Europe 1914 Maps

Using basic shapes to recognize the nation states of pre-war

Europe.

J. Marshall 2008

Europe 1914: Sign Post States

France

Spain

Germany

4 Signpost States

Austria/Hungary

Name that Region

WESTERN

EUROPE

EASTERN

EUROPE

BA

LKA

N

BA

LKA

N

RE

GIO

N

RE

GIO

N

2

1

3

Name that Nation State

4

F

SP

G

S

I

D

S B

G

Ott. Empire

R

BN

L

B (UK)

Name that Nation State

A/H

BC

A

See Page 22 in Counterpoints to see Alliances

WESTERN EUROPEB: BritainF: FranceS: SpainP: PortugalI: ItalyS: SwitzerlandL: LuxembourgB: BelgiumN: NetherlandsD: DenmarkG: GermanyA/H: Aust/HungaryBALKAN REGIONB: BosniaC: CroatiaS: SerbiaA: AlbaniaG: GreeceEASTERN EUROPEB: BulgariaO: Ottoman EmpireR: RumaniaR: Russia

R

1914: Name that Alliance

Name that Alliance

Triple Alliance + AlliesTriple Entente + AlliesNeutral NationsNeutral Nations

Sign Post States

a

b

c

d

Use the following newspaper headline to answer question 3.

3. To what event is the headline referring?

A. Conscription RiotB. General StrikeC. Quiet RevolutionD. On-to-Ottawa Trek

Winnipeg Sun 1919

“Winnipeg under

Soviet-style government”

Use the following quotation to answer question 4.

“…this is not a strike at all, in the ordinary sense of the term - it is a revolution. It is a serious attempt to overturn the British institutions in this western country and to supplant (replace) them with the Russian Bolshevik system of Soviet rule…”

4. The point of view of the speaker is

A. neutral

B. biased in favour of capitalist

C. biased in favour of imperialists

D. biased in favour of labourers

End