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    8th Grade

    Learning Objective Questions

    FIRST QUARTER

     

    1. Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin? (4.1)

     

    2. What two resources did Great Britain possess in abundance that allowed that nation to industrialize rapidly? (4.1)

     

    3. List five inventors from the Second Industrial Revolution and describe each of their inventions. (4.3)

     

    4. What is Imperialism? How did Imperialism create conflict among the nations of Europe in the late 1800's and early 1900's? (Topic 6.1)

     

    5. List and explain the four MAIN causes of WWI. (7.1)

     

    6. What region was known as the "Powder Keg of Europe"? What event was the "spark" that ignited the "powder keg" and started the Great War in Europe? (7.1)

     

    7. How does a single event trigger a chain of events leading to the Great War? (7.1)

     

    8. What was the Schlieffen Plan? How does the Schlieffen Plan expand the war and drag other nations into the conflict? (7.1)

     

    9. Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail?(7.1)

     

    10. What happened at Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes in August and September of 1914?(7.1)

     

    11. How does the failure of Germany's Schlieffen Plan to quickly defeat France affect the course of the war? (7.1)

     

    12. What is a stalemate and why does one develop on the Western Front? (7.2)

     

    13. What was "No Man's Land"? Write a detailed description. (7.2)

     

    14. Describe the fighting in the trenches on the Western Front during WWI. (7.2)

     

    15. What were the effects of the new military technologies on the fighting in WWI?(7.2)

     

    16. What weapon was most feared by soldiers during WWI? Why?(7.2)