WWI Jeopardy Beginning DuringCountries End Imperialism Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Beginning What were the factors that contributed to the start of WWI?

$100 Answer from Beginning Nationalism, militarism, internal dissent, and system of alliances

$200 Question from Beginning What was the immediate cause of WWI?

$200 Answer from Beginning The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne)

$300 Question from Beginning The rivalry between what 2 states for domination of the Balkans helped to create serious tensions before WWI?

$300 Answer from Beginning Russia and Austria-Hungary

$400 Question from Beginning What did Austria-Hungary fear that Serbia would do?

$400 Answer from Beginning Create a large Slavic state

$500 Question from Beginning What action did Austria-Hungary take after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand?

$500 Answer from Beginning After gaining support of Germany, they issued Serbia an impossible ultimatum and declared war

$100 Question from During What was the most important consequence of the first year of the Great War?

$100 Answer from During The stalemate on the Western Front after the First Battle of the Marne

$200 Question from During Why were new roles in the workforce created for women during the war?

$200 Answer from During So many men had entered the military effort

$300 Question from During What did governments do to maintain high morale and maintain support for the war among their citizens?

$300 Answer from During The democratic states used propaganda

$400 Question from During Air warfare included what?

$400 Answer from During Spotting enemy positions, attacking ground targets, and shooting down enemy aircraft

$500 Question from During What did wartime governments in Europe do with their economies?

$500 Answer from During They set up planned economies

$100 Question from Countries What was the goal of the Schlieffen Plan?

$100 Answer from Countries To allow Germany to successfully fight a two front war

$200 Question from Countries Why did Great Britain declare war on Germany?

$200 Answer from Countries Germany invaded neutral Belgium

$300 Question from Countries How did the Russians aid the Allied cause?

$300 Answer from Countries Kept German troops on the Eastern Front

$400 Question from Countries What was the battle of Verdun an example of?

$400 Answer from Countries The high human costs of trench warfare

$500 Question from Countries What was the effect of the US entering the Great War?

$500 Answer from Countries It gave the Allies a psychological boost and more supplies and money

$100 Question from End What did Germany do when the Treaty of Versailles was presented to them?

$100 Answer from End Had to accept it or else go back to war

$200 Question from End Why did Wilson compromise his idealism of his Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference?

$200 Answer from End For the League of Nations

$300 Question from End What was the purpose of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

$300 Answer from End To achieve a lasting peace

$400 Question from End Why is WWI considered a global conflict?

$400 Answer from End The warring powers held colonies that participated in the war

$500 Question from End What basic intellectual precept that the Western Civilization had been founded on was destroyed by the Great War?

$500 Answer from End The belief in progress

$100 Question from Imperialism What were the only free states remaining in Africa by 1914?

$100 Answer from Imperialism Liberia and Ethiopia

$200 Question from Imperialism What was the “white man’s burden”?

$200 Answer from Imperialism Belief that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize primitive peoples

$300 Question from Imperialism What was the goal of the Indian National Congress?

$300 Answer from Imperialism Have a share in the governing process of India

$400 Question from Imperialism Who proposed the Open Door Policy for China?

$400 Answer from Imperialism John Hay

$500 Question from Imperialism By dealing directly with the Chinese warlords for exclusive trading rights, European traders were able to do what?

$500 Answer from Imperialism Establish spheres of influence

Final Jeopardy What was Article 231?

Final Jeopardy Answer It placed the blame for the war solely on Germany in order to justify German reparations