peasants and urban workers?
12. What were the reasons for the Bolshevik victory in the civil war?
13. Were there one, two, or many Russian revolutions in 1917? Explain.
14. What happened to the Austro-Hungarian and Turkish empires after 1918?
15. What were the goals of Wilson, Lloyd George, and Clemenceau at the Versailles peace conference?
16. Compare and contrast the Russian and Germany revolutions of 1917 - 1918.