World History Assignment on Imperialism and the WWI 1--List three effects of the Meiji restoration1-Abolition of the feudal system 2-Formation of a national army 3-Universal education 2-The difference between the Spheres of Influence and the Open Door Policy is: The spheres of influence are more exclusive to certain cultures while open door policy is more open to other cultures rather than keep it in the same culture 3-The acronym MAIN stands for: Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism 4-Why did WWI last so long? What was created to break up the stalemate? WWI lasted so long due to trench warfare with tanks and poison gas used to break up stalemates 5-Describe the battle of the MarneBattle that prevented the Germans from reaching Paris with 600 miles of tunnels covered in barbed wire, wooden blocks and stationary firing, stations shooting 350-500 rpm, stench, fat rats, lice, trench fever, trench foot, snipers. 6-Two reasons why England joins the war are: 1-Germany ordered Belgium to allow German forces to pass freely through their country (Violation of a neutral country) 2- Arms Race 7-What event caused the beginning of World War I? The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand 8-Explain the blank check response in WWI? Germany responds with a blank check meaning that they will back Austria-Hungary is they attack Serbia. 9-Describe the Schlieffen plan? Did it work? Explain The Schlieffen plan was to sweep through Belgium then knock France out of the war then attack Russia in order to prevent a two-front war. It did not work due to Belgium fighting back and not letting them through. 10-Name the triple entente -France -Russia -Great Britain-U.S. 13-List the Central powers-Germany -Austria-Hungary -Ottoman Empire 12-List three reasons why America joins the war? -Submarine sinking many U.S. ships -We sold a lot of ammunition to the Entente so we couldn’t afford to let them lose -Russias czar was overthrown allowing democracy 13-Mention 2 things stated in Wilson’s 14 points, was it effective? Reduction of armament for domestic safety, and democratic governments. He knew it wouldn’t be perfect so he decided to create the league of nations to prevent future wars. 14-15-In the back of the page make a bubble map showing the nations involved in the war with their name and below the name the reason why they joined the war.
