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World War I: Crisis and Change in Europe UIL Social Studies 2015 – 2016 Larry McCarty [email protected] or [email protected] Introductory remarks Contest Basics the test objective portion Section I – 20 questions – 1 point each Section II – 15 questions – 2 points each Section III – 10 questions – 3 points each essay question – 20 points individual entries team entry individual scoring and ranks team scoring and ranks wild card competition Competition Official UIL UIL – invitational tournaments other invitational tournaments virtual competition UIL Social Studies Student Activity Conference 2015 1 Introduction of the topic United States Political History: The Executive Branch Primary Reading Selection: The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I by Barbara Tuchman available from Texas Educational Paperbacks and other sources TEP, Inc. (Texas Educational Paperbacks) List price: $7.99, TEP Price: $5.19 plus 8% shipping with $10 minimum. 3824 Cedar Spring Road #202, Dallas, TX 75219-4168 Toll free: 800-443-2078 Fax: 800.437.7070 web: www.tepbooks.com ISBN-10: 0345476093 ISBN-13: 978-0345476098 Additional information related to World War I and the topic in general http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/648646/World-War-I http://www.firstworldwar.com/ http://www.worldwar1.com/ http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ http://www.bbc.com/history/0/ww1/ http://www.historynet.com/world-war-i http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-war-i/causes.html UIL Social Studies Student Activity Conference 2015 2 Contest Test Organization There are no major changes in the format of the test for the 2015-2016 school year. As in past years, the test will be divided into three sections, each with differing numbers of questions with various point values. The specific nature, in terms of subject, number of questions, and point values is as follows: Section One – General Knowledge: World War I and Its Aftermath 20 questions; one point each Questions will be based on: specific terms from the accompanying list Section Two – Questions based on The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I by Barbara Tuchman 15 questions; two points each Section Three – Questions based on information about monarchs / leaders Section Three monarchs / leaders King Albert I Belgium Emperor Karl I/ Charles IV Austria Hungary King Alexander I Serbia / Yugoslavia Sultan Mehmed V Turkey Tsarina Alexandra Russia Sultan Mehmed VI Turkey King Carol I Romania Grand Duke Mikhail Monarch King Constantine I Greece Tsar Nicholas I Russia Franz Ferdinand Austria-Hungary King Peter Serbia / Yugoslavia King Ferdinand I Romania King Vittorio Emanuele III Italy Tsar Ferdinand I Bulgaria Kaiser Wilhelm II Germany Emperor Franz Josef I Austria-Hungary Crown Prince Wilhelm Germany King George V United Kingdom 10 questions; three points each UIL Social Studies Student Activity Conference 2015 3 Tips on Writing an Analytical Essay for the UIL Social Studies Contest The essay is a critical portion of the UIL Social Studies contest. It reveals a student’s ability to analyze and synthesize events and issues rather than simply regurgitate data. The purpose of the analytical essay is to make meaning of a particular event or artifact, to provide the reader with a more full and clear understanding of the subject. Contestants should not lose sight of the simple fact that the essay score accounts for no less than 1/5th or 20 percent of the total test score. In highly competitive contests a mere few points on an essay question will determine the difference between first place and not placing in the top six. A quality essay is a key ingredient of success in the social studies contest! (Remember, according to UIL rules, any student who does not write an essay shall be disqualified.) Tips on writing the analytical essay: • First, read the prompt carefully. Examine the question in a variety of contexts: social, political, scientific, cultural and economic • Open with a clear, precise statement that assimilates all the information you’ve gathered regarding the question. Important: Do not repeat the essay prompt in your opening paragraph. Take it to a new level of understanding. • Defend your statement. • You have 90 minutes for the objective portion of the test and the essay. That’s more time than you’ll probably need, so think first before writing. Outline your essay. Prioritize your points. Then, be specific. Use specific examples. UIL Social Studies Student Activity Conference 2015 4 Examples of objective questions: Section One – General Knowledge Questions 1. All of the following were considered members of the Triple Entente EXCEPT _____ A. France C. Russia B. Britain D. the United States 2. Which of the following battles was fought at sea? A. Jutland C. Verdun B. Ypres