Historical Figures
This WWI leader was born with a disability.
Wilhelm II of Germany
This military alliance united Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy against potential threats from France and Russia. What was it's name?
The Triple Alliance
These two countries did not have overseas colonies.
Russia and Austria-Hungary
This leader said this about the British, "You English are like mad bulls. You see red everywhere."
Kaiser Wilhelm II
These two historical figures from the WWI period were cousins and resembled each other. Who were they and what countries did they come from?
Tsar Nicolas II of Russia and George V of Great Britain
This 1904 "friendly understanding" gave Britain a free hand in Egypt while France gained recognition of its interests in Morocco. What was it called?
The Entente Cordiale.
This European power controlled a vast colonial empire, particularly in Africa and Indochina, rivaling Britain's imperial reach
France.
This leader said this before reluctantly agreeing to bring his country to war in 1917, "The world must be made safe for democracy."
Woodrow Wilson
This leader was responsible for governing a large multi-ethnic empire.
Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary
This 1873 alliance united the emperors of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia in a conservative pact designed by Otto von Bismarck.
The Three Emperor's League
Before joining the war, this country experienced a period of relative peace known as "splendid isolation"
Great Britain
This quote comes from a famous British novel that takes places in WWI England: "The remark "England and Germany are bound to fight makes war a little more likely each time it is made."
Howard's End
The conference’s main purpose was to decide how Africa would be divided between the European countries, while avoiding war with each other.
The Berlin Conference
At Versailles, this prime minister nicknamed "The Tiger" pushed for harsher German reparations while this president worried about creating lasting European instability.
Georges Clemenceau and Raymond Poincaré.
This alliance was completed in 1907 when the Anglo-Russian Entente joined the existing Entente Cordiale and Franco-Russian Alliance.
The Triple Entente
This Balkan nation's conflict with Austria-Hungary in 1914 quickly escalated into the First World Wa
Sebia
This U.S. president outlined his vision for post-WWI peace in his famous "Fourteen Points" speech, though the Senate later rejected his League of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson.
Kaiser Wilhelm II's refusal to renew this secret Russian treaty in 1890 drove Russia into France's arms and ended Bismarck's diplomatic system.
The Reinsurance Treaty of 1887
This country had few overseas colonies in Africa, notably in Somaliland, Libya, and Eritrea.
Italy