Identifying the Problem: The First World War

Individually, from what you already know and what you have discovered in previous sessions, complete the following table in your notebook: The First World War.

In communities, analyze the following text and then answer the questions in your notebook.

Texto: The First World War ended in 1918 and left Europe devastated socially and economically. As a consequence of this conflict, new countries formed, and empires such as the Ottoman, the Austro-Hungarian, and the German II Reich disappeared. In addition, the League of Nations was created, a precursor of the UN. Although the Entente Powers were considered the victors while the Central Powers were the defeated, European societies were the most affected. They faced a tremendous economic and political crisis with high unemployment and food shortages. Germany, considered the main responsible for the conflict, was severely punished and imposed a large debt. All this instability and crisis, coupled with the growth of nationalism, especially in Germany and Italy, indicated that the problems had not finished with the end of the First World War or Great War, but that they only subsided for a couple of decades to give way to an even greater conflict: the Second World War.

Respuesta orientativa: El texto explica que la Primera Guerra Mundial terminó en 1918 con Europa devastada; surgieron nuevos países y desaparecieron los imperios otomano, austrohúngaro y el II Reich alemán. Se creó la Sociedad de Naciones, precursora de la ONU. Aunque los Aliados vencieron, las sociedades europeas sufrieron crisis económica, desempleo y escasez. Alemania fue castigada con una gran deuda. La inestabilidad y el nacionalismo en Alemania e Italia llevaron a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.