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World War One2017 Academic Super Bowl
Canadian
Expeditionary Force
The First World War killed fewer
victims than the Second World War,
destroyed fewer buildings, and
uprooted millions instead of tens of
millions -- but in many ways it left
even deeper scars both on the mind
and on the map of Europe. …
… The old world
never recovered
from the shock.
Edmund Taylor,
historian
Ypres, Belgium
2018 ASB Resources
The Oxford Illustrated History
of the First World War
Epic History TV
World War One Chronology
The Oxford Illustrated Historyof the First World War
The assigned text is a collection of essays about World War One.
The essays were written by distinguished professors of history from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, and Australia.
The assigned essays (#1 thru #23) provide thoughtful analyses of military as well as political, economic, and social aspects of The Great War.
Epic History TV
Six online short videos summarize the military events of WWI in each year from 1914 through 1918.
A separate video describes the Battle of the Somme.
Animated maps and contemporary photographs explain the ebb and flow of battles on each front of the war.
World War One Chronology
Military history itself can be difficult to
comprehend and the assigned text’s
variety of essays by different historians
may increase that difficulty.
Therefore, the custom-made chronology
provides an overview of military events on
all of the war fronts of World War One.
All of the major military events described
in the essays are included in the
chronology.
Chronology
Cause & Consequence
Change & Continuity
Comparison & Contrast
Academic Super Bowl
One winning coach described the social studies competition of Academic Super Bowl as a reading contest.
Although the assigned text resembles resources used in advanced high school courses, it provides students with content and analyses that they will not encounter in any classroom.
The students who truly study the assigned text and understand the content will walk away with the trophies and banners.
Study Guide
Every question in every 2018 ASB competition is related to material in the study guide.
The study guide emphasizes the subtopics of each essay in the assigned texts.
The study guide also includes other terms and issues as well as battles and locations described in each essay.
Reading Guide
Study Guide
The study guide includes a list of significant individuals who are identified by country and historical significance.
Competition questions only refer to individuals on this list.
The list does pinpoint those individuals whose portraits students may be required to identify.
Significant Individuals
Study Guide
The study guide identifies the significant geographic locations related to World War One and the essays in the assigned texts.
Some of those locations may be included in competition questions.
Each competition will include map questions related to the list or to the maps in the assigned text.
World War One Geography
Study Guide
The study guide includes a list of various military and diplomatic terms and other words and phrases used in the essays in the assigned text.
Students need to understand these specific words and phrases in order to understand the essays.
Competition questions may include some of these words and phrases.
World War One Vocabulary
Study Suggestions
Review the World War One Chronology while watching the videos on Epic History
TV’s website before starting the assigned text.
Read the introduction and the 23 assigned essays in the assigned text after
reviewing the reading guide.
Assign each essay to one student who will prepare a separate lesson based on
that one essay, the study guide, and the World War One Chronology. Include
time for a cooperative effort to identify possible contest questions for each
essay.
Value of Study Questions
Concepts, names, events, and terms in practice questions frequently
relate to contest questions.
Correct answers as well as distractors in practice questions frequently
relate to contest questions.
Practice and contest questions contain similar maps and pictures.
Invitational and area contest questions should be studied in preparation
for subsequent contests.
Questions May Contain Multiple Clues
As soon as World War One began, this European state adopted a (1)policy of neutrality in spite of the (2) pro-German and anti-Russian inclinations of its court, armed forces, and political and intellectual elite. Identify this neutral state that (3) supplied Germany with iron ore and (4) used its geopolitical advantages to mitigate the impact of the Allies blockade of the Central Powers until 1917.
A. Denmark B. The Netherlands C. Sweden D. Switzerland
Answers Are in Alphabetic Order
As soon as World War One began, this European state adopted a policy of neutrality in spite of the pro-German and anti-Russian inclinations of its court, armed forces, and political and intellectual elite. Identify this neutral state that supplied Germany with iron ore and used its geopolitical advantages to mitigate the impact of the Allies blockade of the Central Powers until 1917.
A. Denmark
B. The Netherlands
C. Sweden
D. Switzerland
Questions May Ask for False Answer
World War I was a war of “extraordinary intensity.” Three of the following statements help to explain that intensity. Which statement is false?
A. For the first time in history, battlefield injuries, not diseases, were the major killer.
B. Individual experiences of war assumed a collective identity.
C. Neither weather nor seasons dictated pauses in the fighting.
D. The unprecedented violence was compressed into a conflict of just four years.
Questions May Contain Maps
On this map of postwar Europe, which arrow points to the independent Republic of Estonia?
