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Period:

The Great War Begins

Using the images below and the information gathered from the
videos compare and contrast the images. Write down at least 3
similarities or differences for each of the images.
Britsh Soldiers 1750- 1835

WWI British Soldier 1914

Europe Divided
Germany, Austria Hungary, the
Ottoman Empire made up
the______________________________.

The ____________________________
were made up of Great Britain,
France, Russia and Japan.

Critical Question #1
Explain how the countries that fought in WWI made this war
different than other confrontations. Answer with 1 to 2 complete
sentences:

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New Technology
For each new technology used in WWI, write one effect the new
weapon would have on the battlefield.
Poison Gas

Machine Guns

Tank

Submarine

A War on Two Fronts

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#2
What is the

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relationship between Germany and Austria-Hungary's geographic

position and the way they had to fight the war? Answer with 1 or 2
complete sentences:

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Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

Germany understood that it had to fight a
war on _____________________. In order to win
the war, Germany came up with the
______________________. The Germans planned
to quickly defeat __________________ on the
______________________________ and then turn
around to defeat __________________. German
and French forces met just outside of Paris
and fought in the valley of the Marne River.
France defeated Germany in the
______________________ and Russia had reached
Germanys border causing the
__________________________ to fail.

Alfred von Schlieffen

Critical Question #3

Why is Germany's defeat at the First Battle of the Marne significant?

Answer with 1 or 2 complete sentences:

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Trench Warfare and Stalemate
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.
Soldiers fought in _______________ on the Western
Front. The goal of fighting on the Western
Front was to ____________________. Soldiers had to
go ___________________ into ______________________
where they faced machine gun fire and
imminent death. Soldiers who stayed in the
trenches still faced artillery fire and poison gas.
Trench warfare caused the Western Front to
reach _______________ and the war did not
progress.
New weapons and new ways of fighting caused
soldiers to be killed more effectively and
caused to war to last longer. In February 1916,
German forces attacked the French in the Battle
of ________________, each side lost around 300,000
soldiers. The British came to the aide of the
French in the Battle of the ______________________.
By the end of the battle in November each side
had suffered half a million _____________________.
The goal of trench warfare was to gain land. In
the Battle of _____________________ the Germans
gained about 4 miles of land. In the Battle of
the _____________________, the British gained
around 5 miles of land.
Critical Question #4
Consider the amount of casualties, deaths and injuries that were
suffered on the Western Front. How would you justify the amount of
lives lost to the amount of land gained? Can it be justified? Be
ready to discuss with your elbow partner and then the class. Answer
the question with 4 or 5 complete sentences:

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