Speed Revision!!!

1. Speed Revision!!! • Learning Objectives: • To understand the topics the exam will cover • To identify areas we need to focus our own revision on • To begin to revise key areas for the exam Today we will be revising: Paper 1 Causes and Events of World War One

2. What were the causes of World War One? What was the fighting like on the Western Front? What happened on the other Fronts? Military Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Spark • Trench Life • Weapons • Somme • America • Armistice • War at Sea • Gallipoli • Russia

3. What were the causes of World War One? Find 2 examples of how each of these points led to war. Military Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Spark = Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

4. What is an alliance? (4) • b) Explain why there was rivalry between the two alliance systems (6) • c) ‘Imperialism was the main cause of war in 1914’ How far do you agree with this statement. Explain you answer. (10)

5. What was the fighting like on the Western Front? Trench Life • Name 3 positive points about being in the British Army in WW1: • Now name 3 negative points:

6. What was the fighting like on the Western Front? Fighting in the trenches It was as dangerous to go back as it was to go on. There were machine gun bullets spraying to and fro all the time... When I reached our trenches I missed my footing and fell to the floor, stunned. When I got up I saw an officer standing on the fire step looking through binoculars at No Mans Land. As I walked down the trench towards the dressing station he stood in my way with a pistol in his hand. He never said a word, but then he just stepped aside and let me pass. When I got to the dressing station I asked someone ‘What’s that officer doing back there with the gun in his hand?’, and they said that his job was to shoot anyone who came back not wounded. I thought to myself, what kind of job is that? Anyone could have lost his nerve that day. What impression does this give of life in the trenches?

7. What was the fighting like on the Western Front? Weapons • Find one advantage and one disadvantage of each of the following: • Artillery • Poison Gas • Tanks • Aircraft Which weapon do you believe was the most effective and why?

8. What is a tank? (4) • b) Explain why Germany agreed to an armistice in 1918 (6) • c) ‘Haig was a successful military leader’ How far do you agree with this statement. Explain you answer. (10)

9. What happened on the other Fronts? War at Sea Find 2 reasons that show Britain won the Battle of Jutland Find 2 reasons to show that Germany won the Battle of Jutland Which method was the most effective at tackling U-Boats and why Name 3 effects of the British blockade on Germany Gallipoli What were the 3 aims of Gallipoli Give 3 reasons why it failed Give 3 reasons why the casualties Russia Give two points to support the view that Russia was defeated because of internal problems Give two points to support the view that Russia was defeated because of Military Failures

10. What happened on the other Fronts? • What is a blockade? (4) • b) Explain why Russia was defeated in 1918 (6) • c) ‘The Gallipoli campaign was a complete failure’ How far do you agree with this statement. Explain you answer. (10)

11. Reflection – Causes and Events of WW1 • Name 2 areas you are confident with: • Name 2 areas you need to revise: