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Causes Of The Great War Flashcards

1
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Who was in the triple alliance

A

Germany
Italy
Austria/hungary

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2
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Who was in the triple entente

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France
Russia
Uk

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3
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Tell me 2 other alliances that aren’t triple alliance or entente

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Uk and Belgium.
Russia and Serbia

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4
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Who was kaiser Wilhelm 2

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German leader/ kaiser in 1914

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5
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What does mains stand for

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These are the reasons for the Great War.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Significant someone

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6
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Militarism

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Army/navy (Germany was building up its navy and army and was jealous of uk)

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Franz Joseph

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Austria/ Hungary leader/emperor in 1914

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Nationalism

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Wanting to divide people into nations . (It caused problems for Austria/hungary)

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Franz Ferdinand

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Heir to Franz Joseph

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10
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Significant someone

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Franz Ferdinand (killed 28th June 1914) his death made A/H hate serbia

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11
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Who was princip

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Franz Ferdinand’s assassin. ( shot him on June 28 1914)

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12
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Imperialism

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Empire, uk had the worlds largest empire

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13
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What did Serbia do

A

They supplied the gun to kill ff

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14
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What is the black hand

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Princips terrorist group . They gave princip the gun to kill ff .
The terrorist group

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15
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What was the schlieffen plan

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German tactic to avoid a war on 2 fronts against France and Russia. Fight France first by going through Belgium.

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16
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Why was Germany going through Belgium a bad idea

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Because it brought UK into the mix. Uk and Belgium had an alliance . Uk joined war on 4th august

17
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What were the top countries in 1914

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  1. Great Britain
  2. Germany
  3. France
  4. Russia
  5. Austria/hungary
  6. USA
  7. Italy
  8. Serbia
18
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Alliances(definition)

A

Being friends with other countries.

19
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Who was the king of GB in 1914

A

George Frederick Ernest Albert ( also George v)

20
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Who was the Russian tsar

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Nikolai Alexandrivich Romanov (Nicholas’s 2)

21
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What do nations share

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Language, emblem, flag, land, history, culture, food, traditions, music, common government with people from that country

22
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One positive and one negative about nationalism

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Pride in country.
Becoming arrogant and thinking your nation is better than others.

23
Q

Tell me about ffs funeral

A

Him and his wife (Sophie) weren’t very popular.
15 minute long guneral

24
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Why did Serbia help kill ff

A

They wanted to become an independent nation so they helped the black hand.(nationalism)

25
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How did the local war between A/H and Serbia turn into a world war

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A/H declared war on Serbia on July 28th 1914-keen to fight.
A/H got help from triple alliance.
Serbia got help from triple entente.

26
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What were the Balkan wars

A

The Balkan Wars were a series of two conflicts fought in the Balkan Peninsula in 1912 and
1913. In the first Balkan War the four Balkan states of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro attacked and overpowered the Ottoman Empire. the Balkan League defeated the Ottoman Empire.

27
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Who was in the Balkan league

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Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro

28
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Who was in the Ottoman Empire

A

Macedonia
Greece
Bulgaria
Thrace
Turkey Greece
Kosovo and parts of Albania

29
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What do you think the most significant reason /cause for the war was and why

A

Alliances- as once one country fell out with another then everyone in that alliance was then against the other country. And it just spiralled into a war.

30
Q

Why did people vote nazi

A

They promised to take them out of the Great Depression.

31
Q

What was taught in schools

A

Extreme anti semitism and nazi lessons.

32
Q

What was mostly broadcasted in German radios

A

Nazi propaganda

33
Q

Why did sentries use periscopes

A

So they didn’t get shot by snipers

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