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The Great War
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100
This is a military draft.
What is conscription?
100
This mystic monk (also the villian in a famous cartoon) exerted influence over Czarina Alexandra. His action help contribute to the overthrow of the Russian Romanov dynasty.
Who is Grigory Rasputin?
100
This type of fighting happened mostly in France, where soldiers took shelter in ditches protected by barbed wire.
What is trench warfare?
100
Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, formed in 1882
What is the Triple Alliance?
100
This province in the Balkans wanted to create an independent Slavic state.
What is Serbia?
200
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
What is propaganda?
200
His assassination by Gavrilo Princep sparked the start of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
This weapon used chemicals to burn and suffocate the enemy.
What is poison gas?
200
Systems of money and commerce directed by government agencies rather than by private businesses.
What is planned economies?
200
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary were all countries that were made from the dissolving of this empire.
What is Austria-Hungary?
300
A payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of a war
What are reparations?
300
This man became the leader of the Russian provisional government after the abdication of Czar Nicholas II.
Who is Aleksander Kerensky?
300
The process of assembling troops and supplies for war
What is mobilization?
300
The sinking of this ship had Americans and Europeans calling upon President Wilson to declare war on Germany.
What is the Lusitania?
300
This country wanted to punish Germany for it's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.
What is France?
400
This is a council of Russian revolutionary workers who want change.
What are the soviets?
400
He was the Premier of France during World War I. He had an immense hatred for Germany and was intent on punishing them for their actions during the war.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
400
Daily Double! This question is worth twice as many points. A conflict in which there is a complete mobilization of resources and people for battle. Also, a popular series of video games.
What is total war?
400
This system when one nation is governed by another nation on behalf of the League of Nations was an alternative to the territorial annexation condemned by President Woodrow Wilson.
What are mandates?
400
This was the last country to join the Allies in World War I.
What is the United States of America?
500
Daily Double! This question is worth twice as many points. When the government seizes control of banks and industries, secures access to food, and centralizes state administration
What is War Communism?
500
Because of his revolutionary thoughts, he was exiled from Russia. He later returned to lead the Bolsheviks in a revolution that changed Russia into the first Socialist nation in the world.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
500
The Germans followed the military plans of this man, who drew up a military plan by which German forces would rapidly invade and conquer France while holding out against Russia. Once France was conquered, German troops would be recalled to deal with Russia.
Who is General Alfred von Schlieffen?
500
This was a small faction of the Marxist political party known as the Russian Social Democrats
What are the Bolsheviks?
500
This country betrayed Germany and Austria-Hungary to join the Allies in 1915.
What is Italy?
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