Chapter 12:  World War I

 

Vocabulary

 

Triple Alliance                            Triple Entente                            Wilhelm II

General Alfred von Schlieffen       Hague Peace Conference           Guilt Clause

Fourteen Points                         Treaty of Versailles                    League of Nations

Weimar Republic                       Czar Nicholas II                         Blitzkrieg

Sitzkrieg

 

 

Questions:

 

1. What event in 1890 changed political relations in Europe?
2. Describe Germany’s strengths as part of the Triple Alliance.
3. Describe Wilhelm II as a ruler.
4. What was General Schieffen’s war plan?
5. Explain the meaning of this phrase, “War is the continuation of foreign policy by other means.”
6. Why was the nature of war changing for the worse at this time?
7. Why did the Hague Peace Conferences in 1899 and 1907 ultimately fail?
8. Where were the two areas that European powers centered their rivalries?
9. What event sparked WWI?
10.  Why was Britain an uncertain player at the commencement of WWI?
11.  How did the Battle of the Marne affect the rest of WWI?  
12.  How did strategy change in WWI as compared to others?
13.  What is total war and how did it affect the countries of the world?
14.  Describe Italy’s role in WWI?
15.  Describe a typical big offensive in trench warfare?
16.  What weapons did Germany use in attempt to break the deadlock?
17.  How did Britain and Germany use their navies in the war?
18.  How did Germany’s use of its navy bring United States in to the war?
19.  Why did Russia pull out of WWI?
20.  How was propaganda used in WWI?
21.  How did the role of women change as a result of WWI?
22.  What happened to woman workers once the war was over?
23.  How did the entry of United States into WWI affect its outcome?
24.  What happened to Germany at the end of the war?
25.  What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
26.  Why did the Treaty of Versailles fail and what was the result?
27.  What revolutions came as a result of WWI?