Detail E:
Italy entered the war againstGermany and Austria-Hungary.
Post-Reading Quick Check
Answers will vary,but should mention the factthat the Balkans provided an outlet to the seaand played a part in Pan-Slavism.
SECTION 2
Reading the Section1.
Central Powers:the alliance ofGerman,Austria-Hungary,Bulgaria,and theOttoman Empire
2.
Allies:Great Britain,France,Russia,andtheir partners
3.
British navy:the largest in the world atthat time.
4.
U-boats:submarines which caused exten-sive losses to Allied shipping
5.
trenches:served to counter machine gunsand artillery
6.
airplanes:new weapons used for observ-ing enemy troop movements
7.
total war:a war in which nations turn alltheir resources to the war effort
8.
propaganda:use ofselected bits of information to gain support for war
9.
Battle ofthe Marne:France’s success inthis battle changed the nature ofthe war.
10.
Gallipoli:Allies’failed attempt to takeContantinople via the Gallipoli Peninsula
11.
Lusitania:passenger liner sank by GermanU-boats,killing many Americans
12.
Woodrow Wilson:United States presidentwho denounced the attack by GermanU-boats.
13.
war ofattrition:a slow wearing-downprocess in which each side was trying tooutlast the other
14.
Arthur Zimmerman:German officialsecretly proposing an alliance betweenGermany and Mexico
Post-Reading Quick Check 1.
heightened trade with the Allies due to theBritish blockade ofGermany
2.
the effect ofBritish propaganda aboutGerman war atrocities
3.
Germany’s attempted alliance with Mexico
4.
resumption ofunrestricted submarinewarfare by the Germans
5.
Russian revolutionaries’overthrow oftheczarist government,making it a warfought for democratic ideals
SECTION 3
Reading the Section1.
poorly supplied
2.
the Ottoman Empire
3.
government reforms
4.
army
5.
more radical
6.
economic equality
7.
Bolsheviks
8.
Communist Party
9.
Allies
10.
did not
Post-Reading Quick Check
Lenin envisioned a socialist government led by a small group ofleaders.
SECTION 4
Reading the Section
The Fourteen Points
(Six ofthe points contained plans for a generalfuture)
1.
no secret treaties
2.
freedom ofthe seas for all nations
3.
removal ofall economic barriers such astariffs
4.
reduction ofnational armaments
5.
adjustment ofcolonial claims to makethem fair
6.
establishment of“a general association of nations.”
The Armistice
1.
Germany canceled the Brest Litovsky treaty with Russia
2.
Germany had to give up a large part ofitsfleet.
3.
The Allies would occupy German territory west ofthe Rhine.
Demands at the Paris Peace Conference
1.
France insisted on moving its border east-ward to the Rhine.
2.
Italy claimed the Tirol region.
3.
Belgium wanted two small portions of German territory along the border.
Other possible answers:
Great Britain wanted Germany’s African colonies.Japan wanted German colonies in the Pacific.
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