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November 17, 2016
Bell Work
1. Whose assassination was the spark that started WWI?
2. What countries made up the Triple Alliance?
3. What countries made up the Triple Entente?
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Today’s Agenda
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Standards and Objectives
Vocabulary/Key Terms
Continue World War I unit
Review of WWI causes
Map
a. Alliances
6. Early WWI battles
7. Weapon advances
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REMINDER – If you have not taken or
need to retake the Unification and
Imperialism test you need to take that
sooner rather than later.
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Standards and Objectives
Unit: World Wars, 1914-1945
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W.24 – Trace the principal theaters of battle, major battles, and
major turning points of World War I.
Objectives:
1. I can trace the principal theaters of battle, major battles, and major
turning points of World War I.
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Vocabulary/Key Terms
1.
Theater – an area in which something
happens
2.
Western Front – fighting zone in
Western Europe during WWI.
3.
Trench – a long narrow ditch
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Review of Causes
1.
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, and Imperialism lead to tensions
throughout Europe.
2.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo.
3.
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
4. Russia backs Serbia in the conflict.
5.
Germany declares war on Russia and France.
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Aftermath of Assassination
1.
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
2.
Russia is an ally of Serbia.
3.
Germany is an ally of Austria-Hungary and
declares war on Russia and France.
4. Germany will fight a war on two fronts.
a. Eastern front will be against Russia.
b. Western front will be against France.
5.
Germany had a plan to fight a two front war.
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Germany’s Plan
1.
Germany wanted to make quick work of France.
2.
Years before the war the Schlieffen Plan was developed.
a. Called for defeating France quickly in the west.
b. Then heading east to fight Russia.
3.
To execute the plan Germany made a quick strike into neutral Belgium.
a. Germany’s attack through Belgium led Great Britain to declare war.
4. With Britain’s entrance the main players of World War I are in place.
a. Central Powers: Germany and Austria-Hungary
b. Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia
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Belgium
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Serbia
Ottoman Empire
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Early Battles
1.
Germany’s plan for a quick victory in France
failed.
2.
Battle of the Frontiers was one of the first
major battles of World War I.
a. Started in August of 1914.
b. France and Britain against Germany.
c. Heavy losses were suffered on both
sides with Germany eventually
winning.
3.
Russia attacked Germany along the Eastern
front in the Battle of Tannenburg.
a. Germany crushed the Russians
b. Russian attack did distract Germany
from advancing in France.
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Great Britain
Russia
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Serbia
Ottoman Empire
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1st Battle of the Marne
1.
1st Battle of the Marne started in September of 1914.
2.
Allied Powers were successful in driving the Germans back.
3.
German forces dug a series of trenches along the Aisne River and
waited for the Allied attack.
a. They were able fight back the allies.
b. As a result the allies dug their own trenches.
c. This was the beginning of trench warfare along the Western Front.
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Great Britain
Russia
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Serbia
Ottoman Empire