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Study Guide
The Great War Chapter 29
Section 1
Triple Entente
Triple Alliance
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
Slavic people
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Who did Bismarck of Germany consider Germany’s greatest threat?
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Why did Germany fear an alliance between France and Russia?
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Why were the Balkans considered the “powder keg” of Europe?
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Why was there tension between Austria and Serbia?
Balkan Peninsula
Section 2
Central Powers
Allies
Western & Eastern Front
Schlieffen Plan
trench warfare
Battle of Marne
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
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What was the Western Front and what do we see happening there at the beginning of WWI?
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What was (in detail) the Schlieffen Plan, why was it developed, and why did it fail?
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What is trench warfare and what is life like in the trenches?
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What was the Eastern Front, what countries were involved in fighting there?
Section 3
Battle of Gallipoli
Lusitania
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note
Total war
rationing
propaganda
armistce
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When, how, and why did WWI spread to other parts of the world (be specific).
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List and explain the THREE different reasons the US became involved in WWI?
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By 1917 the US has joined WWI, yet Germany felt it was poised to finally win WWI, WHY? What was going on in
Russia?
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By March of 1918 how far had Germany advanced again, what stopped them (include numbers) and what
happened to the rest of the Central Powers?
Section 4
Woodrow Wilson
Georges Clemenceau
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
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14 Points
Self-determination
Where was to work out the terms of the peace after WWI held, who were the Big Four, where were they from and
who was not represented, WHY?
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What were the guiding principles of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
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Why did the United States reject the treaty, and what were the results of this?
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Why did many countries feel bitter and cheated as a result of the treaty?
Long Answer Questions
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Using the acronym MAINA – list & define the terms for each letter AND describe, in detail how each
one of these terms contributed to the outbreak of WWI (5 W’s)?
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What was different about WWI from other wars?
On a map Europe Pre-WWI:
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Ottoman Empire
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Switzerland
Serbia
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Finland
Switzerland
Romania
On a map Europe Post-WWI:
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
North Sea
Baltic Sea