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Alliances Flashcards

1
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6 main countries involved in ww1

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  • Great Britain
  • Germany
  • Russia
  • Austria Hungary
  • Serbia
  • France
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2
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what did GB want to maintain before war

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imperial/naval supremecy

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3
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what was ‘splendid isolation’? what country had this policy

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  • not wanting involvement in European affairs

- Great Britain

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4
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which country took over Great Britain’s chemical/steel production

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Germany, by 1914

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5
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what had happened to Russia in 1905

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lost a war to Japan, they couldn’t afford another one

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6
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what was Russia’s army like, before the war

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large, but ill-equipped

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7
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who did Russia have a long rivalry with? why

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Austria Hungary bc they had a high slavic population

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8
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when did Serbia gain independence from Turkey?

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1878

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9
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why did Serbia want to join with Bosnia

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they had a large amount of Serbs living there

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what was Pan-Slavism

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the belief that all people who spoke Slavic should live in the same political place

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what did Serbia believe in? who did this cause an issue with/why?

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  • Pan-Slavism
  • Austria Hungary had a large population of Serbs
  • these Serbs lived under Austrian rule, not Slavic rule
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12
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why did France have a long rivalry with Germany?

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defeated in the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) and and lost Alsace Lorraine as a result

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why was France/GB not on good terms, before the war

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disagreements about territory in Africa, this was resolved in the making of their alliance

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14
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what was France worried about, before th war

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the growth of Germany’s military and industry

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15
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who was Austria Hungary worried about, before the war

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Serbia

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16
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what did AH want to take over

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Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

17
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when did Germany unify

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1871

18
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what was Germany worried about, before the war

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Russia’s growing army

19
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what was one of Germany’s main aims

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to increase the size of their army and navy

20
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who was Otto von Bismarck

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chancellor of Germany before war

21
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what did Bismarck want to maintain? how did he plan to maintain this

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  • dominance
  • planned this by creating alliances
  • he wanted to weaken and isolate France
22
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when was the triple alliance agreed

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1882

23
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who was in the Triple Alliance

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  • Germany
  • Austria-Hungary
  • Italy
24
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who arranged the Triple Alliance

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Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor

25
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what was the Triple Alliance designed to do?

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  • create military alliance with Italy/AH

- alienate France

26
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why did Germany want to alienate France

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thought France’d want revenge after Franco-Prussian war

27
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who was in the Triple Entente

what agreements were included

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  • Great Britain
  • France
  • Russia
  • Franco-Russian agreement
  • Entente Cordiale
  • Anglo Russian agreement
28
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when was the Franco Russian agreement

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1894, France and Russia

29
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what type of alliance was the Franco Russian agreement

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military

- this meant they only promised to defend each other if Germany attacked them

30
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when was the Entente Cordiale

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1904, Britain and France

31
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agreements of the Entente Cordiale

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  • France/Britain settled colonial disputes about Africa and remained on good terms
  • the agreements preserved Britain’s supremecy
32
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issue of the Entente Cordiale

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Germany saw it as a threat

33
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when was the Anglo Russian agreement

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1907, Britain and Russia

34
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what did the Anglo Russian agreement settle

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British/Russian colonial disputes

35
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why was the Anglo Russian agreement signed

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Russia supported France after the first Moroccan crisis

36
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intention of the Anglo Russian agreement

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make Germany feel encircled

37
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when was the League of Three Emporers signed

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1972, Russia, Germany and AH

38
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why did the League of Three Emporers fail

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Conflict with Russia/AH made it difficult for them to be in the same alliance

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