1 / 18

Unit 3 WWI

2012 Mr. Belcastro Modern World History. Unit 3 WWI . to protect their colonies from invasion by other nations B . to develop an economic alliance based on open markets C . to suppress minority nationalists in their own countries

mervin
Download Presentation

Unit 3 WWI

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 2012 Mr. Belcastro Modern World History Unit 3 WWI

  2. to protect their colonies from invasion by other nations • B. to develop an economic alliance based on open markets • C. to suppress minority nationalists in their own countries • D. to respond to the increased military power of Germany 1. Why did Great Britain, France, and Russia form the Triple Entente in 1907?

  3. democratic ideals would spread throughout the continent. • nations would be protected from economic exploitation. • colonization of undeveloped nations would cease. • small disputes would develop into large-scale wars. 2. According to some historians, Europe’s system of alliances prior to 1914 increased the likelihood that

  4. honorable opponents. • violators of human rights. • unbeatable enemies. • liberators of oppressed peoples. 3. During World War I, U.S. propaganda posters often portrayed German soldiers as

  5. France had begun to surpass Germany in industrial output. • Germany wanted to join the Triple Entente with Great Britain. • Germany controlled French access to the North Sea. • France wanted to regain lands previously seized by Germany. 4. One major reason for the tension between France and Germany before World War I was that

  6. French attacks on German colonies. • U.S. entry into the war. • Serbian assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. • German invasion of Belgium 5. Great Britain’s stated reason for declaring war on Germany in 1914 was the

  7. There is only a small amount of flat land in all of Europe. • the armies became immobile because of trench warfare. • Each side cut off the fuel supply of the other. • Germany’s military tactics were based on “static warfare.” 6. Why did most of the combat on the Western Front in World War I take place in a relatively small area?

  8. address U.S. troop deployments in France. • strengthen the defense of Germany’s colonies in Africa. • neutralize Great Britain’s naval control of the North Sea. • avoid the problem of fighting Allied powers on two fronts 7. The Schlieffen Plan was designed by the German military to

  9. A string of decisive military victories gained land from the Central Powers. • Russia’s sale of supplies to its western allies strengthened its economy. • The czar adopted the reforms necessary to win the support of the Russian people. • Economic hardships brought on by the war resulted in the downfall of the czar. 8. How did Russia’s participation in World War I affect its empire?

  10. Allied withdrawal from the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli • British victories in the Sinai that secured the Suez Canal • American military and financial intervention in the war • the switch in allegiance of Italy from the Central Powers to the Allies 9. Which of the following most affected the course and outcome of World War I?

  11. large numbers of soldiers to reinforce the Allied armies. • protected sites for new Allied industrial factories. • most of the agricultural labor in the Allied nations. • places of refuge for displaced Allied civilian populations. 10. One contribution of overseas colonies to theAllied effort during World War I was that they provided

  12. a lasting and just peace. • determining war reparations. • expanding colonial empires. • punishing aggressor nations. 11. President Wilson said that his Fourteen Points would provide a framework for

  13. create a politically unified Europe. • keep Germany from rebuilding its military forces. • restore pre-war imperial governments to power. • help Germany rebuild its industrial economy. 12. A major goal of France and Great Britain at the Conference of Versailles following World War I was to

  14. to gain territory from Austria-Hungary • to assume control of Austria’s industries • to guarantee the partition of Germany • to gain possession of Austria’s overseas colonies 13. What aim did Italian leader Vittorio Orlando have during the creation of the Treaty of Versailles?

  15. Italy should give up its colonies in Africa. • Germany should be divided into occupation zones. • German military power should be permanently restricted. • The Central Powers should divide the cost of the war equally. 14. What basic idea was shared by both Britain and France at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?

  16. formation of the European Union. • start of the Cold War. • development of the Marshall Plan. • creation of new nations in Eastern Europe. 15. The collapse of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires during World War I contributed directly to the

  17. promising to maintain peace with other countries. • attracting foreign investment for industrial development. • limiting military influence in the government. • appealing to national pride. 16. One way fascist leaders in the 1920s and 1930s gained popular support was by

  18. the lost generation. • romanticism. • the classical era. • naturalism. 17. Authors Ernest Hemingway and F. ScottFitzgerald are identified with

More Related