Bosnian Crisis and Balkan wars

Question 1

qWhat were the provinces called that Austria-hungary?

Answer 1

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Question 2

What was the treaty called that allowed Austria to occupy them?

Answer 2

Congress of Berlin (1878), but the ottoman empire still own them

Question 3

When was the treaty agreed that stated that Russia was to be banned from using a route between the two seas near Constantinople?

Answer 3

1841

Question 4

What were the two states that were closed by the governing treaties?

Answer 4

Bosporus and Dardanelles

Question 5

What was the agreement between russia and Austria?

Answer 5

That Austria would remove the warships stranded and would support Russia’s demands for a revision of the treaties governing the closure of Bosporus and Dardanelles

Question 6

When was the agreement

Answer 6

1908

Question 7

What was the russian foreign Minister name?

Answer 7

Izvolsky

Question 8

Who did Izvolsky secretly meet with before the agreement?

Answer 8

Aehrenthal

Question 9

What did Izvolsky say in the secret meeting?

Answer 9

That before Austria annexed the provinces (Bosnia and Herzegovina, taken On the 6th of october 1908), Russia would have to get internaitional support. But Aehrenthal ignored him and did it anyway, and it recieved backlash from Europe

Question 10

Why was Serbia outraged?

Answer 10

Because they hoped to make the provinces part of Greater Serb

Question 11

What was worrying about Serbia?

Answer 11

There were demenstrations of war

Question 12

What did Germany do?

Answer 12

Germany stood shoulder to shoulder with Austria, just incase Serbia went to war

Question 13

What happened to the relations between Russia and Austria?

Answer 13

The relation was strained, because of the early annex made by Austria

Question 14

Why did Russia have to accept the Annexation

Answer 14

Because of the Russo Japanese war (1904 - 1905), Russia was weakened and had littl support from Britain or France. So, russia couldn’t stand with Serbia .All of this forced Russia to accept and recognize the annexation.

Question 15

What did rhe Austrian minister in belgrade say in 1909?

Answer 15

“Here all think of revenge”, meaning Serbia wants to go to war, implying that russia has to help with it.

Question 16

When did Austria Hungary annex Bosnia?

Answer 16

1908

Question 17

Who were in the Bulkan leaque?

Answer 17

Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro

Question 18

When the Balkan league formed?

Answer 18

In 1912

Question 19

When was the Young Turk revolution?

Answer 19

1908-09

Question 20

What else was the Ottoman Empire distracted by?

Answer 20

The war with Italy over control of Libya

Question 21

Why did the leaugue attack the Ottoman Empire?

Answer 21

For the redistribution of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire

Question 22

When was the first Balkan war?

Answer 22

8th of October 1912

Question 23

What was the airm of the Leauge?

Answer 23

To take Macedonia from Turkey

Question 24

How long did it take for the Turkish Empire to collapse in Europe?

Answer 24

Three weeks, and troopswere advancing on Constantinople.

Question 25

When was the armistace Signed?

Answer 25

December 3 1912

Question 26

What did the armistace state?

Answer 26

that the Turks gave up all their territory in the Balkans except for a small zone around the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, which satisfied Russia, while Austria’s demand that an independent Albania was to be set up and it was also agreed.

Question 27

Who were unhappy?

Answer 27

Bulgaria was unhappy and felt cheated and this caused the second Balkan wae

Question 28

When was the the second Balkan war

Answer 28

June 1913. The Greeks, the romanians and the Turks all supported Serbia and withn a month Bulgaria was defeated

Question 29

What was the armistice called for the 2nd Balkandwar?

Answer 29

Treaty of Bucharest

Question 30

When the Armistice for the 2nd Balkan war signed?

Answer 30

July 30th 1913

Question 31

What did the armistice for the 2nd Balkan war state?

Answer 31

Under the terms of the treaty, Greece and Serbia divided most of Macedonia between themselves, leaving Bulgaria with only a small part of the region, Bulgaria had been badly defeated and lost its gains; it turned to Austria as an ally and away from its former partner, Russia. With 122,000 dead, the scale of the wars had not been large.

Question 32

What happened to Greece and Serbia after the 2nd war?

Answer 32

As a result of the Balkan Wars, Greece gained southern Macedonia as well as the island of Crete. Serbia gained the Kosovo region and extended into northern and central Macedonia.

Question 33

When did Serbia gain it’s independence from the Ottoman empire?

Answer 33

1830