CP1 and CP 2 Homework due Friday/Monday 9/7

Homework for the week (Brown book)  27(1) + 27(2)

Read 27(1)  The Stage is Set (676-681)
Look at the map on 677.  Why was WWI a world war?
Identify pacifism, militarism, and entente
Answer the Skills assessment questions 1+2 on page 679.
When if ever would it be justified for the US to fight North Korea?  Can a preemptive strike ever be viewed as a defensive war?
Look at the map on page 680:  Identify 5 Allies and 4 Central Powers
Read the Biography of Kaisar Wilhem II (681)  Who did he blame for the war? Who did he say would not have allowed it? 
 Answer questions 3,4,5 on page 681

Read 27(2)  The Guns of August (682-684)
Identify:  Ultimatum, mobilize, neutrality
Read A New Balkan Power keg (682)  identify what religions and ethnic groups and nationalities live in the Balkan Peninsula
Look at Who Killed the Peace of Europe;  What countries are pointing fingers? What country is not?
Look at the picture on page 684.  Why did the soldiers write "next stop, Paris" on the train?
Answer questions  1, 3, 4, 5, 6, on page 68  


Due next week 27(3) A New Kind of Conflict (685-689)
Identify or illustrate:  stalemate, no man's land, zeppelin, U-boat, convoy
Read about the Christmas truce on page 685.  What happened?  Why would officers on both sides     
     oppose this Christmas 1914 truce?
Read Caring for the wounded (686). Why are the French soldiers hanging?  Why are they proud?
Look at the map on 687.  Answer question #3.
Look at WWI technology (688).  List the three new weapons of WWI.  Which of these weapons had 
    the greatest impact on stalemate in the Western Front. Explain why. 
Read about the Battle of Gallipoli (689)  Where and when was it fought?  Why do you think it was
     significant?
Answer questions 3-7 on page 689 in complete sentences