National Interest
Causes of WW1
WW1 Events
Interwar Period
Source Analysis
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This is defined as the goals a nation prioritizes to survive and succeed.
What is National Interest?
100
This cause of WW1 involved competition for colonies.
What is imperialism?
100
This assassination sparked WW1.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
This pandemic killed millions after WW1.
What is the Spanish Flu (Influenza Pandemic)?
100
What was this military strategy called? Who used it and why?
Schlieffen Plan was used by Germany to avoid a two front war.
200
Name one reason countries pursue national interest.
What is peace/security, economic growth, self-determination, or humanitarian reasons?
200
This cause refers to countries building up weapons and armies.
What is militarism (arms race)?
200
This group carried out the assassination.
What is the Black Hand?
200
This decade in the USA saw economic growth and consumerism.
What are the Roaring 20s?
200
This is movie show us what?
Various Answers - Danger of Nationalism, the cost of war, the soldier experience, etc.
300
This type of policy deals with decisions inside a country.
What is domestic policy?
300
This region was known as the “Powder Keg of Europe.”
What is the Balkans?
300
This country declared war first after the assassination crisis.
What is Austria-Hungary?
300
This event triggered the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
300
What is the main message of this cartoon about Canada’s national interest and military policy?
Canada is focusing on Arctic sovereignty and military spending, but may not have enough personnel (recruitment problems) to support these goals?
400
This type of policy deals with relationships between countries.
What is foreign policy?
400
Military spending increased by this percentage before WW1.
What is about 300%?
400
France, Britain, and Russia formed this alliance.
What is the Triple Entente?
400
This U.S. policy avoided involvement in global affairs.
What is isolationism?
400
What is the main message of this cartoon about the League of Nations and the United States?
The League of Nations was weakened because the United States, despite creating the idea, chose not to join, leaving a major gap in global cooperation?
500
This extreme form of nationalism puts a nation above all others.
What is ultranationalism?
500
This group supported Slavic nationalism in the Balkans.
Who is Russia?
500
This country entered the war after Belgium was invaded.
What is Great Britain?
500
This economic problem in Germany involved extreme currency devaluation.
What is hyperinflation?
500
What is the main message of this cartoon about Germany’s actions and national interest before WWII?
What is: Hitler is aggressively trying to take territory from Poland (especially the Polish Corridor), showing expansionism and the use of nationalism to justify territorial demands?