7-8 The First World War Name
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A New Kind of War
Unit Guide
History 7
Overall Purpose:
Evaluate how the
First World War differed from previous wars.
Major Ideas:
A)
Describe the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand on
B) Explain in detain how the assassination led to a general European war in August 1914.
C) Describe the Schlieffen Plan. Why did this force Germany to declare war on Russia and France?
D) Assess the blame for starting the war. Defend your point of view.
E) Why did Britain enter the war? Why did Italy refuse to join the war?
F) What were the three main countries that made up the Central Powers? What advantages did they have in the war?
G) What were the four main countries that made up the Allies? What advantages did they have in the war?
H) Describe the fighting on the Western Front in August 1914. Why was the Battle of the Marne significant?
I) Describe the fighting on the Eastern Front in August 1914. Why was the Battle of Tannenberg significant?
J) Describe trench warfare. What factors made advancement impossible? What weapons were developed in attempt to break the stalemate?
K) Explain the purpose of the Dardanelles Campaign. Why was it a failure?
L) Why did Italy join the Allies?
M) Describe the Battles of Verdun and the Somme (1916). Why were they significant?
N) What effect did the war have on European civilians?
O) Explain how attitudes toward the war changed between 1914-1916.
P) What role did propaganda play in the war? Cite examples.
Q) Why did efforts to end the war fail?
R) Why did the Germans use unrestricted submarine warfare? What problems did this present for Germany?
S) Explain the significance of the Lusitania (1915). What was the Sussex Pledge?
T) Describe the use of aircraft in World War I. What were aces?
Key Terms:
1) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
2) Gavrilo Princip
3) blockade
4) “poor little Belgium”
5) Western Front
6) siege
7) Paul von Hindenburg
8) Dardanelles
9) Winston Churchill
10) Gallipoli
11) Henri Pétain
12) rationing
13) bonds
14) Easter Rising
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16) Zeppelin
17) Manfred von Richthofen