Lead Up To The War
Name the two alliance systems
Triple Entente & Triple Alliance
How long were the U.S. training days, where it consisted of: target practice, bayonet drill, kitchen duty, and cleaning up grounds?
17 hours
Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion
Hysteria
How many feet are in a yard?
3
What is the largest continent on the planet?
Asia
Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
What act required men to register with the government to be randomly selected for military service?
Selective Service Act
Devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation & leads to competition and antagonistic rivalries
Which bird’s eye is bigger than its brain?
Ostrich
Who wrote Romeo & Juliet?
William Shakespeare
What event pushed Europe into WWI & is considered the “powder keg of Europe”?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Identify the three states that were included in the Zimmermann Note
Arizona, Texas & New Mexico
Development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
Militarism
What is the longest running American animated cartoon on TV?
The Simpsons
This popular chain store has the slogan “Save Money. Live Better”
Walmart
This battle was the very first one the American's participated in
Battle of Cantigny
Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)?
General John J. Pershing
A barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire:
No Man's Land
In bowling, three strikes in a row is called a what?
Turkey
What popular cereal has the slogan “The Taste You Can See”
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Germany wanted to knock out France before turning to Russia
First Battle of the Marne
The three ships were sunk by German U-Boats?
Lusitania, Arabic & Sussex
Plan created by the Germans to knock out France and then turn their attention to Russia
Schlieffen Plan
What college did Bill Gates drop out of?
Harvard
What Asian country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan