1.2 — World War I (1914–1918)

1.2 — World War I (1914–1918)

S T U D Y G U I D E · MYP Individuals & Societies · Grade 10

  • Distinguish between the long-term causes (built up over decades) and the short-term trigger (lit the fuse in 1914).

  • Use the MAIN acronym confidently and explain what each letter stands for.

  • Understand why a war most people expected to be short turned into four years of grinding stalemate.

  • Be able to describe the consequences of WWI, especially the Treaty of Versailles. The causes of WWI — MAIN + trigger. Historians use the acronym MAIN for the four long- term causes. All four had been building for decades. Militarism. European countries built massive militaries and planned detailed operations for rapid mobilization. Germany and Britain ran a naval arms race. Military leaders on every side had plans (most famously Ge