World War One Revision

World War One
Revision

Grade 9 History

Students will apply knowledge to questioning in regard to World War 1.

Success Criteria

Students will use prior knowledge developed throughout the unit to answer questions.

Focus

Expectations

Poll

Brain Jog:

How confident do you feel about taking this quiz?

• Confident

• Semi-Confident

• ok

• I'll practice

  today!

Multiple Select

World War I is often called ‘the ................ War’, ‘the first ......................... war’ or ‘the war to ............... all wars’.

• Great

• begin

• end

• modern

Multiple Choice

At the end of World War I, the map of Europe was re.......................

• redrawn
• reconstructed
• reorganized
• reshaped

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In 1901, the situation in Europe appeared peaceful. Queen Victoria had occupied the British throne for over 60 years and many of her relations and descendants had married into royal houses all over Europe. As a result, many of the royal families of Europe were closely .........................​

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.

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Nationalism was another important factor that contributed to the outbreak of war in 1914. Put simply, nationalism is a sense of pride in, and a love of, one’s nation. Nationalism grows out of an understanding of common goals and beliefs between the people of a nation.

• True
• Maybe
• False
• Sometimes

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Another factor that led to tensions between European countries in the lead-up to World War I was imperialism. Imperialism is a policy by which a country increases its power by gaining control over new territories to create an empire. This is usually carried out for financial and strategic reasons.

• Nationalism
• True
• Militarism
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Militarism is the disbelief that all nations should build and maintain strong armed forces so that they are prepared to defend themselves against attack or promote their national interests. In the lead up to World War I, many European countries competed with each other not only over the size of their empires, but also over the size of their armies.

• Pacifism
• True
• False
• Neutral

Drag and Drop

Immediately after the assassination, Austria–Hungary blamed the government of neighbouring Serbia. The following month was a confusing and frantic period of bluff, threats and negotiations between key European powers that became known as the ‘July ​

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’.

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Crisis

Conflict

Tension

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At this point, ​

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was faced with hostile forces preparing for war on both its Eastern and Western borders. This was a threat that ........................ had feared ever since France and Russia became members of the Triple Entente in 1907.

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Germany

Italy

Austria-Hungary

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The German response was to use a special military plan devised by a military strategist called Alfred von Schlieffen. It became known as the ​

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Plan.

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Schlieffen

Von Plan

Alfred Strategy

Dropdown

Britain had signed a treaty with ​

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in 1839 guaranteeing to come to its defence if another country attempted to invade its borders. As a result, the German invasion of ........................ forced Britain to become involved in the growing conflict.

Labelling

Label the Appropriate Alliances within the map of conflict.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Allied Powers

Ocean Powers

Allied Powers

Cohort Powers

Central Powers

Dropdown

The most common image that comes to mind when people think about World War I is the image of the trenches, and the mud, blood and barbed wire that were features of the long, drawn-out war on the ​

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Front

Labelling

Label the conflict map of the Western Front.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

German Occupied

Trenches Line

Germany

France

Dropdown

The trenches along the Western Front were approximately 700 ​

Select answer

long, stretching from the coast of Belgium to the border of Switzerland. In most cases, trenches were 2 ​

Select answer

deep by 2 metres wide.

Multiple Choice

What does ANZAC stand for?

• American and New Zealand Army Corps
• Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
• Australian and New Zealand Air Corps
• African and New Zealand Army Corps

Multiple Choice

True or False:

The first part of the campaign plan was launched in March 1915. This involved a naval attack through the Dardanelles – a sea passage from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. This action failed because the entrance to the Dardanelles had been laid with underwater mines. Three Allied battleships were destroyed by these mines, and another three were badly damaged.

• False
• The naval attack was successful
• The mines were removed before the attack
• True

Drag and Drop

A plan was then developed to launch a land attack on the ​

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Peninsula from the Aegean Sea coast. The hope was that the Allies would surprise the Turks, defeat them quickly and then march on to take control of the Turkish capital, Constantinople (now known as Istanbul). This would open up the desired supply lines through to Russia, and help the Allies to fight ​

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from the east.

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Gallipoli

Germany and Austria

Suez

Italy

France

Japan

Dropdown

At 5 am on 11 November 1918, the head of the German delegation, Matthais Erzberger, signed the ​​

Select answer

(ceasefire) that marked the end of ‘the war to end all wars’.

Multiple Choice

How many referendums were undertaken to bring in conscription of WW1?

• 5
• 2
• 4
• 3

Multiple Choice

For Australians, ......................................... of World War I has always been closely tied to the Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915. Despite Australians being involved in more successful campaigns and battles during World War I, it is Gallipoli that has come to symbolise Australia’s war experience.

• commemoration

• Battle of Gettysburg
• D-Day invasion
• Battle of Stalingrad

Word Cloud

Brain Wrap:

One word of how confident are you feeling now?