Global 4 Jeopardy

Causes of WWI

100

European countries competed to build the largest and most powerful militaries 

Militarism 

200

European countries competed to build the largest empires and capture the most colonies around the world

Imperialism

300

European people began to think of themselves as part of a social group who shared their background, and wanted their people to be unified, respected and powerful. 

Nationalism 

400

In the years before WWI, European leaders made secret ____________ which they thought would give them an advantage if war broke out. 

Alliances

500

The event which sparked WWI was in 1914 when Serbian Nationalism Gavrilo Princip assassinated _______________

Austria's Archduke Ferdinand

WWI and aftermath

100

Name two countries on the "Allied Powers" in WWI

Could be: US, Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia

200

Name two countries in the Central Powers in WWI:

Could be: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

300

WWI was the first major war fought with machine guns, leading to a brutal style of fighting known as ______ warfare

Trench

400

The peace agreement with officially put an end to WWI was known as the _________________

Treaty of Versailles

500

As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to: (name at least one thing)

Could be: Reduce its military, accept blame for the war, pay for damages from war