1. Homework PWN #1 due tomorrow
Test on World War I / Russian Revolution Friday (40 multiple choice questions).
Rewrite of the DBQ due Monday.

2. 1. What were the four MAIN causes of World War I?
Militarism
Alliances: Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy) vs. Triple Entente (Great Britain, France and Russia)
Imperialism
Nationalism

3. 2. What was the “spark” that started World War I?
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie are visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. They are murdered by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian who wants to rid Bosnia of Austrian rule.
War begins because of the alliances
Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia to get back at them for killing the Archduke
Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary to help Serbia.
Austria-Hungary’s allies (Germany, Italy) and Russia’s allies (Great Britain, France) now have to go to war with each other.

4. 3. List the two major sides in World War I
Central Powers (originally the Triple Alliance)
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Italy ( , then they switch sides)
Allied Powers (originally the Triple Entente)
Great Britain
France
Russia (drops out in because of the Russian Revolution)
Italy (join in 1915)
United States (join in 1917)

5. 5. What does it mean that World War I was a “total war”
Total War: When you devote all of a nation’s resources to the war effort
Conscription
Planned Economies
Getting women involved
Propaganda

6. 6. Provide three reasons why the United States got involved on the side of the Allies?
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Lusitania sinking
Zimmerman Telegram

7. 7. Treaty of Versailles? What was it? How did it punish Germany?
Why did it fail to create a lasting peace?

8. 8. How did each of the following factors contribute to the start of the Russian Revolution?
Nicholas II
Industrialization
Russo-Japanese War
Bloody Sunday
World War I

9. 9. In what ways did Lenin and the Bolsheviks provide “peace, land and bread” following the November 1917 revolution? In what ways did they NOT succeed in providing these things?
How they did succeed:
How they didn’t succeed:

10. 10. What does it mean that Joseph Stalin established a totalitarian government in the Soviet Union? For each of the following things that Stalin did, explain what it was and how it is an example of totalitarianism:
Five Year Plans
Establishment of collective farms
Pro-Stalin propaganda
The Great Purge