Causes and Events of the First World War 1890â1918
3 3.7 Unit A015: Causes and Events of the First World War 1890−1918 TheStudyinDepthonCauses and Events of the First World War 1890−1918isdesignedtoenable candidatestodevelopandenrichtheirunderstandingofpeopleandproblemsinthepastthroughthe studyofsocial,economic,political,culturalandreligiousaspectsofacountry. ThespecifiedcontentisdefinedthroughanumberofKeyQuestionsandFocusPoints. TheFocusPointsindicatewhatisinvolvedinaddressingeachKeyQuestion.Candidateswillbe expectedtodemonstrateunderstandingoftheseKeyQuestionsandFocusPointsusingknowledgeof thespecifiedcontent.TherearetimeswhenaFocusPointisusedtosetthesceneforaKeyQuestion butwithoutapparentlybearingdirectlyontheKeyQuestionitself.Thisisinordertoindicatewhatis requirediftheKeyQuestionistobeaddressedadequately. Candidates who choose this Depth Study may NOT choose unit A021: How was British society changed, 1890–1918? KeyQuestion1:WhywasthereincreasingtensionbetweentheGreatPowers,1890–1914? FocusPoints SpecifiedContent • DidtheAllianceSystemmakewarmorelikely? • Howfardidcolonialproblemscreatetensionsbetween theGreatPowers? • WhywereproblemsintheBalkanssodifficultforthe GreatPowerstosolve? • HowimportantwastheKaiserincausingtheworsening internationalsituation? • Whydidthearmsraceescalate,1900–1914? TheAllianceSystem;thearmsrace;theMoroccanCrises of1905and1911;colonialrivalries;developmentsinthe Balkans;theroleoftheKaiser. KeyQuestion2:WhydidtheFirstWorldWarbreakoutin1914? FocusPoints SpecifiedContent • WhywasFranzFerdinandassassinated? • HowdidtheassassinationofFranzFerdinandleadtothe outbreakofwar? • HowfarweretheactionsofAustria-Hungary,Britain, GermanyandRussiaresponsiblefortheoutbreakof war? • HowfardidtheSchlieffenPlancontributetotheoutbreak ofwar? TheassassinationofFranzFerdinand;thecrisisofJune–July 1914;theSchlieffenPlan;theoutbreakofwar. ©OCR2013GCSEHistoryB(ModernWorld) 27 3 KeyQuestion3:WhathappenedontheWesternFront? FocusPoints SpecifiedContent • Whydidthewargetboggeddowninthetrenches? • Whatwaslivingandfightinginthetrencheslike? • HowfardidGeneralHaigmismanagetheBattleofthe Somme? • Howimportantwerenewdevelopmentssuchastanks, machineguns,aircraftandgas? • WhatwastheimportanceofAmerica’sentryintothewar? • WhydidGermanyagreetoanarmisticein1918? ThemainbattlesontheWesternFrontincludingtheSomme; thenatureandproblemsoftrenchwarfare;theleadership ofGeneralHaig;Americanentryintothewar;theGerman offensiveof1918andtheAlliedadvance;conditionsin Germanytowardstheendofthewar;theArmistice. KeyQuestion4:Howimportantweretheotherfronts? FocusPoints SpecifiedContent 28 ©OCR2013GCSEHistoryB(ModernWorld) • Whowonthewaratsea? • WhathappenedintheGallipolicampaignof1915? • WhywasRussiadefeatedin1918? TheBattleofJutlandanditsconsequences;theblockading ofGermany;theuseofconvoysandsubmarines;the reasonsfortheGallipolicampaignandthemaineventsof thecampaign;eventsontheEasternFrontandthedefeatof Russia.
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