Background
Causes
Russia
The United States
100

This country opposed Germany unifying

What is France?


100

This country was forced to pay reparations after the Franco-Prussian war.

Where is France?

100

Russia was the biggest ___ in the world at the time

What is Empire?

100

As World War 1 started, the United States said it would stay ___

What is neutral?
200

The man who led Germany to victory in the war with France

Who is Otto von Bismarck

200

List at least two factors/categories that were in your notes

  • The Arms Race

  • Imperialism

  • Nationalism

  • Entangled Alliances

200

Russia had this many people in it's empire

What is 150 million?

200

The name of the President during World War 1

Who is Woodrow Wilson? (Boooooooooo)

300

World War 1 is described as what kind of moment in history?

What is a watershed moment?

300

The name of the Empire that went to war with Serbia in the 1800's

What is the The Ottoman Empire?

300

Russia lost an embarrassing defeat to this country in 1905.

Where is Japan?

300

True of False, most Americans wanted to stay out of the war?

True.

400

The name of the war that Germany won in 1871

What is the Franco-Prussian war?

400

The name of the man who was killed, which is seen as the start of World War 1.

Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

400

Russia's empire covered roughly this much of the Earth's surface. (The answer will be a fraction)

How much is 1/6?

400

The campaign slogan for Wilson in 1916

What is "He kept us out of the war"

500

The name of the new emperor in Germany after the Franco-Prussian war.

Who is Kaiser Wilhelm I?

500

The name of the boats that Germany was using to sink ships in the Atlantic Ocean

What are u-boats?

500

The name of the plan Germany had for defeating France before Russia.

What is the Schlieffen plan?

500

The name of the ship that the Germans sank that led to the U.S. entering the war. 

What is the Lusitania? (We didn't learn this, bonus points for knowing it though)