WORTH Imperialism Alliances and World War I Imperialism

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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 WORTH:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MAIN 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. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Alliances

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

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? MAIN These were the countries that made up the Allied Powers from 1914 until 1918. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Alliances

MAIN 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). WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: World War I

MAIN 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”. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: World War I

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. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: World War I

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

MAIN 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. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: World War I

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

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. WORTH: SUBJECT: Russian Revolution 500 400 200 300

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

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. WORTH: SUBJECT: Russian Revolution 500 400 200 300

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

What and who were Great Britain , David Lloyd George, France, Georges MAIN 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. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles

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

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. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles

MAIN 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. WORTH: 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles

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