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AP European History
Reading Plan
March 2 to 19, 2015
Key Topics: Imperialism/World War I – Exam 11
Homework Reading Assignment
Monday 3/2
Pages
828-836
Tuesday 3/3
Expansion of European Power and the New Imperialism
 The New Imperialism
Motives for the New Imperialism
 The “Scramble for Africa”
 Social Darwinism and Imperialism
o North Africa
o Egypt
o The Belgian Congo
o Southern Africa
Finish in-class assignment - - due tomorrow
Wednesday 3/4
838-843
Thursday 3/5
843-847
Friday 3/6
Emergence of the German Empire and the Alliance Systems
(1873-1890)
 Bismarck’s Leadership
o War in the Balkans
o The Congress of Berlin
o German Alliances with Russia and Austria
o The Triple Alliance
 Forging the Triple Entente (1890-1907)
o Franco-Russian Alliance
o Britain and Germany
o The Entente Cordiale
o The First Moroccan Crisis
o British agreement with Russia
World War I
 The Road to War (1908-1914)
o The Bosnian Crisis
o The Second Moroccan Crisis
o War in the Balkans
 Sarajevo and the Outbreak of War (June-August 1914)
o The Assassination
o Germany and Austria’s Response
o The Triple Entente’s Response
No assigned reading homework - - If you are behind on reading - use this time to catch up on your Cornell Notes
Monday 3/9
848-854
Tuesday 3/10
854-858
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Topics
 The Kaiser’s Comments on the Outbreak of the World War
 Strategies and Stalemate: 1914-1917
o The War in the West
o The War in the East
o Return to the West
o The War at Sea
o America Centers the War
The Russian Revolution
 The Provisional Government
 Lenin and the Bolsheviks
 The Outbreak of the Russian Revolution
 The Communist Dictatorship
o White Russians
 An Eyewitness Account of the Bolsheviks’ Seizure of Power
Wednesday 3/11
858-862
The End of World War I
 Germany’s Last Offensive
 The Armistice
 The End of the Ottoman Empire
862-868
The Settlement at Paris
 Obstacles the Peacemakers Faced
 War Propaganda and the Movies: Charlie Chaplin
 The Peace
o The League of Nations
o Colonies
o Germany
o The East
o Reparations
 Evaluating the Peace
o The Economic Consequences of the Peace
o Divisive New Boundaries and Tariff Walls
o Failure to Accept Reality
In Perspective
Bring Tuesday’s reading (Cornell Notes)
to class for Read-Around - - this will be
graded!
Thursday 3/12
Students begin reading & writing Cornell
notes for night’s reading homework
Friday 3/13
Monday 3/16
No assigned reading homework - - If you are behind on reading - use this time to catch up on your Cornell Notes
878-880
Political and Economic Factors After the Paris Settlement
 Demands for Revision of the Paris Settlement
 Postwar Economic Problems
 New Roles for Government and Labor
Tuesday 3/17
Review - - catch up on missed reading
Finish Cornell Notes and End of Unit Summary
Wednesday 3/18
Finish/study Key Content - - Due tomorrow
Cornell Notes and End of Unit Summary
due today
Thursday 3/19
Exam 11: Imperialism/World War I - - Turn in Key Content
Less than 2 months to AP
College Board Exam!
Make sure you are learning Big
ideas as well as details!
Make sure you are reviewing your
AP Binder to keep your memory
of past topics and their connection
to the present fresh in your mind
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your
full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to
personal excellence.
Confucius
AP European History (Study Guide)
Key Content, Terms, Locations & VIPs
Chapter 25 – Imperialism, Alliances, and War
Content in terms of World War I:
 Reasons for World War I
 Schlieffen Plan (What is it? & purpose)
 Women in World War I
o what is significant about women in the war?
 March Revolution in Russia
o Reasons/Outcome/Consequences
 Cause of 1905 Russian Revolution
o Role of WWI in Russian Revolution
Terms (Define them)
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Open Door Policy (textbook p. 836- Asia)
Triple Alliance
Black Hand
League of Nations
Locations/Significance in terms of World
War I
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Russia
France
Austria
Germany
Serbia
VIPs - - Their role in World War I
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Bismarck
Alexander Kerensky
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Woodrow Wilson
 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
 All Quiet on the Western Front
 Impressionism (page 809)
 Treaty of Versailles
o Who were the major players?
o What decisions were made?
o How was Germany affected?
o What happened to the Ottoman Empire?
o What were the different views of this Treaty?
 President Wilson’s Fourteen Points
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Bolsheviks
The Great War
Western Front
The “Big Four”
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Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Japan
African Countries
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Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Claude Monet - - Artist known for? (page 809)
Clemenceau
Assignment must be turned in handwritten!
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