What will we study?
History Topic: International conflicts and
F3 2016-2017
How will we study?
Structures of Class Mark:
• Class Performance
• Workbook and worksheets
• History Notes
• Quizzes
• Pre-class MC exercise
Two World Wars
and Present Days
How will we study?
threats to peace in the 20th century • 30% Class Mark + 70% Exam Mark
• First World War (First Term)
• Second World War (Second Term)
• Causes of Cold War (Second Term)
How will we study? How will we study?
Class Performance (ClassDojo) Quizzes
• For each class, you will have 0.5 as your basic mark. • Around every 3 cycles we will have 1 quiz,
• If you: Answer questions frequently/ Ask good • 2 quizzes for the first term, 1-2 quiz(zes) for the
questions/ involve in class activities etc. you can get second term(Mid-term test; Final Exam)
0.5 or more points.
• But if you: Off task frequently (talk/do sth. not • Around 35 mins
relevant to class/ Sleep/)/ misuse iPad / failed to
hand in works on time/ other misbehavior your
mark will be deducted for 0.5 or more points.
WWI and present days
“landships”
 • North Korea carried out its sixth and
most powerful nuclear test on Sunday,
saying it had detonated a hydrogen
bomb that could be mounted on an
intercontinental ballistic missile.

the beginning of nuclear age

• the United States dropped the

__________________
atomic bomb on ______________
Hiroshima and First World War
______________
Nagasaki to end the war.
Part 1
• From then on, the power of a country depended
on whether or not it had nuclear weapons and, if
so, how many it had.

What is WWI / the Great War?

Countries involved in WWI

 Roadmap to the WWI
Part 2

Things you should know about

A
E Britain before the WWI
D
• Strongest Power
• Splendid isolated à Splendid isolation
C
G

B F
1. Why trade and naval supremacy is so important to
Britain?
Where is Britain?

A
E
D

C
G

B F

Where is Germany?
 What is WWI / the Great War?

• Rising Great Power

• Hated by __________
France ,
Britain
suspicious by ___________ .

A A
E E
D D

C C
G G

B F B F
• HUNGRY FOR REVENGE.

Where is France? Where is Austria-Hungary?

Nationalism

• First time become an ever-bigger issue in

the run-up to 1914
• Nation: It defined the people who make
up a nation in terms of their history,
• Once Austria had been one of the great powers language and culture, and talked of a
of Europe, but it had been crushed by Napoleon,
and never recovered. special bond between the people of
nation and its territory.
• Multi-nation (>10)
 The Disunited States of AH

• Different people across Europe were latching

onto (understand and stick to an idea) the IS IT A GOOD THING FOR A MULTI-NATION
idea of : COUNTRY LIKE AUSTRIA-HUNGARY TO HAVE
DIFFERENT ETHIC GROUNPS?
self-determination
• They think the nations should have the right
to throw off their foreign master and
determine their own destiny for themselves.

Double-edged Sword

A
E
D
• One of The most dangerous problems of
• It unites the whole • It also produces nationalism before 1914 were at Austria-
nation together, rivalry and tension Hungary. C
and gives people a among nations. G
• Many different ethic groups dreamed of
willingness to make • Desires for national breaking free from the empire and having
sacrifices for their glory and military their own nation. B F
nation. conquest may lead
to war.
Where is Russia?

• Want to regain the power;

• It was way behind the rest of Europe in
industrial development.
 Study the source carefully and answer the following questions.

A
E
D

Europe in the 20th century

C
G

B F • Compare to other great powers, Italy is

______ and _______ weak;
• Waiting for offer!
Where is Italy?

Nothing but
REVENGE
1. According to the above source, write down the main WaitItaly
for better offer
enemy state of the six European countries respectively.
[Analyse source] My France
enemy's
Austria-
Britain France Germany Italy
Hungary
Russia enemy
The main Germany Germany
enemy state
Britain
France
France Russia
Austria-
Hungary Rising Germany Europe big brother
handsome was threatened
Afraid of
2. According to the above analysis of the relationship revenge Britain
among the European powers, how would Europe be
divided into two camps? [Analyse and sum up source] old giant(vast but
backward), worry about
Member states of the two European camps the alliance of EXs
Britain, France, Russia Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary Austria Scramble for Balkan
Russia
Hungary
Old playboy(Multi-nation);