World War I Study Guide
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War
10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.
Notebook:
Review what Europe was like before the war and how the war got started
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How did the balance of power change because of newly united Germany and Italy?
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Why did France form an alliance with Russia?
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Why did Italy form an alliance with Germany?
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Review the long term causes, particularly the DQ on the connections among the four long term causes
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Know the chain of events or “domino effect” that led to war being declared after the assassination of
the Austrian Archduke
Review long fuse idea
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What did they think the war would be like?
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What are some events the war caused?
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Why the title “Long Fuse”?
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What was the new balance of power?
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Why was Germany’s alliance to Austria problematic? How was Austria different from Germany?
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Remember that Greta Britain did not have conscription ( a draft) before the war broke out
What are the effects of “Total War”?
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Why do governments expand their powers in wartime, and what are the results of that expansion?
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What types of censorship were used?
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What impact did women have on the work force?
US into the war and propaganda:
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What is propaganda and why was the Zimmerman telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania important?
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Why do governments use propaganda?
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What is unrestricted submarine warfare and how did it bring the US into the war?
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What was the US reaction to the Zimmerman telegram?
The End of the
o How and why does the war end?
o What is the lesson of WWI?
o Why was the war a tragedy?
o What was the Treaty of Versailles like and what were some of the main provisions regarding Germany?
o Review the “Lost Peace” video questions
o What role did the US play at Versailles?
o What were the main ideas in Wilson’s 14-point speech?
o What was the goal of the league of nations?
Dates:
 Know when the war began and when it ended
 Know the year the United Sates entered the war
 Know the year Russia left the war
Battles:
Study the following:
o Marne
o Ypres, Somme
o Verdun,
o Gallipoli
o Tannenberg
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War of attrition
Stalemate
Poison gas-who used it first, what were the effects, etc.
Artillery
Balkan Powder Keg
Black Hand- Gavrilo Princip
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Militarism
Colonialism
Nationalism
Western Front
Two front war
Casualty
Ultimatum
Schlieffen Plan
Trench warfare
Brest-Litovsk- treaty that got Russia out of the war and gave Poland to Germany
Propaganda
Enlist
Conscription
Armistice
Zimmerman telegram
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Lusitania
Mobilization
No-Man’s Land
People:
 Bismark (Leader who unified Germany)
 Garibaldi (Leader who unified Italy)
 Kaiser Wilhelm
 Czar Nicholas
 President Woodrow Wilson