Causes and Events of the First World War 1890−1918

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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
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DidtheAllianceSystemmakewarmorelikely?
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Howfardidcolonialproblemscreatetensionsbetween
theGreatPowers?
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WhywereproblemsintheBalkanssodifficultforthe
GreatPowerstosolve?
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HowimportantwastheKaiserincausingtheworsening
internationalsituation?
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Whydidthearmsraceescalate,1900–1914?
TheAllianceSystem;thearmsrace;theMoroccanCrises
of1905and1911;colonialrivalries;developmentsinthe
Balkans;theroleoftheKaiser.
KeyQuestion2:WhydidtheFirstWorldWarbreakoutin1914?
FocusPoints
SpecifiedContent
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WhywasFranzFerdinandassassinated?
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HowdidtheassassinationofFranzFerdinandleadtothe
outbreakofwar?
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HowfarweretheactionsofAustria-Hungary,Britain,
GermanyandRussiaresponsiblefortheoutbreakof
war?
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HowfardidtheSchlieffenPlancontributetotheoutbreak
ofwar?
TheassassinationofFranzFerdinand;thecrisisofJune–July
1914;theSchlieffenPlan;theoutbreakofwar.
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KeyQuestion3:WhathappenedontheWesternFront?
FocusPoints
SpecifiedContent
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Whydidthewargetboggeddowninthetrenches?
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Whatwaslivingandfightinginthetrencheslike?
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HowfardidGeneralHaigmismanagetheBattleofthe
Somme?
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Howimportantwerenewdevelopmentssuchastanks,
machineguns,aircraftandgas?
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WhatwastheimportanceofAmerica’sentryintothewar?
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WhydidGermanyagreetoanarmisticein1918?
ThemainbattlesontheWesternFrontincludingtheSomme;
thenatureandproblemsoftrenchwarfare;theleadership
ofGeneralHaig;Americanentryintothewar;theGerman
offensiveof1918andtheAlliedadvance;conditionsin
Germanytowardstheendofthewar;theArmistice.
KeyQuestion4:Howimportantweretheotherfronts?
FocusPoints
SpecifiedContent
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Whowonthewaratsea?
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WhathappenedintheGallipolicampaignof1915?
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WhywasRussiadefeatedin1918?
TheBattleofJutlandanditsconsequences;theblockading
ofGermany;theuseofconvoysandsubmarines;the
reasonsfortheGallipolicampaignandthemaineventsof
thecampaign;eventsontheEasternFrontandthedefeatof
Russia.