Unit 1 (1)
This was the major railway Russia was building to link European Russia to the Pacific.
The Trans-Siberian Railway
Name the treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War and the country where the treaty was signed
Treaty of Portsmouth, USA
What immediately caused British involvement in World War I?
The German invasion of Belgium
Which country left World War I in 1917 and by which treaty?
Russia, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What does "explain" require that "describe" does not?
Reasons or causes
What was the Triple Intervention and who were the three participating countries?
Russia, France, Germany forced Japan to return Liaodong following the First Sino-Japanese War
What territorial gains did Japan get following the Russo-Japanese War
Liaodong, southern Sakhalin, Kuril Islands
What provinces in Germany did France want to take back?
Alsace-Lorraine
Which four empires collapsed due to World War I?
German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, Ottoman
Which command term requires you to "weigh up strengths and limitations?"
Evaluate
How did ideology contribute to the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War? (with reference to both Russia and Japan)
Japanese imperialism seeking expansion for resources, prestige, and defensive ground
Russian racism, imperialism seeking resources, prestige, projection of power in the Pacific and China
How did the United Kingdom support Japan in the Russo-Japanese War despite not formally joining the war?
Blocked Russian fleet from Suez canal, kept France in check
What was the Anglo-German naval race and how did it contribute to the outbreak of World War I?
German attempt to build a navy that could threaten the UK. The British Empire relied on its naval supremacy to maintain its security and its empire and saw German naval build up as an urgent threat. The UK prepared for war.
How did technology lead to a stalemate on the Western Front?
Machine guns and artillery gave defense the advantage; trenches
Which command term asks you to "uncover assumptions and interrelationships?"
Examine
Explain the short term causes of the Russo-Japanese War?
How did the Russo-Japanese War lead to the 1905 Russian Revolution?
Humiliating defeats discredited the Tsarist government, unpopular mobilization and conflict
Why was the League of Nations weak from the start?
The United States did not join. Major powers like Germany and the Soviet Union were excluded. Lack of an ability to enforce the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Explain how American influence impacted World War I before the American entry into the war
Loans and materials supported the Allies
A student answers "Evaluate the Treaty of Portsmouth" by only listing its successes. Which part of the command term did they ignore?
Limitations
Evaluate the importance of technology to the outcome of the war.
Lack of long-distance development in the Baltic Fleet, development of the range of Japanese naval guns, high casualties inflicted by machine guns, Trans-Siberian Railway under maintenance
To what extent was the Treaty of Portsmouth a successful peace settlement?
Successful:
- Ended war quickly
- Japan received main goals
Unsuccessful
- Japan unsatisfied
- US-Japan tensions
- Springboarded further Japanese expansion (Korea, Manchuria, fueled Japanese nationalist and imperialist ideas)
To what extent did nationalism cause the war?
Pan-Slavism, German nationalism, French nationalism and revanchism, South Slav nationalism, etc
"The peacemakers of 1919 failed" to what extent do you agree?
Successes: ended war, League, new states; failures: Diktat, US absence, enforcement
Explain how you would structure a response to "Compare and contrast the role of women in two 20th-century wars" so that it satisfies the command term.
Thematic paragraphs, each addressing both wars in every paragraph with similarities and differences, not war-by-war