A. Arrow A B. Arrow B C. Arrow CD.Arrow D Study Guide: Reference to
maps in back of The
Oxford Illustrated History
of the First World War.
Questions May Contain Pictures
Portrait A
Portrait B
Portrait C
Portrait D
Pictured above are four of the most important revolutionaries to emerge from
the chaos of World War One: Ataturk of Turkey, Alexander Kerensky of Russia,
Bela Kuhn of Hungary, and Lenin of Russia. Which is a portrait of Lenin, the
leader of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution?
A. Portrait A B. Portrait B C. Portrait C D. Portrait D
Study Guide: List of
“Significant Individuals”
to be identified by
portraits.
Questions May Refer to Art in Text
This French poster proclaims, “Japan joins in the fight against the barbarians!” It honors the Japanese navy’s help in doing which of the following?
A. Blockading German ports
B. Participating in the Battle of Jutland
C. Transporting Allied troops
D. Winning the Battle of the Falklands
Questions May Refer to Geography
After fierce quarrels between David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau, the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres established peace between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire and gave control of which of the following Turkish territories to France?
A. Albania
B. The Hijaz (Saudi Arabia)
C. Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Palestine
D. Syria and Lebanon
Study Guide: Chp. 22 reading guide
reference to Treaty of Sèvres.
Note that Albania was not part of the
Ottoman Empire during WWI and
therefore is obviously an incorrect
answer.
Questions May Refer to Individuals
Woodrow Wilson opposed efforts by which of the following states to include a racial equality clause in the Covenant of the League of Nations?
A. China B. Japan C. Turkey D. Saudi Arabia
Study Guide: List of “Significant Individuals” as
well as Chp. 22 reading guide reference to League
of Nations Covenant and racial equality clause.
Questions May Refer to Concepts
Three of the following statements accurately describe the right-wing paramilitary subcultures that developed in post-war Germany, Austria, and Hungary. Which statement is false?
A. Included junior ex-officers who had been educated and trained in imperial military academies
B. Leadership dominated by aristocratic generals and colonels of the former imperial regimes
C. Many of the activists came from rural border regions
with notions of embattled ethnicity
D. Rejected the armistice as an injustice imposed
upon “militarily undefeated” states Study Guide: Chp. 23 reading
guide reference to paramilitary
and paramilitarism.
Questions May Require Comparisons
Three of the following phrases describe unique features of World War One in the Balkans. Which phrase describes the conflict in both the Balkans and elsewhere on the Eastern and Western Fronts?
A. Belligerent states had recently fought short wars with each other
B. Campaigns were relatively short and usually decisive.
C. Diplomacy could be as decisive as military action.
D. Internal problems contributed to the Central Powers’ defeat.
Study Guide: Chp. 5 reading guide
reference to the third Balkan war.
Questions May Refer to Causes
Unlike what the militaries’ professional officers expected before World War One, which of the following characteristics contributed the LEAST to success and survival of World War One troops?
A. Discipline and obedience
B. Fortitude and determination
C. Individual drive, initiative, and team work
D. Regimental loyalty or esprit de corps
Study Guide: Chp. 14 reading
guide reference to training and
discipline.
Note the phrase esprit de corps
from vocabulary list.
Questions May Refer to Results
In what way did the war alter the economics of northern, tropical, and southern Africa?
A. Naval conflict disrupted Africa’s significant volume of trade with Europe and America.
B. Unions took advantage of war-time labor shortages and gained significant influence.
C. War-time demand stimulated investment in
and the growth of industry and manufacture.
D. War-time shortages led to inflation while the
real wages of many workers declined.
Study Guide: Chp. 7
reading guide reference to
economic impact of the war.
Note: Question requires
that answer apply to all of
Africa, not just one area.
Questions May Refer to Goals
The United States declaration of war on 6 April 1917 was the culmination of long-term foreign policy trends that included the recognition of a vital Anglo-American interest in opposing expansionist powers in which of the following areas?
A. Africa
B. Eurasia
C. Latin America
D. All of the above
Study Guide: Chp. 18 reading guide reference to
US interests and relations with European powers
before 1917.
Note: Goals could be long-term national interests
or war-time goals.
Questions May Refer to Strategy
Within three months of approving the “September Programme” of general war aims, Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann agreed with Erich von Falkenhayn, the new German commander-in-chief, that a German military victory depended on accomplishing which of the following?
