Students: Throughout this competition, foreign Indiana Academic Super Bowl names and words may be used. If there are any discrepancies Social Studies Round between how a word/phrase should 2018 – Senior Division Coaches Practice be pronounced and what you see A Program of the Indiana Association of School Principals on the screen, the screen supersedes what is spoken. SD-CP-SS-1 SD-CP-SS-2 The following four autocratic empires World War I was a war of “extraordinary intensity.” collapsed during World War I. Two were Three of the following statements help to explain considered by all observers to be in terminal that intensity. Which statement is FALSE? decline. Which one was considered to be on A. For the first time in history, battlefield the verge of disintegration by some observers injuries, not diseases, were the major killer. and a potential great power by others? B. Individual experiences of war assumed a collective identity A. the Austro-Hungarian Empire C. Neither weather nor seasons dictated B. the German Empire pauses in the fighting. C. the Russian Empire D. The unprecedented violence was D. the Ottoman Empire compressed into a conflict of just four years. SD-CP-SS-3 SD-CP-SS-4 In 1914, only one thing could have deterred In 1914, Germany’s war plan, linked to Chief of the General Staff Count Alfred von Schlieffen, called for Germany from starting a general European war, Germany to concentrate its forces on the western front and it did not exist. What was that missing and made which of the following false assumptions about factor in the pre-war international system? Russia? A. British and French willingness to seek A. Austro-Hungarian military forces would overwhelm Russian help to deter Germany the poorly trained and armed Russian troops B. Demoralized by the prospect of a long war of B. Direct communication between the attrition, Russia would seek a negotiated peace German and Russian emperors C. Russian forces would be contained by Austro- C. Familiarity with the use of international Hungarian forces until France was defeated and conferences to maintain peace German troops moved to the eastern front D. A large standing British army with which to D. With a small and outmoded railroad system, Russia could not mobilize in time to threaten Germany and challenge German aggression to help France SD-CP-SS-5 SD-CP-SS-6 Why, in the summer of 1916, was Chief of Staff Erich British, French, and German pre-war plans all von Falkenhayn forced to send German troops to featured two of the following concepts. Only the Eastern Front just as the Anglo-French offensive Germany had plans that included which one of the began on the Somme? following concepts? A. to force Russian troops out of Poland and the A. constant offensives at strategic, operational, Russian government into negotiations and tactical levels B. to prevent Russian forces from completely B. deliberate violation of the neutrality of overwhelming the Austro-Hungarian army neighboring states C. to respond to an offensive by Russian forces C. fortified trenches that would withstand a long war of attrition under the command of General Lavr Kornilov D. precise and rapid movement of troops D. to stop Russian advances into East Prussia after the battles of Tannenberg and the Maurian Lakes SD-CP-SS-7 SD-CP-SS-8 According to Winston Churchill, by Sept. 11, 1914, the In March, 1915, British and French diplomats chief of staff of this historic empire had broken his reluctantly gave in to Russia’s Foreign Minister army’s heart, and used it up in three weeks on the Sergei Sazonov’s demands for specific territorial Eastern Front. After unparalleled exertion, his multi- spoils of war. In doing so, they agreed that Czarist ethnic army was exhausted, its officers confused. A Russia would become a major power in which of the quarter of a million of his men were dead or wounded. following bodies of water after they defeated the Another 100,000 were prisoners. Which of the following Central Powers? was thus the first of the pre-war empires to lose its status as a great power? A. the eastern Mediterranean Sea A. the Austro-Hungarian Empire B. the North Sea B. the Ottoman Empire C. the western Pacific Ocean C. the Russian Empire D. southwest Asia D. the Spanish Empire SD-CP-SS-9 SD-CP-SS-10 When America entered World War I on April 6, Three of the following phrases describe unique 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and the features of World War I in the Balkans. Which Congress was in effect briefly aligning the phrase describes the conflict in both the Balkans and elsewhere on the eastern and western fronts? United State with which one of the following Russian governments? A. belligerent states had recently fought short A. the autocratic government of Czar wars with each other