2. JEOPARDY World War I – Global Crisis

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4. What was propaganda? This was the name given to the government sponsored media coverage of World War I and designed to stir up patriotism in citizens and soldiers.

5. What was Alsace and Lorraine? These were the two lost French provinces that helped fuel French nationalism after the Franco - Prussian War.

6. What is militarism? This is another name for the glorification of armed conflict.

7. What was the navy and the building of dreadnoughts or large warships. This was the branch of the military that grew in Great Britain and Germany and competed in world domination.

8. What was the Balkan Peninsula? This area of Eastern Europe was known as “the powder keg”.

9. What was Belgium? This was the neutral country that was invaded by Germany and brought Great Britain into the war.

10. What was the Battle of Verdun? This was the battle where French forces resisted German forces where General Petain stated “They shall not pass”.

11. What was the Battle of Gallipoli? This was the disastrous battle where ANZAC troops tried to bring supplies to starving Russian troops.

12. What was the Battle of Tannenberg? 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.

13. Daily Double “Don’t Choke!”

14. What was the Battle of the Somme? At this battle 60,000 British troops were killed in one day and during the five month battle over a million soldiers were killed.

15. W ho was Georges Clemenceau? This was the chief ambassador from France who wanted to weaken Germany.

16. Who was David Lloyd George? He was the British diplomat and Prime Minister who attended the Paris Peace Conference. He was the British diplomat and Prime Minister who attended the Paris Peace Conference.

17. W ho was Kaiser Wilhelm I? He was the leader of Germany during World War I.

18. W ho was Nicholas II? He was the Russian Czar during World War I until 1917.

19. W ho was General Alfred Schlieffen? He was the German military strategist who planned to defeat France quickly and then defeat Russia.

20. W hat was the Battle of Jutland off the coast of Denmark? This was the only major Naval Battle of World War I which turned out to be a draw, but the German navy was not used again during the war.

21. W hat were Russia, France and Great Britain? These were the three countries that formed the Triple Entente.

22. What were Germany, Austria – Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire and later Bulgaria. These were the three countries who formed the Central Powers. These were the three countries who formed the Central Powers.

23. What was the League of Nations? This was the only point of Wilson’s 14 points included in the Treaty of Versailles.

24. W hat was Sarajevo? This was the city where the future leader of Austria was assassinated and the Bosnian capital.

25. Daily Double “Don’t Choke!”

26. What were Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary? These were the countries that formed the Triple Alliance.

27. What was a “ Blank Check”? This was the name given to the promise of support by Germany to Austria after the assassination of the Archduke.

28. What was jingoism? This was another name for the warlike nationalist sentiment that spread among the middle class and working class prior to World War I.

29. What was the Armenian Genocide ( The Turks kill thousands of Armenian Christians)? This was one of the first cases of modern genocide in Europe in the 20 th century, a century marked by numerous atrocities on an even more horrific scale.

30. What was the League of Nations ? This was the organization set up by Woodrow Wilson to prevent any future wars after 1918, the only one of his fourteen points in the Treaty of Versailles.

31. What were Mandates ( Palestine, Iraq, and Trans-Jordan for the British and Syria and Lebanon for the French.)? The Allied powers added to their existing empires by creating these, or territories in the Middle East that were administered by western powers. The Allied powers added to their existing empires by creating these, or territories in the Middle East that were administered by western powers.

32. What was German East Africa later Tanzania? Also Togoland and Cameroon) This was one of the areas actually controlled by Germany in Africa ( they didn’t have much interest in Africa)

33. Who was Gavriel Princip? He was the Serbian nationalist who assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne and his wife.

34. What was the Battle of the Marne? This was the Battle where the German forces were stopped after French troops were rushed to the front by using taxi cabs.

35. What was Self - Determination? This was one of Wilson’s fourteen points which called for national independence from colonial rule which encouraged Asian and African nationalists but denied those rights in actuality.