Unit 5: Crisis and Change

Lesson B: Global Effects of a Total War

Lesson Summary

Congratulations!

You have successfully completed the lesson Global Effects of a Total War. By completing this lesson, you should know the answers to the following key questions:

• Why did World War I become a global war?
• How did technology change the nature of war in World War I?
• What was the human cost of World War I?
• What were the immediate social, political, and economic effects of "The Great War"?
• What were the goals of the Treaty of Versailles, and why did it fail?
• How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to nationalist struggles in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East?

You are now ready to continue to the next lesson.