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A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
What is an Alliance?
France, Great Britain, Russia and later the US.
Who were the Allied Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Who were the Central Powers?
Gain 100 points and take 300 points away from any team if you answer correctly.
His assassination was the “spark” that caused World War I to begin.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
World Powers acquiring territories by force or negotiation. Usually for natural resources, military bases or cultural superiority.
What is Imperialism?
loyalty and pride in your nation or people and can be accompanied by feelings of superiority over other nations.
What is Nationalism?
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
Money a defeated nation pays to the winning sides.
Reparations
At the start of WWI, America had an ________ policy toward the conflict. After the war the US adopted the same policy.
Isolationist policy
A military strategy where armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from permanent systems dug into the ground.
What is Trench Warfare?
He was a peasant from Siberia that became a monk. Rumors spread that he could preform miracles, but this did not save him from assassination after getting too close to the Tzar and his wife.
Rasputin
In WWI a stalemate was caused because...
State 2 reasons
All the new technologies introduced during WWI and trench warfare.
Daily Double
How did the map of Europe change after WWI. and the Treaty of Versailles? Name 3 ways.
The treaty made Poland an independent country and created Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
Poland became a nation. Austria-Hungary was split up.
Russia became the USSR.
The Ottoman Empire fell and Turkey became a nation.
Daily Double
Which nations made up the "Big Three" during the Treaty of Versailles? Which country was not invited to negotiate?
France, Great Britain and the US.
Germany was not invited to negotiate.
The group of African American and Hispanics soldiers that proved themselves in battle during WWI.
Harlem Hellfighters
The country of _____ created this strategy to invade France through Belgium. What was the country and the strategy?
Germany, Schlieffen Plan
A message sent from Germany to Mexico which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should America enter the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
A belief that a strong military force should be kept and used aggressively to defend or promote national interests
What is Militarism?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions.
What is propaganda?
Foreign countries under one organization to promote global peace after the Great War.
What is the League of Nations?
Germany says its U-boats (submarines) would sink all ships entering the war-zone around Britain.
Unrestricted Warfare
Henry Johnson received the nation's highest military award almost 100 years after the died. What is this award called?
Medal of Honor
This powerful country did not join the League of Nations... explain why.
The US did not join because the country did not want to get pulled into another European conflict.
Daily Double
How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? State 4 ways.
BRAT
Blame- took blame for the war
Reparations- paid 33 billion to winning side
Armed forces- reduced military to 100,000 soldiers and 6 U-boats
Territory- lost many of its colonies
The president of the U.S. during WWI had a plan to avoid future wars and achieve lasting peace. Who was the president and what was the name of his plan?
Woodrow Wilson, 14 Points