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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 (Belgium) ruler who set up his own private empire in the Congo. 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: Imperialism

6. WORTH: What was the Berlin Conference 1884-1885? The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, which eliminated or overrode most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance. AKA – “Scramble for Africa” 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 English poet authored “The White Man’s Burden?” Rudyard Kipling Take up the White Man's burden, Send forth the best ye breed Go bind your sons to exile, to serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. 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 during WWI. AKA – Triple Alliance (Italy switched sides!) Ottomans were living on a prayer…facing Mecca. 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, and later Allied Powers during WWI. 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: Alliances

11. WORTH: To win the circulation war, newspapers and magazines would publish "exciting" news rather than the facts. This refers to: Yellow Journalism 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: What was the von Schlieffen plan? German military strategy to quickly defeat France by moving up through Belgium and turn and defeat Russia. (It almost worked – why didn’t it?). 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: World War I MAIN

15. WORTH: What incident sparked the U.S. to declare war on Spain in 1898? The sinking of the USS Maine 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: World War I

16. WORTH: Name the 4 “Seeds” of the war M – Militarism A – Alliances I – Imperialism N - Nationalism 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: World War I

17. WORTH: This was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine which stated that any European nation interfered with nations in Latin America, the U.S. would use force to "restore order"- acting as an "international police power". Roosevelt Corollary 100 200 300 400 500 MAIN SUBJECT: World War I

18. WORTH: Who wrote the Book All Quiet on the Western Front? Erich Maria Remarque 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 the new Bolshevik government in 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: Was Russia, or the Soviet Union at the Treaty of Versailles? No – Why Not? 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 of Germany 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