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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