Ch26 Jeopardy Imperialism, Alliances, and World War I

1. Ch26 Jeopardy Imperialism, Alliances, and World War I

2. Imperialism, Alliances, and World War I Imperialism 100 200 300 400 500 Alliances 100 200 300 400 500 World War I 100 200 300 400 500 Russian Revolution 100 200 300 400 500 Treaty of Versailles 100 200 300 400 500

3. What is Imperialism? MAIN This is the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region. SUBJECT:Imperialism 500 400 300 200 100

4. Who was King Leopold II? MAIN He was the European ruler who set up his own private empire in the Congo. SUBJECT:Imperialism 500 400 300 200 100

5. Who was the Mahdi or Muhammed Ahmad? MAIN He was the Muslim leader who defeated and killed General Gordon at Khartoum. SUBJECT:Imperialism 500 400 300 200 100

6. What was the Suez Canal andthe passage to the “Jewel in the Crown”, India? This is the reason Egypt was so important to the British. MAIN SUBJECT:Imperialism 500 400 300 200 100

7. What was the Berlin West Africa Conference or Berlin Conference? MAIN This was the name given to the the meeting arranged by Bismarck to sort out the various claims to Africa by European nations. SUBJECT:Imperialism 500 400 300 200 100

8. What were Germany, Austria – Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire ( and later Bulgaria ) ? MAIN These were the three countries who formed the Central Powers. SUBJECT: Alliances 500 400 300 200 100

9. What was France, Great Britain and Russia? MAIN These were the three countries that formed the Triple Entente. SUBJECT: Alliances 500 400 300 200 100

10. What was the Three Emperor’s League? MAIN This was the Alliance system set up by Bismarck in 1873 and then re-negotiated in 1881 between Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany. SUBJECT: Alliances 500 400 300 200 100

11. What were Austria-Hungary, Italy and Germany, or AIG ? ( At least they’re good for something) These were the countries that made up the Triple Alliance. MAIN SUBJECT: Alliances 500 400 300 200 100

12. What were Serbia, Russia, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Montenegro, Italy, Portugal, Japan, San Marino, United States, Cuba, Romania, Panama, Greece, Siam ( Thailand), Liberia, China, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Honduras, and Guatemala? These were the countries that made up the Allied Powers from 1914 until 1918. MAIN 500 400 SUBJECT: Alliances 300 200 100

13. Who was Count Alfred von Schlieffen? MAIN He was the German military strategist who planned to defeat France quickly and turn and defeat Russia. ( It almost worked). SUBJECT:World War I 500 400 300 200 100

14. What was the Battle of the Marne ( 1914) ? MAIN This was the battle where French and British forces resisted German forces and stated “They shall not pass”. SUBJECT:World War I 500 400 300 200 100

15. What was the Battle of Gallipolli 1915-1916? MAIN This is the battle where ANZAC troops tried to bring supplies to starving Russian troops through the Dardanelles. SUBJECT:World War I 500 400 300 200 100

16. What was the Battle of Tannenberg 1914( Captured and destroyed an entire Russian Army) MAIN This was one of the worst Russian defeats of the War and the rest of the battles on the eastern front were fought on Russian soil. This battle also may have cost Germany the war by shifting troops east. SUBJECT:World War I 500 400 300 200 100

17. What was the Battle of the Somme 1916? MAIN At this battle in 1916 nearly 60,000 British troops were killed in one day and during the five month battle over a million soldiers were killed. ( The single bloodiest day I the History of the British Army. SUBJECT:World War I 500 400 300 200 100

18. What was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? MAIN This was the Treaty negotiated between Russia and Germany in 1918, and ended Russia’s involvement in WWI. SUBJECT: Russian Revolution 500 400 300 200 100

19. What were March and November or February and October 1917 on the Russian Calendar? MAIN This is the year and the months that the two Russian Revolutions occurred that toppled the Russian Empire. SUBJECT: Russian Revolution 500 400 300 200 100

20. What was Petrograd or St. Petersburg? MAIN The first Russian Revolution begins in this city.( as it did in 1905 ) SUBJECT: Russian Revolution 500 400 300 200 100

21. Who was Alexander Kerensky dubbed the “Persuader and Chief? MAIN He was the leader of the Provisional government in Russia and made the fatal mistake of keeping Russia in the war in 1917. SUBJECT: Russian Revolution 500 400 300 200 100

22. Who were the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks? MAIN These were the two socialist groups that struggled for power in 1917 Russia. SUBJECT: Russian Revolution 500 400 300 200 100

23. What and who were Great Britain , David Lloyd George, France, Georges Clemenceau, The United States Woodrow Wilson, and Italy Vittorio Orlando? MAIN These were the four countries and representatives that made up the “Big Four” at Versailles in 1919. SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles 500 400 300 200 100

24. What was the League of Nations? MAIN This was the only point, of Wilson’s 14 points included in the Treaty of Versailles. SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles 500 400 300 200 100

25. Who or What was Russia, now the Soviet Union ( Those retched Communists ) ? MAIN This was the member of the Triple Entente, that was not invited to the Paris Peace Conference. SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles 500 400 300 200 100

26. What were Palestine, Iraq, and Trans-Jordan overseen by the British, and Syria and Lebanon overseen by the French.? MAIN These were the mandates created at Versailles by the assembled “ Big Four “ of the lands that were once part of the Ottoman Empire. SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles 500 400 300 200 100

27. What were the Ottoman Empire, The Austro-Hungarian Empire, The Second Reich and the Romanov Dynasty of Russia? MAIN These were the four European Empires that ceased to exist after World War I. SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles 500 400 300 200 100