FStudy Guide – World War I – Chapter 14



Study Guide – World War I – Chapter 14

Section 1 – The Great War Begins

Long Term Causes – World War I

• Age of Imperialism – Created Competition amongst European Powers

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Balkans Region – “Powder Keg”

• Nationalism

Short Term Cause – Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

**Timeline – World War I – Handed out in class and on my website

Key Battle – Verdun, Somme, Verdun

Triple Alliance vs. Triple Entente

Role of the Central Powers in the war

Map – Europe – 1914 – Answer key was discussed and given out in class (also on my website)

Eastern v. Western Fronts – How did they form? Where were they located in Europe?

Section 2 – A New Kind of War

New Weapons on the battlefield – be able to name them

How was World War I different from all previous conflicts? Similar?

Trench warfare and “No Man’s Land”

Stalemate – why did so many battles during WW I end in a stalemate?

Section 3 – Winning the War

WW I = Total War – what does that mean?

• Economic impact of the war

• conscription

Why did Russia leave the war?

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Why did America join the war? On what side

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Yellow Journalism and Propaganda

• Zimmerman Note

Why does the war end?

America’s Role in the War

• Wilson’s 14 Fourteen Points – Importance?

Section 4 – Making the Peace

Treaty of Versailles – Provisions

Long and Short term effects – Europe? Rest of the World?

Europe Map – 1918 – Post World War I – Major Changes from the previous map?

League of Nations – Importance?

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