Transcript Unit 2 Jeopardy

Unit 2 Review: WWI
Causes
Operations Effects
Americas
People
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Causes
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Why did Gavrilo Princip
assassinate Archduke
Ferdinand?
Causes
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Was a Serbian
nationalist; wanted
Serbian
independence from
Austria-Hungary
Causes
200
How did European
imperialism in Africa
lead to WWI? Also, give
one SPECIFIC example
of imperial conflict in
Africa.
Causes
 Fought
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over land/resources in
Africa
 Intensified rivalries
 Caused countries to form
alliances
 Moroccan Crisis: Germany tried
to take land; threat to Britain &
France
Causes
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List four
characteristics
of militarism.
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Conscription
Increased military spending
Arms Race
Increased industrial
production
Army and military forces are
given a high profile by the
government
Causes
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List the two types of
nationalism and an
example of each
type.
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Causes
 Independent
nations’ desire for
dominance
–Austria-Hungary, Germany,
Britain, France
 Oppressed
group’s desire for
independence
–Serbia (Slavs and Balkans in
general)
Causes
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With regards to alliances….the
first European alliance, the
Dual Alliance was between
______ and _______. It
eventually became the Triple
Alliance when ______ joined.
Causes
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With regards to alliances….the
first European alliance, the Dual
Alliance was between Germany
and Austria-Hungary. It
eventually became the Triple
Alliance when Italy joined (all
promised to protect against
France and Russia).
Americas
100
Describe two ways
in which WWI
changed the status
of women in the
U.S.
Americas
100
• Increased participation in the
workforce
• Took jobs in industrial sector
(previously reserved for males)
• Increased economic and social
independence
• Demanded right to vote
Americas
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List TWO ways Canada
showed their changed
status as a British
dominion during/postWWI.
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Commanded their own separate
Canadian regiment
Imperial War Conference
Signed the Treaty of Versailles
independent from England
Joined the League of Nations as their
own country
Created separate trade agreements with
the U.S.
Americas
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List one cause and one
effect of Canada’s
Military Service Act of
1917.
Americas
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Cause: Britain demanded more men
from her imperial colonies; Canadian
voluntary enlistment dropped as war
progressed
 Effect: Large exemption rate,
expanded military, conscription
crisis, furthered the divide between
British and French Canadians
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Americas
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Define three specific
acts/laws/groups
created by the U.S. to
prepare for war.
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Espionage/Sedition Act: Attempt to decrease
opposition of war and protect national security
Selective Service Act: Implemented
Conscription
Food Administration: Managed production,
distribution, cost of goods
War Industries Board: converted factories to
war production
Committee on Public Information: increased
patriotic support through propaganda, news,
etc.
Americas
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• List three reasons why the
U.S. rejected Wilson’s Plans
for Peace following the
Paris Peace Conference
(1919).
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Did not support Article X in the League
of Nations that required “collective
security”
Conservative/Republican shift
Civilian support
Isolationism
Bigger threat  radical political parties!
People
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List four things Wilson
proposed as necessary
in order to establish a
“permanent peace.”
People
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No victor
 Free/open access to trade and ocean
routes
 Demilitarization
 No alliances
 Countries need to protect individual
rights
 U.S. should oversee democratic
transitions
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People
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Trained and equipped the
Canadian militia; was
important in fighting for
independent command of
Canadian troops
People
Sam Hughes
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People
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Two Canadian Prime Ministers
involved in this period: ________
focused on domestic issues like
unifying French and English
Canada, and _________ focused
on foreign issues like WWI and
Canadian independence
People
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Two Canadian Prime Ministers
involved in this period:
Laurier focused on domestic
issues like unifying French
and English Canada, and
Borden focused on foreign
issues like WWI and
Canadian independence
People
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Brazilian president _____
focused military preparation
on naval expansion so he
created the ________ which
combined smaller Brazilian
fleets into one large navy.
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People
Brazilian president Bras
focused military
preparation on naval
expansion so he created
the DNOG (Naval Division
for War Operations) which
combined smaller Brazilian
fleets into one large navy.
People
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When German Kaiser Wilhelm II
came to power in 1888, he
launched Germany on a “new
course” or Weltpolitik. List two
things that happened as a result
of this change in German politics.
People
 Broke
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previous alliance with
Russia
 Increased support for AustriaHungary
 Increased the desire to colonize
– said Germany needed
colonies in Africa!
Operations
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How did the role of the airplane
change over the course of
WWI?
Operations
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First used primarily as
reconnaissance and surveillance
 Eventually add artillery component
and improved maneuverability
 Used later for dogfights
 Eventually developed into strategic
bombing
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Operations
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List three reasons why
the Schlieffen Plan
failed to achieve it’s
aims.
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Russia mobilized quicker than
anticipated (forced Germany into a twofront war)
Germany faced more resistance in
Belgium than predicted
Germany overstretched  physical
exertion & increasing casualties
French plane spotted German
movement and exposed right flank =
counter-attack!
Operations
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Why was Germany
able to defeat Russia
at the Battle of
Tannenberg?
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Generals Hindenburg & Ludendorff
exploited animosity between two
Russian Generals  Encircled each
Russian group individually at Battle
of Tannenberg  Forced Russian
retreat and massive casualties
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List one cause and one
effect of Italy’s
entrance to the Allied
alliance in 1915.
Operations
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Cause: They were promised
territory in the Balkans if they
joined the Allies
Effect: Austrians forced to divert
troops South, relieved Russia
who re-gained 100 miles of
territory, allow a launching point
to attack Ottomans, promise
broken = rise of Mussolini
Operations
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What was Germany’s goal in
the Battle of Verdun? Why
did they fail to accomplish
this goal?
Operations
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Germany’s goal: attack French so
ferociously they would be forced to
surrender! War of attrition!
Failed: Poor weather gave France
time to regroup, difficult to move
heavy German guns across torn
land, France relied on one major
supply line that was never cut, hard
to keep track of who held which
areas, drew Germany into war of
attrition = stalemate!
Effects
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Name one similarity
in post-WWI Brazil
and Canada.
Effects
100
Less reliance on
Europe and more
on the U.S.; more
economic diversity
Effects
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Which groups
were targeted in
the Armenian
Genocide?
Effects
 Christians
 Political
Dissenters
 Armenians, Assyrians &
Greeks
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Effects
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List three effects of
the Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk.
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Allowed Russia’s withdrawal from the
war
Gave occupied territories in Eastern
Europe to Germany
Lost huge portion of resources produced
in their territory
Increased resentment from rest of Allies
Allowed Germany to focus troops on
Western Front
Prohibited their participation in the Paris
Peace Conference
Effects
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List five military
consequences
implemented in
Germany as a result
of the Treaty of
Versailles.
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Army reduced to 100,000 men
Prohibited to have tanks or poison gas.
No air force
The German navy was to have no submarines or large
battle-ships
Import & export of weapons is prohibited
Manufacturing of rifles & machine guns was limited
The area known as the Rhineland was to be demilitarized.
The Allies were to occupy the debated territories for
fifteen years.
Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria.
Effects
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List FIVE events that led
to Germany’s
surrender.
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British blockade was starving Germany
Introduction of tanks
American convoy system shut down U-boat
attacks
Growing opposition and revolution in empires
Allied powers launch last offensive on August
8, 1918 (100 days)
Increase in American troops (1M); Germany
has no time to regroup
Ottoman Empire made peace with the Allied
Powers Separate states began declaring their
independence from Austria-Hungary