WORLD WAR 1 WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE EXM RIVIEW

WORLD WAR 1 WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE EXM RIVIEW Causes of World War I - nationalism, imperialism, militarism, creation of alliances (Central and Allied Powers); immediate cause: assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to Austrian throne) by a Serb on June 28, 1914 Countries of World War 1 - France, Russia, Britain Austria, Germany, Ottoman Empire Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - treaty in which Russia lost substantial territory to the Germans. This ended Russian participation in the war. Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire Allies - Great Britain, France, Russia Eastern Front - In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.