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3. 100 200 300 400 500 Alliances Imperialism World War I Russian Revolution Treaty of Versailles Imperialism, Alliances, and World War I

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. WORTH: 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. 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: Alliances

13. WORTH: 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. 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: Alliances

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

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

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

17. WORTH: What was the Battle of Tannenberg 1914( Captured and destroyed an entire Russian Army) 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. 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN This battle also may have cost Germany the war by shifting troops east. SUBJECT: World War I

18. WORTH: What was the Battle of the Somme 1916? 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. 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: World War I

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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