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Using the website FirstWorldWar.Com a nswer the following questions (as always you will be graded on content as well as grammar, spelling and punctuation).

1. What were the main causes of The Great War?

2. Why did each of the following countries go to war in July and August 1914? Austria- Hungary Germany Serbia Belgium Russia France Australia South Africa Japan New Zealand India Britain

3. Why were alliances considered to be one of the main causes of the Great War?

4. What was the Schlieffen Plan? When put into action, what were the results?

5. Why was the war considered a family affair?

6. Who was Gavrilo Princip and what is his relationship to the beginning of the war?

7. What were the Nicky - Willy Telegrams? Who were the corespondents and what were their intentions? What were the results?

8. Describe the Battles of the Frontiers and the Race to the Sea including who, what, when, where, why and the results.

9. What was the Battle of Tannenberg and why was it so important?

10. Why was trench warfare so devestating?

11. What was the Lusitania and why was it important?

12. What was the main message of Wilson's "Peace Without Victory" speech?

13. Explain each of the 14 points in Wilson's "Fourteen Points" speech.