D. Somme Section Two – Questions based on The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I 3. One of the early passages in The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I makes reference to the funeral of _____? A. Charles II C. Edward VII B. Victoria I D. John IV 4. Franz Joseph of Austria of Austria considered Belgium’s Leopold “a thoroughly bad man for of a host or reasons including alleged atrocities committed by Leopold’s forces in _____. A. New Zealand C. Malaysia B. Congo D. Chile Section Three – Questions based on monarchs / leaders 5. Which of the following individuals is NOT correctly matched with the nation they led. A. Sultan Mehmed – Turkey C. Tsar Ferdinand – Bulgaria B. Karl I – Prussia D. George V – United Kingdom 6. Czar Nicholas II was assassinated during the _____ Revolution. A. French C. Russian B. American D. Austrian answers: 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B, 5-B, 6-C UIL Social Studies Student Activity Conference 2015 5 …more about the questions the following kinds of questions should be expected on most tests used in competition – this list is not comprehensive –other types of questions are likely but this list should be a helpful guide SECTION ONE (terms) definitions of terms from provided list application of terms from provided list relevance of terms from provided list to particular individuals / battles / political disputes origin of a particular term on the list relationship of two or more terms on the list information related to battles – location, nations involved, outcome, impact on the war SECTION TWO sequence of major events cause and effect situations role of key individuals biographic data provided by the book SECTION THREE biographic information significance of leadership pre-war and post-war comparison challenges of the individuals role, if any, during World War I factors related to success / failure noted failures as leaders noted successes as leaders UIL Social Studies Student Activity Conference 2015 6 KEY TERMS – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE events / concepts / objects Hindenberg Line hydrophones ace pilots In Flanders Fields African Theatre Imperatritsa Mariya African Wars interrupter gear Agadir crisis Italian Front Allied Powers Italo-Turkish War Allies Lausanne Conference Alsace-Lorraine Little Englanders American Expeditionary Force Locarno Treaties Anglo French Entente Lusitania Ardennes machine guns Armistice Mesopotamian Campaign Armistice of Mudros Mesopotamian Front Army of the Orient Middle East Front Austria-Hungary mobilization Moroccan Crises Balkan Wars Mustard gas barbed wire November Revolution bayonets October Manifesto Belgian neutrality Opium Convention Big Four Palestine Front Black Hand Paris Peace Conference Bloody Sunday Massacre Plan 17 Bolsheviks Plan XVII Breslau poison gas British Expeditionary Force poppy British Home Force Prize Rules British Royal Navy Race to the Sea Brusilov Offensive Reinsurance Treaty bunker Russian Civil War Central Powers Russian Revolution chemical warfare Russo Turkish War chlorine gas Russo-Japanese War Christmas Truce Schlieffen Plan Coastal Campaign Senussi Campaign Council of Ten Somme Offensive Cross against the Crescent Spring Offensive Dawes Plan submarine warfare Dreadnought Tangier Crisis Dual Alliance tank Dual Monarchy tracer bullets Easter Rising Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Eastern Front Treaty of Bucharest Eastern Question Treaty of London Egyptian Expeditionary Force Treaty of Sèvres Elan, concept of trench warfare Entente Cordiale Triple Alliance February Revolution Triple Entente field marshal Turkish War of Indepedence flamethrowers U-Boats Franco-Prussian War unrestricted submarine warfare Gallipoli Front Versailles Peace Treaty German Revolution Vittorio Emanuele III Goeben War at Sea Hague Convention War Guilt Clause hand-to-hand combat War in the Black Sea High Seas Fleet war of attrition UIL Social Studies Student Activity Conference 2015 7 Western Front Sandfontein Western Front's Eastern Army Group Antwerp wireless Arras x-ray machines First Battle of Ypres Young Plan the Yser Young Turk movement Coronel Zaian War Tanga Zeppelin Basra Zimmerman note Qurna the Falkland Islands geographic locations / places Raid on Scarborough and Hartlepool Givenchy Alsace-Lorraine Champagne Ardennes (1915) Fort Brachon Dogger Bank Dardenelles Bolimov East Prussia the Suez Canal the Masurian Lakes Initial Dardanelles Bombardment battles Neuve-Chappelle (more significant battles) Attempt to force the Narrows Shaiba Verdun – 1916 Second Battle of Ypres the Marne – 1914, 1918 Landings at Helles and Anzac Cove Ypres – 1914, 1915, 1917 First Battle of Krithia Jutland – 1916 Counter attack at Eski Hissarlik Somme – 1916 Second Battle of Krithia Cambrai – 1917 Festubert Turkish Attack at Anzac Cove Amara (general list of battles – Third