JEOPARDY!

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4. Type of war when belligerents (countries fighting) use all available resources against their enemies and civilians on the home front are impacted as a result: Ex: rationing, propaganda, wartime economy Answer

5. Total War

6. This type of warfare in World War I was defensive in nature and was fought along the Western Front in Europe with little gains and large losses of life Answer

7. Trench Warfare

8. Airplanes, poison gas, machine guns, armored tanks, and large artillery are all examples of military technologies first used in this war Answer

9. World War I

10. All of the following are from this post-WWI peace plan offered by the U.S. president:1) End secret treaties, 2) free trade, 3) freedom of the seas, 4) reduced national armies and navies, 5) adjustment of colonial claims, 6) self-determination for new European countries Answer

11. Fourteen Points

12. The U.S. President who authored the post-World War I plan for peace known as the Fourteen Points Answer

13. Woodrow Wilson

14. This post-World War I Treaty was referred to by many as “Peace built on quicksand”. Answer

15. Treaty of Versailles

16. All of the following are negative political impacts of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that fell upon this ‘defeated’ World War I foe:1) sole responsibility for starting the war, 2) loss of Alsace-Lorraine, 3) loss of colonies in Africa, 4) exclusion from the League of Nations, 5) limits on military, 6) war reparations Answer

17. Germany (even though no battles were fought on German soil)

18. Because of this clause in the Treaty of Versailles (1919), Germany was forced to pay $30 billion in war reparations over 30 years Answer

19. ‘War Guilt Clause’

20. Ironically, this country refused to join the newly founded League of Nations in 1919 and essentially underminding their own creation Answer

21. The United States

22. The 1917 revolutions in this country resulted from these causes: 1) weak central leadership, 2) defeat in a 1905 war with Japan, 3) the slaughter of 1000 unarmed protestors known as ‘Bloody Sunday’, 4) heavy WWI losses, 5) widespread discontent especially among the peasant class Answer

23. Russia (Bolshevik Revolution)

24. He abdicated (gave up the throne) in 1917, ending nearly 300 years of Romanov family rule in Russia Answer

25. Czar Nicolas II

26. The leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia Answer

27. Vladimir Lenin

28. Daily Double!!! The importance of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918) Answer

29. Ended Russia’s participation in WWI and the loss of land to Germany

30. All of the following are examples of which new government created in Russia after WW I: 1) farmland distributed to peasants, 2) worker groups take control of factories, 3) NEP (New Economic Plans) allows limited capitalism until the economy grows Answer

31. Bolshevik (becomes Communist) and later U.S.S.R. in 1922

32. The name associated in Lenin’s Communist Russia with groups of workers who took over control of factories and ruled them collectively Answer

33. soviets

34. The following are causes of which major worldwide event between the ‘world’ wars; 1) the failures of U.S. banks tied into European loans after WWI, 2) protectionism that led to countries placing tariffs on all imported goods in order to ‘protect’ local industry (Ex: Smoot-Hawley tariff) Answer

35. Great Depression

36. In the United States, this 1929 event led to bank failures, overproduction of goods with lessened demand for consumer goods, and an uneven distribution of wealth Answer

37. Stock Market Crash (1929)

38. Germany first used their new blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) offensive in 1939 with the invasion of this country beginning WW II Answer

39. Poland

40. During WW II, Germany invaded this country looking for lebensraum (“living space”) and focused its attacks on Stalingrad because of oil reserves located in the region Answer

41. The Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)

42. Known as ‘The Final Solution’ by the NAZIs, this genocidal effort against the Jews and other ‘lesser’ groups led to the extermination of over 6 million people in death camps Answer

43. The Holocaust

44. Imperialism by this country beginning in the 1930s was caused by need for raw materials and markets for its goods. Its first two victims were Manchuria and China Answer

45. Japan

46. The United States was first drawn into World War II in the Pacific Theater as a result of this attack on Dec 7, 1941, “a day that will live in infamy.” Answer

47. Pearl Harbor (Japanese surprise attack)

48. This June 6, 1944 long awaited allied invasion of Europe occurred at Normandy in northern France and signaled the retreat of German forces out of lands previously conquered Answer

49. D-Day

50. These two events on Aug. 6th and 9th of 1945 on the Japanese industrial cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced Japan to surrender and end World War II in the Pacific (V-J Day), about 4 months after Germany surrendered (V-E Day) Answer