POLITICS
Which countries formed the Duall Alliance?
The German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The introduction of which technological advancement turned WWI into a trench war?
The machine gun
What was the name of the man that unified all german peoples under the German Empire?
Bismarck
What do we call the country that--during WWI--was referred to as the Ottoman Empire?
Turkey
How many countries are there in the world?
195 countries
Which countries were part of the Three Emperor's League?
Russia, Austria, and Germany
Why did Britain feel threaten by Germany?
The Germans were building a large navy
What was the name of the crown prince that was assassinated in Sarajevo, near Serbia?
Francis Ferdinand
What was the term that referred to Britain's geographic and strategic separation from the European continent?
'Splendid Isolation'
What is the world's longest river?
Nile river
The idea that a person's identity derives from his/her identity is what we know as?
Nationalism
When neither side is able to win, we arrive at a term known as?
Stalemate
What was Bismarck's greatest fear regarding the German Empire?
That it would fight a two front war
Before WWI, Russia faught and lost a war against which country?
Japan
Who is the world's richest man alive?
Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Who said the following?
"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood."
Bismarck
Which country was invaded by the Germans, a situation which led Britain to enter the war?
Belgium
What is the ethnicity of both the Russians and the Serbs?
Slavic
What was the name of the territory located between France and Germany which the French considered to be theirs?
Alsace-Lorraine
What is the world's smallest country?
Vatican City
The alliance between France and England was known as?
The Entente Cordiale
In which battle of WWI did the British lose the most amount of soldiers?
The Battle of the Somme
What was the name of Kaiser William's garndmother?
Queen Victoria
In order to get to India faster, the British relied heavily upon?
The Suez Canal
What is the world's richest company?
Walmart