1. Warm Up – April 12
Answer the following questions on post it:
How did the Industrial Revolution lead to imperialism?
How could imperialism lead to competition between European countries?
What is nationalism? How could nationalism lead to European countries competing with one another?
What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
If countries increase the size of their military and increase the amount of their weapons – what will they eventually want to do?

2. Unit 9: World War I
Causes of World War I

3. Four M-A-I-N Causes of World War I
Answer the following questions on the same post – it as the warm up:
1. What are the four major causes of World War I?
2. What cultural belief did the idea of militarism create?
3. What branch of the military did Germany look to expand? Which country had the strongest branch of this military?
4. What was the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente?
5. The imperialism and industrialization of which two countries caused resentment in Germany?
6. How can nationalism be connected to militarism?
7. What “spark” ignited World War I?

4. THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
M –
A – I-
N -

5. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I M – Militarism A – Alliances I – Imperialism
N - Nationalism

6. General Causes Militarism –building up, glorifying military
Countries wanted to prove their military was best
Germany wants the world’s best navy; this threatened Britain, which had the best, led to arms race

7. General Causes Alliance System – promise to help each other in war
If two nations fought, all of Europe would fight
Alliances before WWI:
Germany & Austria-Hungary
France, Britain, Russia & Serbia

8. General Causes Imperialism –taking over places, making them colonies
France & Britain colonized most of the world
Germany tried to gain colonies, which threatened France & Britain

9. General Causes Nationalism – Pride in one’s country
European countries believed that building an empire equaled greatness
This led many nations to expand and try to control as much land as possible

11. Specific Cause Austria-Hungary empire ruled central Europe
That area contained an ethnic group called Slavs
Serbia wanted parts of Austria-Hungary with lots of Slavs to break away & become part of Serbia
Slavic Nationalism

12. Specific Cause Austria-Hungary takes over Bosnia
Serbia had wanted Bosnia to join with them
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary’s throne, goes on a parade through Bosnia

13. Specific Cause
During the parade, he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

14. Specific Cause Germany also declares war on Serbia
Germany & Austria-Hungary think Russia will help Serbia, so they declare war on Russia
Germany thinks France will help Russia, so they launch the Schlieffen Plan

15. Schlieffen Plan
German plan to quickly defeat France, then focus on Russia
Plan fails, leads to stalemate & trench warfare on Western Front

16. Schlieffen Plan Germany goes through Belgium on the way to France
Belgium tries to stop them, so Germany attacks
Great Britain, Belgium’s ally, declares war on Germany

17. World War I
The Central Powers – Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
The Allied Powers – Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, and eventually the United States

18. Fighting on Two Fronts Fighting on two fronts:
Western front: France/Germany border
Eastern Front: Russia/Germany border

19. Trench Warfare Kind of combat on the Western Front
Huge number of deaths, long stalemates (very little movement)
Defense was best strategy; wait out your opponent
Conditions in trenches were terrible – cold, wet, unsanitary – leads to diseases and infections (ex. Trench foot)
Land in between the trenches was called “No Man’s Land”

24. Christmas Day Truce of 1914

27. New Weapons Machine guns Poison Gas Aircraft Tanks
Weapons that could kill
more people, faster

28. TOD – April 12
Answer the following questions on the same post it as the reading questions.
1. Describe the four main causes of World War I
2. What was Germany’s Schlieffen Plan?
3. What two fronts was the war fought on?
4. What is the best strategy when using trench warfare? What were conditions like in the trench?
5. Describe the new weapons introduced during World War I? What effects did these new weapons have?