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Misc. WWI
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100
The assassination of this man is traditionally considered the spark that set off WWI.
Who is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
This is the ramping up for conflict, the glorification of war, and the increased spending on the army and navy.
What is militarism?
100
This new technology, used by the Germans, terrorized the world on the open seas.
What are submarines?
100
Excessive pride in one’s country, also known as this, was a main cause of World War I.
What is nationalism?
100
Judaism is this type of religion, meaning that Jews believe in only one god.
What is monotheistic?
200
He was the U.S. President who got the Americans into the war.
Who is Woodrow "West Coast" Wilson?
200
This is the name for the style of fighting found on the battlefields of France and Germany, in which soldiers would dig lines into the ground and fight for minimal territorial gains.
What is trench warfare?
200
This was part of Wilson’s plan for the aftermath of the war, an institution which would provide a place for the world’s countries to come together and talk through issues diplomatically, thereby hopefully avoiding war.
What is the League of Nations?
200
After the war, Germany’s colonies were given to Britain and France, contributing to the continuation of this system, in which powerful countries owned weaker ones and exploited their resources.
What is imperialism?
200
Last week, President Obama proposed his plan two provide this free.
What is two years of community college?
300
He was the leader of Germany during WWI.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
300
This was the agreement that officially ended WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
This was the general name for the side of the war fought between the French and British on one side and the Germans on the other.
What is the Western Front?
300
During World War I, the conflict was not known as “World War I” or “the First World War,” but rather as the “this two word phrase”.
What is the "Great War"?
300
Name three important philosophers from Ancient Greece.
What is Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
400
He was the French President who wanted vengeance against the Germans after the war.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
400
This was the name of the U.S. President’s plan for lasting peace after the war.
What were the Fourteen Points?
400
This term refers to advertisements and messages from the government that are used to rally support for a war effort, and are often very one-sided.
What is propaganda?
400
Fritz Haber, the German Jewish chemist, is known for two things: figuring out how to make ammonia cheaply for fertilizer, and for using that ammonia to develop this type of gas which was weaponized during the First World War.
What is chlorine gas?
400
This is the term for a group of crows.
What is a murder?
500
He was the Serbian assassin who started WWI.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
500
This was the name of Germany’s master plan at the outbreak of the war to quickly defeat France before swinging to fight Russia, thereby hoping to avoid a two-front war.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
500
Name three of the four members of the Central Powers in World War I.
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire?
500
This battle marked the moment when Germany’s plan to end the war quickly fell apart.
What is the First Battle of the Somme?
500
Next summer, this movie franchise will continue with a new film whose tagline is “The park is open.”
What is Jurassic Park (or Jurassic World)?