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COURSE OUTLINE
Periodization 1:
Foundations (5,000 BCE-600 CE)
 Unit 1: River Valley &
Classical Civilizations
 Unit 2: Greece & Rome
Periodization 2:
Post-Classical Era (600-1450)
 Unit 3: Islam & Africa
 Unit 4: Byzantine Empire
& the Middle Ages
 Unit 5: Americas, China,
& the Mongols
Periodization 3: Transition to
the Modern World (1450-1750)
 Unit 6: The Renaissance
& Protestant Reformation
 Unit 7: Exploration &
Scientific Revolution
Periodization 4:
Early Modern Era (1750-1914)
 Unit 8: The Middle East,
Japan, & China
 Unit 9: Enlightenment,
Revolutions, & Napoleon
 Unit 10: Industrial Revolution
& Imperialism
Periodization 5:
The World at War (1914-1945)
 Unit 11: World War I &
the Russian Revolution
 Unit 12: World War II
Periodization 6:
Late 20th Century (1945-Present)
 Unit 13: The Cold War
 Unit 14: Decolonization
& Globalization
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Unit 11: World War I and the Russian Revolution
The Big Picture:
From the 1880s to 1914, tensions increases among European nations due to imperial competition, advanced militaries, and powerful
feelings of nationalism, especially among Serbs in the Balkans. The outbreak of war between Serbia and Austria-Hungary triggered a
network of European alliances and the beginning of the first World War between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. This
“Great War” was unlike any previous European conflict. Troops fought with advanced new weapons like machine guns and used new
strategies to fight like trench warfare. Nations committed to total war and converted all their nation’s resources to winning the war.
During the war, Russia was plagued by a series of economic and political problems. In 1917, Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks
overthrew the government of Russia and created the world’s first communist nation, the Soviet Union. By 1919, the Allies had won
and signed the Treaty of Versailles bringing an end to the war. The peacemakers created a League of Nations to prevent future wars,
but brutally punished Germany and inadvertently created conditions that would lead to another world war in 1939.
Unit Pacing:
Homework
(Answer Qs on Back)
____–Periodization Preview and the
Causes of World War I
____–The Battlefront of World War I
____– Read 29.1
____–The Home Front of World War I
____–The USA in World War I
____–Read 29.2
____–The Russian Revolution
____–Read 29.3
____–The Russian Revolution
____–Treaty of Versailles
____– Read 29.4
____–Treaty of Versailles & Impact of
WWI
____– Read 30.1
____–Unit 11 Review
____– Complete
Unit 11 Organizer
____–Unit 11 Test
Key Terms and Phrases:
1. Militarism
2. Triple Alliance
3. Triple Entente
4. Nationalism
5. The Balkans
6. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
7. Central Powers
8. Allied Powers
9. Total War
10. Battlefront
11. Trench Warfare
12. Battle of Verdun
13. Home Front
14. Mass production
15. Unrestricted Submarine
Warfare
16. Zimmerman Telegram
17. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
18. Treaty of Versailles
19. Reparations
20. Mandate System
21. Czar Nicholas II (Romanovs)
22. Vladimir Lenin
23. Bolsheviks
24. Communism
25. Soviet Union (USSR)
26. Joseph Stalin
27. Stalin’s Five Year Plans
Essential Questions:
1. Explain how militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism led to the outbreak of World War I in 1914/
2. How did “total war” impact soldiers on the battlefront and civilians on the home front?
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3. (a) What were the important provisions of the Treaty of Versailles? (b) How did the Treaty of Versailles
help lead to conditions for a second World War?
4. (a) What led to the Russian Revolution in 1917? (b)What were the effects of the revolution on Russia?
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Unit 11 Reading Guide—World War I and the Russian Revolution
After reading the chapters, answers the following questions to be turned before Unit #11 Test for extra credit on your test.
Chapter 29, Section 1
1. What were three causes of tension Europe before World War I?
2.
Who were members of the Triple Alliance? Who were members of the Triple Entente?
3.
What happened to Archduke Franz Ferdinand when he visited Serbia?
Chapter 29, Section 2
1. Who was a member of the Central Powers? The Allies?
2.
What was Germany's plan to have a six-week war? Did it work?
3.
What are the Eastern and Western Front? Where was the Battle of Verdun?
Chapter 29, Section 3
1. Why did the Russians make a separate peace with Germany?
2.
What does it mean to wage a total war?
3.
What were two results of World War I?
Chapter 29, Section 4
1. Who is the author of the Fourteen Points? What was their purpose?
2.
Why did an observer call the Treaty of Versailles a "peace built on quicksand?"
3.
How did the other countries treat Germany at the Paris peace conference?
Chapter 30, Section 1
1. Why were many Russians unhappy with Czar Nicholas II?
2.
Who was the leader of the radical Bolsheviks? What did they want to accomplish?
3.
Why was there a civil war in Russia after 1917? Who was involved?