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7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 10

World War I

Alliances, the Great War and its results

What your child practices

The causes of World War I (alliances, militarism, empires and nationalism), the war in Europe and the entry of the United States, life on the home front, and the war's results around the world.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 7.H2.2; 7.SP4.1 · the causes and effects of conflict and peacemaking, and the multiple causes and effects of events

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Causes: alliances, militarism, empires and nationalism. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914) set it off.
  2. Soldiers fought in trenches on the Western Front with new weapons. The US joined in 1917; people at home bought Liberty Bonds and saved food.
  3. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) ended the war.

Example: Which event in 1914 set off World War I? Tension was high among Europe’s powers. Austria-Hungary’s heir was shot in Sarajevo. Answer: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

World War I in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 4 of 10 in 7th grade Social Studies, after Industry & Empire and before World War II.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The Allies in World War I included…

    • Britain, France and Russia
    • Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
    • Japan, Italy and Germany
    • Spain, Cuba and Mexico

  2. Question 2

    Long lines of ditches where soldiers fought on the Western Front were called…

    • forts
    • trenches
    • canals

  3. Question 3

    The fighting in World War I ended with an armistice on…

    • July 4, 1919
    • April 9, 1865
    • November 11, 1918
    • December 7, 1941

  4. Question 4

    The agreement that ended World War I in 1919 was the…

    • Treaty of Versailles
    • Magna Carta
    • Treaty of Paris of 1783

  5. Question 5

    About how many American soldiers died in World War I?

    • about 1,000
    • about 116,000
    • about 50
    • about 10 million

  6. Question 6

    In trench warfare,…

    • soldiers fought only at sea
    • soldiers fought from long ditches, and neither side could easily advance
    • battles lasted an hour
    • armies marched in open fields

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