History Unit 1

Question 1

How was life better in the 1900s? How is life better today?

Answer 1

Life was better in the 1900s because of less taxes. cost of living was lower, and people can connect with one another without cell phones. Life’s better today because of the internet, more medicine, and more access to transportation.

Question 2

What kinds of transportation did they have in the 1900s?

Answer 2

Bicycles, streetcars, trains, and horse-drawn vehicles

Question 3

What kinds of communication did they have in the 1900s?

Answer 3

Radios, news letters, ablur telephones, and formal speech.

Question 4

What aspects of culture did they have in the 1900s?

Answer 4

Ceremonies, symbolic clothing, different languages, and new provinces and cities showing up.

Question 5

What kinds of economy were in the 1900s?

Answer 5

Fur trades, agriculture growth, lower money value, and farming.

Question 6

What kinds of entertainment were in the 1900s?

Answer 6

Orchestra concerts, Olympics, comic books, and music.

Question 7

What kinds of standard of living were in the 1900s?

Answer 7

Public health, sanitation, lower life span, and no washing machines.

Question 8

What aspects of education were in the 1900s?

Answer 8

Tests on your IQ, residential schools, no projectors, and a lack of opportunities.

Question 9

What other aspects were in the 1900s?

Answer 9

Teens working at factories or fields, children living in poverty, less pollution, and no indoor plumbing

Question 10

What are some push factors new Canadian immigrants considered at the time?

Answer 10

Discrimination, climate, war, disease, and overpopulation.

Question 11

What are some pull factors new Canadian immigrants considered at the time?

Answer 11

Job opportunities, free land, health care, political freedom, and better education.

Question 12

What happened during the Franco-Prussian War?

Answer 12

In 1870, France and Germany went to war with each other, resulting Germany to win the battle in 1871. Germany received the land that bordered between Germany and France, which was France’s Alsace-Loraine region. Germany tried to come up with plans to go to war again because they knew France wanted to get revenge for the land that they lost.

Question 13

What is imperialism?

Answer 13

Imperialism is the policy of establishing colonies away from the homeland in order to build an empire

Question 14

What power did Britain want and have?

Answer 14

Great Britain was the wealthiest due to the exploitation of its colonies. Great Britain possessed the greatest navy (since they were an island), and was a democracy at the time.

Question 15

What power did France want and have?

Answer 15

France was a democracy at the time and had the second best army. Their main goal was to get Alsace-Loraine back to Germany.

Question 16

What power did Russia want and have?

Answer 16

Russia was led by Tsar (also known as Czar) Nicholas 2. Even though Russia had the largest, it is the least developed out of the 5 countries.

Question 17

What power did Germany want and have?

Answer 17

Germany was in a naval race with Britain and wanted more colonies. Germany was always watching out for France, even though they had the strongest army, but not the largest one.

Question 18

What is militarism?

Answer 18

Militarism is the belief in the power of strong armies and navies to decide issues.

Question 19

What are alliances?

Answer 19

Alliances were formed when countries band together against a common threat, and pledge to support each other in times of war.

Question 20

Which countries are in the Triple Entente (Allied Powers) ?

Answer 20

France, Russia, and Britain.

Question 21

Which countries are in the Triple Alliance (Central Powers) ?

Answer 21

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

Question 22

Why can alliances be dangerous?

Answer 22

Alliances can be dangerous because of how they almost always guarantee that if a war begins between two countries, many more countries would become involved.

Question 23

What is nationalism?

Answer 23

Nationalism is a feeling of deep loyalty and protection to one’s homeland and their people.

Question 24

What happened on June 28, 1914?

Answer 24

Heir of the Austrian throne, Archduke Ferdinand, was killed by the Black Hand, a terrorist group because of Ferdinand’s perceived threat to Serbian dependence. The Austrian-Hungarian king got very upset with the death of his nephew and got angry at Serbia, causing Austria-Hungarian to go into war with Serbia.

Question 25

What happened on July 23, 1914?

Answer 25

Austria-Hungary king sent an ultimatum to Serbia.

Question 26

What is an ultimatum?

Answer 26

A list of demands.

Question 27

What were the three demands that the ultimatum demanded Serbia?

Answer 27

Put down all nationalist hatred against Austria-Hungary, punish all those involved in the assassination plot, and allow Austro-Hungarian officials into Serbia to help crush the Black Hand.

Question 28

What happened on July 25, 1914?

Answer 28

Serbia responds by accepting the first two demands, but declines the third one.

Question 29

What happened on July 29, 1914?

Answer 29

Serbia calls on Russia for help. Russia mobilized their army along the borders with Austria and Germany. Austria-Hungary calls Germany for help, and in response, Germany declares war on Russia.

Question 30

What does mobilized mean?

Answer 30

Mobilized means to prepare for war in World War 1 terms.

Question 31

What happened on August 3, 1914?

Answer 31

France mobilizes its forces to assist Russia. In response, Germany declares war on France.

Question 32

What happened on August 4, 1914?

Answer 32

Germany invades Belgium, whose neutrality for war is guaranteed by Britain. In response, Britain declares war on Germany. By midnight August 4, all the countries of the two alliances, except Italy, were at war.

Question 33

What happened on August 5, 1914?

Answer 33

All the countries and the rest of the British Empire went to war.

Question 34

What happened during the Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 34

In 1905, Alfred von Schlieffen, the German army chief or staff, crafted a plan to defeat France quickly so that they would surrender before Russia would have a chance to mobilize German armed forces. Schlieffen’s plan was to attack France through Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg as 90% of German military forces would takedown France, while the remaining 10% would defend the eastern border against Russia. However, because