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World War I SGQ
Chapter 13 – Garratt
California State Standards: Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
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Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic
rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian
population in support of “total war.”
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Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and
outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate).
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Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.
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Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial peoples
contributed to the war effort.
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Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman government’s actions against Armenian citizens.
10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.
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Analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, the terms and influence of the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson’s
Fourteen Points, and the causes and effects of the United States’s rejection of the League of Nations on world politics.
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Describe the effects of the war and resulting peace treaties on population movement, the international economy, and shifts in the
geographic and political borders of Europe and the Middle East.
Section 1: Marching Toward War pp. 407-410
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What are the positive and negative attributes of nationalism?
What factors increased competition among European nations?
Why were the Balkans an area of instability?
Why was the gradual demise of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires destabilizing?
How did imperialism contribute to the move toward war?
How did militarism manifest itself?
What was the purpose of the two great alliances?
Why did the German Chancellor Bismarck want to isolate France? How did he do so?
How did Kaiser Wilhelm II contribute to rising tensions in Europe?
Why were the Balkans the “powder keg” of Europe?
What were Serbian ambitions?
Why did Serbia pose a threat to the Austro-Hungarians?
Why did the terrorist group, the Black Hand, instruct Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Franz Ferdinand?
Why do you think that Austria issued an ultimatum that was difficult to accept without losing face?
Based on what you know was it surprising that Russia reacted by mobilizing its military?
Section 2: Europe Plunges into War: pp. 411-415
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Be able to explain the chain reaction that occurred after the Serbian declaration of war.
During the war which nations comprised the Central Powers? The Allies?
Why did Italy refuse to honor its treaty obligations to Germany and Austria?
Explain why the Schlieffen Plan was so important militarily to Germany?
Why was the First Battle of the Marne considered by some to be the most important event of the war?
How did trench warfare and modern new weapons result in a stalemate?
What were the lessons from the Battles of Verdun and the Somme?
In addition to the airplane what were the other new weapons of this war?
Which country had the longest border with belligerents?
How was the Eastern Front different from the Western?
What was the military significance of the Battle of Tannenberg?
What were Russia’s military weakness(s)? Strength(s)
Section 3: A Global Conflict pp. 417-423
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What were the Allied objectives of the Gallipoli campaign? Results?
What happened to German colonies during the war?
In what ways were colonial subjects involved in the war?
How did the Germans justify the sinking of the Lusitania?
How did the US response to the Lusitania affect German policy?
Why did the Germans gamble and renew unrestricted submarine warfare (URS) in January 1917?
Why do you think that the Zimmerman Telegram proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany?
What were some of the bonds that linked the US with Britain?
How is “total war” different from the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Why was censorship and propaganda considered important?
What did women prove during the Civil War, World War I, World II and every war since?
How did the 1917 Russian Revolution affect the war?
What were the results of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
What eventually led to the Central Powers’ collapse?
Section 4: A Flawed Peace pp. 424-427
42. Although 32 nations participated at the Paris Peace Talks the real decisions were made by whom?
43. Why did the Allies disapprove of the Fourteen Points?
44. Identify the different motives of President Woodrow Wilson, French Premier Georges Clemenceau and British Prime
Minister David Lloyd George?
45. What were some of the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles and Article 231 also known as the War Guilt Clause?
46. What impact did the war have on the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires?
47. Identify the nine new European countries created after World War I.
48. How many new countries were formed from the Ottoman Empire?
49. Why was the mandate system a betrayal of self-determination?
50. Which nation was not a part of the Versailles Treaty and the League of Nations?
51. What constitutional objections were made against US participation in the League of Nations?