Nicholas II B. campaigns were relatively short and usually B. the Bolshevik government led by Lenin decisive C. the military dictatorship of General C. diplomacy could be as decisive as military Aleksei Brusilov action D. the provisional government led by D. internal problems contributed to the Central Aleksandr Kerensky Powers defeat SD-CP-SS-11 SD-CP-SS-12 Partitioned by various belligerent military The Ottoman government’s secret alliance with forces during World War I, which small Germany in 1914 contributed which one of the independent Balkan state benefited from the following advantages to the Central Powers? efforts of occupying troops of all sides to A. control of a vast empire united by Islam and build roads, bridges, and railways? loyalty to the Turkish sultan/caliph B. domination of strategic waterways vital to Entente interests A. Albania C. a military force of three million well- B. Bosnia-Hercegovina equipped soldiers known for their tenacity C. Montenegro and stamina D. Serbia D. a network of modern railways linking Constantinople to vast areas of southwest Asia SD-CP-SS-13 SD-CP-SS-14 Which one of the following men was the While Allied forces were overrunning other areas of 34-year old supreme commander of the the empire, the Ottoman military ignored German protests and attempted to reclaim territories that Ottoman Empire during the war years? the empire had lost in the 1870’s. In this last gasp A. Atatürk of Ottoman imperialism, the sultan’s “Army of Islam” successfully invaded and briefly occupied a B. Mustafa Kemal Pasha significant seaport on which of the following bodies C. Mehmet Talât Pasha of water from the fall of 1918? A. Adriatic Sea D. Enver Pasha B. Caspian Sea C. Persian Gulf D. Red Sea SD-CP-SS-15 SD-CP-SS-16 By February, 1916, after World War I spread In what way did the war alter the economics of to Africa, Entente offensives had northern, tropical, and southern Africa? overpowered German military forces and colonial governments in three of the four A. Naval conflict disrupted Africa’s significant following areas. In which of the German volume of trade with Europe and America colonial areas did a costly and destructive B. Unions took advantage of war-time labor conflict continue until late 1918? shortages and gained significant influence A. German east Africa C. War-time demand stimulated investment B. Togoland in, and the growth of, industry and manufacturing C. Kameron D. War-time shortages led to inflation while D. southwest Africa the real wages of many workers declined. SD-CP-SS-17 SD-CP-SS-18 The Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare on Three of the following statements accurately describes February 1, 1917 and quickly achieved spectacular success, Germany’s approach to economic warfare before and/or which peaked in the month of April. Allied losses to during World War I. Which one statement accurately submarines were never entirely eliminated, but they were describes Britain’s approach during the war? eventually brought to acceptable levels by the Allies A. disrupt enemy shipping and trade while countermeasures. Which of those countermeasures was maintaining direct and indirect trade with neutral most effective? states A. barrages of fixed nets fitted with mines in the English Channel B. intercept neutral cargoes including both absolute B. convoys of Allied merchant ships escorted by and conditional contraband specialized anti-submarine craft C. supplement domestic production with agricultural C. development and manufacture of sonar to locate and raw material wealth of conquered territory submarines underwater D. win a quick and decisive victory before exhausting D. raids on the canals leading to the German supplies of essential commodities submarine pens at Bruges SD-CP-SS-19 SD-CP-SS-20 As soon as World War I began, this European state Compared to other belligerent states, both adopted a policy of neutrality in spite of the pro- Britain and France were more dependent German and anti-Russian inclinations of its court, upon which of the following sources of armed forces, and political and intellectual elite. revenue to finance their war efforts? Identify this neutral state that supplied Germany with iron ore and used its geopolitical advantages to mitigate the impact of the Allies blockade of the A. foreign loans Central Powers until 1917. B. income taxes A. Denmark B. the Netherlands C. publicly issued war bonds C. Sweden D. short-term treasury bills D. Switzerland SD-CP-SS-21 SD-CP-SS-22 In the second half of World War I, which of Three of the following statements accurately the following economic issues became the describes the impact of wartime employment on fundamental concern in resource mobilization women. Which statement is FALSE? for Britain, France, and Germany? A.