WORLD HISTORY Have out your bell work paper. Turn in any late imperialism packets and maps.

WORLD HISTORY

Have out your bell work paper. Turn in any late imperialism packets and maps.

Bell Work: Wednesday 05.20.15

Respond to the following in the space for Wednesday on your bell work paper.

What does the term alliance mean? How was Europe divided into alliances? Who was allied with whom?

Essential QuestionWhat caused World War I, how was it fought and what effect did it have on world events?

• Why did a stalemate develop on the Western Front?

• How did technology make World War I different from earlier wars?

• What was the course of the war on the Eastern Front, in other parts of Europe, in Turkey, and in the Middle East?

Topical Questions

World War I on Many Fronts

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A Multi-Front WarA Multi-Front War

Both sides dug vast systems of deep trenches for protection, creating a deadly stalemate on

the Western Front.

• The area between opposing trenches became a “no man’s land.”

• Each side launched attacks and counterattacks but gained very little territory.

• Battle lines in France would remain almost unchanged for four years.

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

Millions of soldiers ate, slept, and fought in the trenches.

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

“No Man’s Land”

“No Man’s Land”

Newly developed weapons made the fighting much more deadly. In some battles, hundreds

of thousands were killed.

Rapid-fire

machine guns

Long-range artillery guns

Poison gas

The Somme – July, 1916The Somme – July, 1916

Verdun – February, 1916

Verdun – February, 1916

New technology expanded battle sites from the ground to the air and under water.

TanksZeppelins

AirplanesU-boats

Multiple FrontsMultiple Fronts Eastern Front-Russia suffered disastrous losses. Withdrew

in 1917 because of revolution at home.

World War I involved many current and former European colonies.

Sikh British Soldiers in India

Sikh British Soldiers in India

Fighting in AfricaFighting in Africa

3rd British Battalion, Nigerian Brigade3rd British Battalion, Nigerian Brigade

Fighting in Salonika, Greece

Fighting in Salonika, Greece

French colonial marine infantry fromCochin, China - 1916

French colonial marine infantry fromCochin, China - 1916

Independent Practice

Read and complete the activities in the Causes Of World War I, The Theatres of War and Trenches and Weapons Packets