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Alliances Imperialism World War I Russian Revolution Treaty of Versailles Imperialism, Alliances, and World War I

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

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

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

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Imperialism

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Imperialism

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

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

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Alliances

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Alliances

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Alliances

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) SUBJECT: World War I MAIN

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” MAIN SUBJECT: World War I

WORTH: What was the Battle of Gallipolli ? This is the battle where troops tried to bring supplies to starving Russian troops through the Dardanelles MAIN SUBJECT: World War I

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 MAIN This battle also may have cost Germany the war by shifting troops east. SUBJECT: World War I

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 MAIN SUBJECT: World War I

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 SUBJECT: Russian Revolution MAIN

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Russian Revolution

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

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Russian Revolution

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

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 SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles MAIN

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

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles

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 MAIN SUBJECT: Treaty of Versailles