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A Global Conflict
Directions: Read pages 417-423 and complete the following:
Main Idea: ECONOMICS World War I spread to several _____________________________________
Why it matters now: _________________________________________________________________
Using chronological order As you read and answer questions about the effects of the war on countries throughout the world,
note the relationship to the events on the time line.
February
1915
May
1915
Gallipoli campaign
begins.
1. What was the purpose of the Gallipoli campaign?
Lusitania is sunk.
2. Who was T.E. Lawrence?
3. How did European colonial possessions and the people in parts of Africa
& Asia become involved in WWI?
January
1917
Germany
announces a policy
of unrestricted
submarine warfare.
4. What were the people, like Mohandas Gandhi of India, hoping for?
February
1917
British intercept the
Zimmermann note.
5. Why did the United States enter the war? (List at least 4 reasons, using
important terms/definitions wherever appropriate)
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April
1917
United States enters
the war.
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October
1917
The Bolshevik
Revolution begins.
War Affects the Home Front
6. Define total war.
a) Definition:
b) Discuss five different ways countries fought this total war:
November
1917
Lenin seizes power
in Russia.
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March
1918
Germany and
Russia sign Treaty
of Brest-Litovsk.
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7. What was the war’s impact on women?
July
1918
November
1918
Allies and Germans
fight the 2nd Battle
of the Marne.
8. Why did Czar Nicholas II’s government collapse?
9. What were the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
World War I ends.
10. What was the significance of the 2nd Battle of the Marne?
11. What events signaled the final defeat of the Central Powers?
12. What was the armistice? (Yes, you have to know the date.)
13. Examine the primary sources on p. 423. Discuss what it was like for the average soldier in the trenches & explain how
you think such experiences affected the average soldier’s view of war.