1.1 The Alliance System

Question 1

Name 3 countries that Queen Victoria had connections to.

Answer 1

Russia
Denmark
Greece

Question 2

How many people lived in the British Empire?

Answer 2

400 million

Question 3

What percentage of the British population were working class?

Answer 3

72%

Question 4

Which country was the world’s largest manufacturer?

Answer 4

USA

Question 5

In which industry did Germany not outperform Britain?

Answer 5

Shipbuilding

Question 6

By 1900, in which industries had Germany overtaken France?

Answer 6

Iron and coal

Question 7

What land did Germany gain from France after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?

Answer 7

Alsace-Lorraine

Question 8

On which continent did France not have a colony?

Answer 8

North America

Question 9

What was the size of the French army?

Answer 9

1,250,000

Question 10

Who did Russia lose to in 1904-05?

Answer 10

Japan

Question 11

What % of the Russian population were peasant farmers?

Answer 11

85%

Question 12

What land did France lose to Prussia in 1870?

Answer 12

Alsace-Lorraine

Question 13

How much did France have to pay Germany after her defeat in the Franco-Prussian War?

Answer 13

5 billion francs

Question 14

Who was the leader of Austria-Hungary before the First World War?

Answer 14

Emperor Franz Josef

Question 15

How many languages were spoken within the borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

Answer 15

15

Question 16

How many people were killed and injured during disturbances in Prague in 1897?

Answer 16

10 killed; 200 injured

Question 17

What was the size of the German army?

Answer 17

2,200,000

Question 18

When was the Triple Entente signed?

Answer 18

1907

Question 19

Who was the Triple Alliance?

Answer 19

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 20

Who was the Triple Entente?

Answer 20

Britain, France, Russia

Question 21

Who was the ruler of Morocco?

Answer 21

Sultan Abdelaziz

Question 22

Where was a conference held to decide what should happen to Morocco?

Answer 22

Algeciras

Question 23

When was this conference held?

Answer 23

1906

Question 24

Which town was occupied by the French in 1911?

Answer 24

Fez

Question 25

What was the name of the warship sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II to the port of Agadir?

Answer 25

Panther

Question 26

How many soldiers did the French send to support Morocco?

Answer 26

20,000

Question 27

By 1900, what was Turkey’s nickname?

Answer 27

The Sick Man of Europe

Question 28

In which year was the Balkan Crisis (sometimes called the Bosnian Crisis)?

What happened?

Answer 28

1908

AH took Bosnia
Pissed off Serbia
Serbia tattles to Russia
Russia is scared of Germany and AH
‘naw dude’

Question 29

What kind of people did the Balkan league want (after they destroyed the turkz)

Answer 29

Slavic

Question 30

Which country had gained most from the Balkan Wars by 1914?

Answer 30

Serbia

Question 31

Why did Germany feel compelled to support Austria-Hungary?

Answer 31

Algeciras Conference

Question 32

Who began to militarise as a result of the Balkan Crisis of 1908?

Answer 32

Russia

Question 33

Factfile about the first Moroccan crisis: (3+3)

Answer 33

• 1905
• Germany did not support France’s wishes to invade Morocco
• How far can the French be pushed?
• Is the Entente Cordiale truly strong?
• Germany can weltpolitik!!
• The Algericas Conference of 1906 prevented escalation.

Question 34

Factfile about the Algericas conference: (3)

Answer 34

• Only Austria-Hungary supported Germany (humiliating)
• Because everybody was against Germany, the Kaiser could now be sure that the Entente Cordiale was more than js friends
• The Triple Entente formed soon after

Question 35

Factfile about the second Moroccan crisis:

Answer 35

• In 1911, rebellion against Abdelaziz
• French support of 20,000 soldiers
• Prague sadness (10 killed 200 injured)
• Germany sent Panther to Agadir
• Britain had navy base in Gibraltar

Question 36

What were the results of the second Moroccan crisis? (6)

Answer 36

• Britain and France stood firm against Germany
• Germany, third wheeling, left
• Italy opposed the Germans so now the Threesome Alliance is kinda dead
• Germany was #humiliated
• Britain gets stressed and starts war revision
• Britain and France made a deal
  (French warships in the Mediterannean, British on the French coast)

Question 37

Factfile about First Balkan War:

Answer 37

• 1912, Turkey got assaulted
• 50 days, 50% of a million
• Turkey resigned in 1913 and said ‘yo take it’
• Albania got independence, rest got split

Question 38

Why was Bulgaria grrrr after the First Balkan War

Answer 38

‘i want more land!!’

Question 39

What coutries were in the Balkan League?

Answer 39

• Greece
• Serbia
• Bulgaria
• Montenegro

Question 40

Factfile about Second Balkan War:

Answer 40

• 1913
• Balkan League VS Bulgaria
• Bulgaria was unhappy with its’ share after the first Balkan War
• Attacked its’ former allies, Serbia and Greece

Question 41

What were some cool consequences after the Second Balkan war (4)

Answer 41

• Serbia was powerful and pumped
• Serbs in Bosnia were tired of AH rule and thought Serbia should rule
• AH was intimidated by Serbia’s growth
• Bulgaria was vengeful

Question 42

Who and when was the Dual Alliance?

Answer 42

Germany and Austria-Hungary
1879

Question 43

Who and why did France ally with in 1882?

Answer 43

Russia, to protect herself from Germany

Question 44

What and when was the Entente Cordiale?

Answer 44

1904
France and Britain

Question 45

When was the Triple Alliance signed?

Answer 45

1882

Question 46

When was the Triple Entente signed?

Answer 46

1907