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AP WORLD HISTORY Chapter 28: Descent into the Abyss: WWI & the Crisis of the European Global Order
DoDEA World History Standards:
1. Students analyze the causes and trace the course of the First World War. (10SS7)
2. Compare & contrast global imperialism, nationalism, militarisms, & secret alliances that lead to WWI. (10SS7.a)
3. Analyze the effect of the Russian Revolution and the entry of the USA into World War I. (10SS7.b)
4. Appraise the nature of the war & its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, and the
impact of colonial people (India, Africa) who contributed to the war effort. (10SS7.c)
5. Examine global human rights violations and genocide. (10SS7.d)
6. Compare the aims & negotiating roles of world leaders, the terms & influence of the Treaty of Versailles
& Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, & the global impact of the United States’ rejection of the League of
Nations. (10SS8.a)
Major topics for brief, Cornell Note-focused lectures:
1. The Coming of the War
*by 1914 diplomatic tensions among the major European powers had been escalating steadily for a generation
*colonial rivalries and arms races had led to the formation of two increasingly hostile alliances
2. The Nationalist Assault on the European Colonial Order
*four long years of intra-European slaughter severely disrupted the systems of colonial domination that
had been expanded and refined in the century leading up to World War I
*WWI also gave great impetus to the forces of native resistance to colonialism already building for decades
Key terms:
Western Front & Eastern Front
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Versailles & Fourteen Points
Pan-Africanism
Zionists & Theodor Herzl
Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. DuBois
Mohandas Gandhi & satyagraha
Ataturk/Mustafa Kemal
Class Discussion Questions:
1. Describe the causes of World War I.
2. Describe the effect of World War I on European colonies.
3. Identify the weapons and technology that led to massive casualties in the war.
4. Summarize how the entry of the United States changed the war, both militarily and politically.
5. Trace how the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of totalitarianism in Italy and Germany.
6. Appraise the unique techniques used by Gandhi in protesting British colonialism.
7. Evaluate the following statement: World War I was the first great turning point of the 20 th century.
8. Examine the influence of Western-educated elites on the emerging nationalist movements of the early 20 th
century.