Quick Fire
• Take a look at land and sea on this map. Make a prediction which side will win WWI. Explain your reasoning.
Quick Fire
• Take a look at land and sea on this map. Why might Germany have relied on submarines instead of traditional battleships? Explain your reasoning.
Daily Goals
• Content:– We will understand which countries fought for the Allied Powers
and Central Powers.– We will also investigate the USA’s increasing involvement in the war
• Literacy:– We will work with a map of Europe and the text to understand the
shifting alliances of WWI• Social:
– Raise hands and wait to be called on– Stay on-task in study groups– Work with a reasonable level of noise– Follow directions
Section #1 Wrap-up!
• We are going to play a game of Tic-Attack-Toe!• Get out your unit packets. You should use this
review to check your answers on pages 1-2.• Everyone should grab a textbook and open to
p. 578-586.• The class will be divided into two teams.• Try to get three in a row to win the round!• Everyone will get a turn to answer a question.
Meet your teams!
Team O:Ger-$
Team X:Russian Into It
1st Board: Tic-Attack-Toe!Alliances Warfare US Neutrality
Blockades Causes of WWI US Enters War
President Wilson’s War
Balkan Peninsula
The Frontline
Go to Board #2
2nd Board: Tic-Attack-Toe! Alliances Warfare US Neutrality
Blockades Causes of WWI US Enters War
President Wilson’s War
Balkan Peninsula
The Frontline
Go to Board #1
Question
• What was the difference between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #2• Triple Entente: France, Great Britain, Russia• Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Italy
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Question
• What was Germany’s plan of attack for WWI?
Reveal Answer!
Answer #6• Schlieffer Plan: Holding action against Russia (to the
east of Germany). Also, a quick drive through Belgium to Paris, France (to the west).
• After France falls, turn all armies east on Russia.
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Question
• Why did Americans want to stay neutral?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #9• The war was far away, across the sea in
Europe. It didn’t threaten U.S. lives.
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Question
• Where did the British blockade the Germans (don’t say in the water)?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #11• In the North Sea, between Norway and
Britain, neutral ports, and the German Coast
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Question
• What are the four long-term causes of WWI?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #1A) Nationalism: Devotion to your nation or culture,
lead to rivalries between countries.B) Imperialism: Countries takeover colonies
around the world.C) Militarism: Powerful military is used as tool in
dealing with other nations.D) Alliance System: Defensive alliances supposed
to stop a war drag everybody into it instead.Back to Game Board!
Question
• What was the role of the sinking of the Lusitania in WWI?
Reveal Answer!
Answer #15
• It turned US opinion against Germany and the Central Powers. The US was angry that so many innocent US citizens died.
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Question
• In the Election of 1916:• Who was the Democratic candidate?• What was his campaign promise?
• Who was the Republican Candidate?• What was his campaign promise?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #14• Democrat: Woodrow Wilson• Platform: Peace, no war with Europe
• Republican: Charles E. Hughes• Platform: Freedom of the Seas, we will defend
US ships trading with Europe.
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Question
• What were the European interests in the Balkan Peninsula?
• Germany?• Russia?• Austria-Hungary?
Reveal Answer!
Answer#3Germany: wanted to build a railroad through the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)Russia: wanted access to Mediterranean SeaAustria-Hungary: Ruled Serbia
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Question
• Where (the countries) was No Man’s Land?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #8• Mainly in France and Russia.
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Question
Reveal Answer!
Answer
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Question
• What were the two opposing alliances called in WWI?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empires (Turkey)
• Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, and Russia
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Question
• WWI is remembered for its trench warfare and No Man’s Land.– What are these?– What are their relationship?
Reveal Answer!
Answer 7A
• Trench Warfare: Troops on both sides dug trenches and fought each other along fixed battle lines.• No Man’s Land: The area between the
opposing armies’ trenches. Filled with barbed wire, mines, and mud.
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Question
• How was the German Blockade different than the British blockade?
• Why were Americans more upset by the German blockade than the British blockade?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #14/15• It was a submarine (U-boat) blockade of Allied
Waters to stop aid from crossing the Atlantic from the USA.
• Often times, innocent people died without warning when ships were sunk by German submarines.
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Question
• Who was shot by whom?
• The war began in what year?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #4/5• In 1914 Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, heir to
the Austria-Hungarian Empire was shot in Serbia by Princip, a member of Black Hand. Black Hand wanted Serbia’s independence.
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Question
• Why did the USA finally enter the war?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #17• German unrestricted submarine warfare
(sinking any US ships that tried to reach the Allied Powers)
• The Zimmerman Note (German offered to help Mexico invade USA)
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Question
• What was Wilson’s hope for entering the war?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #18/19• “To make the world safe for democracy.”• Most of the allies were democracies (France,
Great Britain, and USA)• Most of the Central Powers were Empires
(Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman)
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Question
• What was the Balkan Peninsula known as leading up to WWI?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #3• The “Powder Keg of Europe.” It was an area
with lots of conflict. It was considered a war just waiting to explode.
• Balkan Peninsula: Peninsula that contains Greece.
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Question
• What is a Front? (not the weather one).• Where were the main fronts in WWI?
Reveal Answer!
Answer#9(ABC)
• Front: The frontlines of the war where two opposing armies meet.
• Where? – Western Front: France– Eastern Front: Russia
– Balkan Front: SW Europe, – near Greece
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Question
• Why did Americans have more sympathy for the Allies than the Germans?
Reveal Answer!
Answer
• #10• USA had ties to Great Britain:– Common Language– Common Ancestry– Both Democratic– Strong economic and trade ties with Allied Powers
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