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Causes Flashcards

1
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What are the MAIN causes of WW1?

A

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

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What does imperialism mean?

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Gaining land/colonies

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What does nationalism mean?

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Thinking your country is greater

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Who was Franz Ferdinand?

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Archduke and heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

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Who shot Franz Ferdinand?

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Gavrilo Princip, Serbian Black Hand gang

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Why did the Serbs shoot Franz Ferdinand?

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Austria-Hungary had taken over Bosnia but Serbia believed it should be part of Greater Serbia

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Who were the Triple Entente?

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Britain, France, Russia

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Who were the Triple Alliance?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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What was the Schlieffen Plan?

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Germany didn’t want to split their army so would attack France and go through Belgium to go back and attack Russia

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Why did the Kaiser anger other European leaders?

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He wanted to expand the German empire and build up his navy

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Why did Russia want to go to war with Austria-Hungary?

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To get control of the Balkans and get revenge for Serbia

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Why did militarism lead to war?

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As Germany and Britain built their armies, other countries decided to do the same in case a war broke out

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Why did nationalism lead to war?

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Slavic nationalism meant that Serbia and Austria-Hungary both believed Bosnia should belong to them

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Why did imperialism lead to war?

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Increased tension in Europe as countries wanted bigger empires

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What was the arms race?

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When European countries started building armies, weapons, military

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16
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When was each alliance of the Triple Entente formed?

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Franco-Russian in 1870
Entente Cordiale (France-Britain) in 1903
Anglo Russian (Britain-Russia) in 1907
17
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What is splendid isolation?

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Britain wanted to remain separate from European politics

18
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Why did Britain come out of splendid isolation?

A

Germany started building up their navy in 1898, Britain felt threatened

19
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How did the formation of the Triple Entente lead to war?

A

Germany felt encircled by its enemies

20
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When was the triple alliance formed?

A

1882

21
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When was the first Moroccan crisis and who wanted control of Morocco/who was opposed?

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1905-6, France/Germany

22
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Where was the international conference for the Moroccan crisis and what happened?

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Algeciras in 1906, France agreed to recognise Morocco’s independence but was in charge of its finance/politics

23
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What was the result of the first Moroccan crises?

A

Kaiser was humiliated and wanted revenge, Triple alliance weakened, Triple Entente strengthened

24
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When was the first Dreadnought made?

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1906

25
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Who won the naval race and with how many ships?

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Britain with 29 ships, Germany only had 17

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