Question
John Keegan called this man “the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this man who extolled the importance of sea power in warfare. His ideas inspired the Anglo-German naval arms race before World War I.
ANSWER: Alfred Thayer Mahan
[10h] Mahan’s ideas are often contrasted with those of this man, who instead claimed that whoever controlled the Heartland controlled the “World-Island,” and thus, the world, in his article “The Geographical Pivot of History.”
ANSWER: Halford Mackinder [or Halford John Mackinder]
[10e] When Mackinder wrote his paper in 1904, this empire controlled the Heartland. This empire was led at the time by Tsar Nicholas II.
ANSWER: Russian Empire
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
Data
| Missouri | WUSTL | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |