1. World History Activity Review the causes of WWI
Introduce the causes of WWII
Assessment Sheet

2. Activity Place the major players of WWI on the Risk Board Game
Obviously the countries are a little skewed but place them as accurately as you can.

3. Causes of WWI Nationalism Imperialism Alliances Arms Race
African Crises
Assassination

4. Causes of WWI
Nationalism-Devotion to the interests or culture of one's nation.
Imperialism-The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.

5. Causes of WWI Alliances-The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
Countries were becoming wary of each other as they each tried to expand their empires and build up arms
Arms Race-As a result of this distrust countries began to build larger standing armies and navies.
E.g.-The armies of France and Germany doubled just shortly before WWI.

6. Causes of WWI
African Crises-These alliances clash in areas such as Morocco and Bosnia
Morocco-A French province declares independence and is backed by Germany. France is backed by Britain but a solution was reached.
Bosnia-Austria-Hungary wanted to annex Bosnia but so did Serbia. So Russia who backed Serbia mobilized and this caused Germany who was allied with Austria-Hungary to mobilize as well.

7. Causes of WWI
Assassination-The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914.
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
July 29 Russia declares war on Germany
August 1st Germany declares war on Russia
August 3rd Germany declares war on France
Britain entered the war after Germany invaded Belgium.

8. Activity Place the major players of WWII on the map
Place the players as accurately as you can.

9. Causes of WWII Treaty of Versailles Great Depression
Failure of the League of Nations
Nationalism

10. Causes of WWII Treaty of Versailles
1)Germany was not allowed to have a military
2) German ships used for trading were given to the allies
3) Germany was forced to give up territories in Africa, Europe, and the Pacific.
4) Germany was ordered to pay $33 billion dollars in war damages.

11. Causes of WWII Great Depression
Caused a large number of unemployment and high inflation in Germany
The new democratic Weimar government was unable to solve these dilemmas and was blamed for the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Allies also had huge debts and problems as a result of the depression and the first war.

12. Causes of WWII Failure of the League of Nations
Was unable to reinforce the treaty of Versailles
Britain and France still reeling from the first WWI simply continued to appease Germany in light of various abuses to the treaty of Versailles
U.S. isolationism

13. Causes of WWII Nationalism
Hitler wanted to unite all German people under one nation
Lebensraum-Hitler’s theory of living space for the German people and the reason behind his expansionist ideas.

14. Short Answer Compare and Contrast the causes of WWI and WWII.
What do you see as the most important cause of WWII and why?