Standards:

I-C.7 Analyze and evaluate the causes, events and effects of World War I.

Previewing Main Ideas

Science and Technology

Advances in weaponry, from improvements to the machine gun and airplane, to the invention of the tank, led to mass Devastation during World War 1.

Economics

The war affected many European economies. Desperate for resources, the warring governments converted many industries to munitions factories. They also took greater control of the production of goods.

Power and Authority

The quest among European nations for greater power played a role in causing World War 1. By the turn of the 20th century, relations among these countries have grown increasingly tense.

Chapter Objective

Summarize the causes, events, and effects of World War I.

WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading

SECTION 1 Marching Toward War

List factors and events that led to World War I.

SECTION 2 Europe Plunges into War

Describe military actions on the Western and Eastern fronts.

SECTION 3 A Global Conflict

Summarize the spread of the conflict, the Allies' push to victory, and the effects of the war.

SECTION 4 A Flawed Peace

Explain the Treaty of Versailles and its effects on European powers.

Essential Question

Vocabulary:

Alliances

Agreements to help other countries in a military way

Artillery

Large guns, cannons

czar

Ruler of Russia

Destructive

Causing negative effects, including death and ruin

Dissent

Disagreement

Great Powers

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and France

Heir

Person who inherits; next in line

Intercepted

took or received something intended for someone else

Isolate

Set apart; cut off

legacy

Results; lasting effects

Nationalism

Feeling of attachment to one's nation

Rival

One who tries to be better or do better than another

Rivalries

Competitions

Territorial

Related to territories; related to colonies or other imperialists holdings

Trenches

Long, deep holes in the ground dug for protection from enemy fire

Unify

Bring together as one

Across

• 2.Policy of glorifying military power
• 7.Nations siding in war with Great Britain
• 9.Passenger ship sunk by German U-boat
• 10.Alliance of Britain, France, and Russia (2 wrds)
• 11.Allied leaders at Versailles (2 wrds)
• 12.Battlefield along German and Russian border (2 wrds)

Down

• 1.German proposal of an alliance with Mexico (2 wrds)
• 3.Agreement to stop fighting
• 4.Germany's ruler during World War I (2 wrds)
• 5.Deadlocked region in northern France (2 wrds)
• 6.Ditches from which soldiers fought
• 8.Dedication of country's resources to war effort (2 wrds)

Chapter Quiz:

All of the following forces set the stage for World War I EXCEPT

(A)nationalism

(B)militarism

(C)military alliances

(D)Ottoman decline

The catalyst for the U.S. entry into the war was

(A)the sinking of the Lusitania

(B)the Zimmermann note

(C)the invasion of Belgium

(D)German war atrocities

One of the main reasons for the large number of casualties in the war was

(A)the use of new war technology

(B)the commitment to total war

(C)trench warfare

(D)government rationing

The major objective of the Treaty of Versailles was

(A)to further the principle of self-determination

(B)to implement Wilson’s Fourteen Points

(C)to punish Germany

(D)to institute a lasting world peace

After the war, colonial possessions of the defeated Central Powers

(A)were placed under European control

(B)became independent nations

(C)were exempted from the war guilt clause

(D)joined the League of Nations

On the Final:

Austria-Hungary

Balkans, the

League of Nations

mechanization of war

Ottoman empire, decline of the

Treaty of Versailles

WWI devastation