---
title: "SSWH17: Causes and Impact of WWI (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSWH17
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSWH17
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSWH17: Causes and Impact of WWI

Demonstrate an understanding of long-term causes of World War I and its global impact.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSWH17.a**: Identify causes of the war, include: nationalism, entangling alliances, militarism, and imperialism.
- **SSWH17.b**: Describe conditions on the war front for soldiers, include: new technology and war tactics.
- **SSWH17.c**: Explain the major decisions made in the Versailles Treaty, include: German reparations and the mandate system that replaced Ottoman control.
- **SSWH17.d**: Analyze the destabilization of Europe in the collapse of the great empires.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.