Tension Before the Great War
Effects of WWI
Fighting WWI
Capitals and Country Flags of the World
Christmas Movies
100
Prior to WWI, numerous countries formed these unions for shared defense.
What is an alliance?
100
During the war, many countries began this policy of requiring able-bodied, young men to join the military.
What is conscription or a draft?
100
During WWI, soldiers on the Western Front were often fighting or defending these...
What are trenches?
100
This tiny country sits along the French Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea and shares a border with France
What is Monaco?
100
In this 2004 animated movie, a young boy boards a magical train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
What is the Polar Express?
200
Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and later the United States formed this group during the war.
What is the Allied Powers or Triple Entente?
200
New technology and weapons, like these, made WWI an incredibly deadly conflict.
What are: Tanks, long range artillery, machine guns, poison gas, war planes, or submarines.
200
Germany hoped to avoid fighting a two-front war with this military plan. However, the inflexability of the plan led to its downfall.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
200
Name the country this flag belongs to:
What is Mexico?
200
This 2003 comedy stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised by elves, trying to find his father in New York City.
What is Elf?
300
In 1908, Austria-Hungary decided to take advatage of chaos in the Ottoman Empire by annexing this territory. This would increase tensions with other Balkan nations.
What is Bosnia/Annexation of Bosnia?
300
Following the end of the war in 1918, Germany and the other Central Powers had to sign this agreement with the Allied Powers. In it, Germany had to assume full responsibility for starting the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
During the first years of the war, the Entente powers tried to capture this important penninsula so they could reach Russia easier with supplies.
What is the Gallipoli Penninsula?
300
This Francophone country's flag is sometimes confused for the Republic of Ireland.
What is the Ivory Coast?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
400
Finally finished in 1906, the construction of this new weapon revolutionized naval warfare and marked a new stage of the naval race.
What was the HMS Dreadnought?
400
Throughout the war, all countries produced materials and messaging to convince their populations to fight in the war, that the enemy countries were dangerous or evil, or to believe other nationalistic ideas. These messages are called...
What is propaganda?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What was the Battle of Helgoland Bight?
400
Before settling on Washington D.C., the United States of America used two other major cities as locations for the national capital. Name one...
What are New York City and Philadelphia?
400
George Bailey learns the value of his life when an angel shows him what the world would be like without him in this 1946 film.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
500
This event before WWI almost led to war between Germany and France when the SMS Panther gunboat sailed into Agadir ready to defend German businessmen.
What was the Second Morrocan Crisis?
500
Due to major negative effects from the war - economic hardships, food shortages, and high casualties - this event broke out in Russia in 1917.
What is the Russian Revolution, the October Revolution, or the Bolshevik Revolution?
500
This British general is sometimes called the 'Butcher of the Somme' due to his battle plans that led to almost two million casualties under his command.
Who was General Haig?
500
This South American capital city, sitting at 3,500 meters above sea level, is the highest capital city in the world.
What is La Paz, Bolivia?
500
This 1988 movie, set during a Christmas Eve party at Nakatomi Plaza, has sparked debate about whether it’s a Christmas movie.
What is Die Hard?