The Balkan Mess Story of the World Book 4 pages 180-185

This lesson is rather long in the book, so we will probably have to have two or three classes sessions to cover all the material.  This time period sets the stage for World War I or the Great War as it was called in 1915 until World War II 

First lets get a quick overview from this video: 

 Now read the book from pages 180-182 

Locate all the countries on the Map Balkan Map

Why was this area important to the Ottoman Empire? What area did the Turks want? 

What did the Greeks think about it? What country did Greece want?  

What did the Russians want? 

What did the Russians get? 

What happened to Bulgaria? 

Why did this make the countries of Europe nervous?