Reading Check, pgs. 536-541.
Due Mon. Feb. 6
Answer each in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Complete the Reading Strategy, categorizing information chart on pg. 536.
2. Who were the Bolsheviks? What promises did they make for when they came to power?
3. What was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
4. What was the Allies’ reaction to the Russian Revolution?
5. What is one reason the White forces were not successful? Why did the Red Army prevail?
6. What were the Cheka? How are they described?
Due Jan 30/31:
Read ch. 16, pgs 520-526:
1. How were the Germans responsible for the start of WWI?
2. Explain the significance of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente.
3. Reading check, pg. 525 (How did the Schlieffen Plan contribute to the outbreak of WWI?)
4. Question 4, pg. 525 (Identify the series of decisions that led directly to the outbreak of WWI).
World War I Links
Some clips from the BBC Series on WWI:
Frightful First World War: Causes
Frightful First World War: Trench lice and food
Frightful First World War: Empire Soldiers
Frightful First World War: Trench Superstitions
Frightful First World War: Battle of the Somme
WWI Shell Found At Belgium's Tihange Nuclear Power Plant, Forcing Partial Evacuation