A. Defeating the Russian army
B. Destroying the English navy
C. Dividing the Entente alliance
D. Occupying the city of Paris
Study Guide: Chp. 15 reading guide reference
to September Programme as well as Germany’s
war aims and cohesion of the Entente; list of
“Significant Individuals.”
Questions May Refer to Tactics
The British should have learned all three of the following lessons from their experiences on the Western Front in 1915. However, in planning the 1916 Battle of the Somme, they ignored which lessons?
A. Attacking infantry needed to proceed quickly across no man’s land.
B. No feasible measure of success for the attacker opened the way to a breakthrough.
C. Only huge concentrations of artillery could
batter down well-prepared defenses.
D. All of the above.
Study Guide: Chp. 13
reading guide reference
to the Somme.
Questions May Refer to Technology
What was the most significant new development in military aircraft in 1915?
A. Dirigibles that could evade aerial interception and carry large numbers of bombs
B. Fast maneuverable fighter planes with fixed forward-firing machine guns
C. Large long-range bombers with potential as strategic bombers
D. Light reconnaissance aircraft that
photographed artillery installations Study Guide: Chp 20. reading guide reference
to development of military aircraft.
Questions May Refer to Battles
Why, in the summer of 1916, was Chief of Staff Erich von Falkenhayn forced to send German troops to the Eastern Front just as the Anglo-French offensive began on the Somme?
A. To force Russian troops out of Poland and the Russian government into negotiations
B. To prevent Russian forces from completely
overwhelming the Austro-Hungarian army
C. To respond to an offensive by Russian forces
under the command of General Lavr Kornilov
D. To stop Russian advances into East Prussia after
the battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes
Study Guide: Chp. 2
reading guide reference
to Allied attacks on all
fronts.
Note that the Russian
general on the Eastern
Front was Brussilov not
Kornilov and that the
battles of Tannenberg and
the Masurian Lakes were
in 1915.
Questions May Refer to War Front
As part of the Hundred Days Offensive that broke the German military forces in 1918, the American Expeditionary Force engaged in the largest and bloodiest American operation in World War One costing 28,000 German lives and 26,000 American lives. Where did this battle take place from September 26 until the Armistice of November 11, 1918?
A. Along the Yser Canal and Iperlee River in Belgium
B. At Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry
C. Between the Argonne Forest and the Meuse River
D. In the Isonzo River Valley
Study Guide: Chp. 18
reading guide reference
to AEF’s contribution to
Allies’ victory and “WWI
Geography” locations
related to the AEF.
Questions May Refer to Diplomacy
The secret treaties between Britain, France, and Russia seriously undermined which one of Woodrow Wilson’s wartime policy objectives?
A. Formation of a League of Nations
B. Guarantees of freedom of the seas
C. Removal of Lenin’s Bolshevik regime in Russia
D. Territorial settlements based upon national
self-determination
Study Guide: Chp. 18
reading guide references
to secret treaties and
Wilson’s relationships with
US allies after April 1917.
Questions May Refer to Politics
As a political movement before World War One, liberalism was most closely associated with which of the following viewpoints?
A. Economic equality
B. Non-violent political compromise
C. Public ownership of industries
D. Universal adult suffrage Study Guide: Chp 12 reading guide references to
liberalism and other political ideologies.
Note that early 20th Century European liberalism and
late 20h Century America liberalism are not the same.
Questions May Refer to Revolution
Which one of the following Romanovs czars ruled Russia in 1914 when World War One began and was overthrown in the February Revolution of 1917?
A. Alexander II B. Nicholas I C. Nicholas II D. Peter III
Study Guide: List of
“Significant Individuals.
Note that WWI causes or
triggers several revolutions.
Questions May Refer to Home Front
Three of the following statements accurately describes the impact of wartime employment on women. Which statement is false?
A. Male domination of secretarial and nursing occupations came to an end.
B. Female physicians treated wounded soldiers in Europe and colonial theatres of war.
C. Women significantly increased their earnings by
taking unskilled or semi-skilled industrial jobs.
D. Women were not allowed to work with toxic
chemicals and dangerous explosives.
Study Guide: Chp. 11
reading guide reference
to gender at work
And so now every April I sit on me porch.
And I watch the parade pass before me.
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reviving old dreams of past glory.
And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore.
They’re tired old heroes from a forgotten war.
And the young people ask,
"What are they marching for?“
And I ask meself the same question.
But the band plays Waltzing Matilda
And the old men still answer the call.
But as year follows year more old men disappear
Some day no one will march there at all.
And the Band Played Marching Matilda
By Eric Bogle