Causes of World War I Quiz Flashcards

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This Slavic country dreamed of creating a south Slavic homeland with itself as the center and leader

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Serbia

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The assassination of this Austro-Hungarian arch-duke was the spark that would lead to WWI

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Ferdinand

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Russia supported the creation of a southern Serbian state because she hoped she would gain this very valuable prize

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Dardanelles

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this was the Serbian sponsored terrorist group whose goal was freedom of Bosnia from Austro-Hungarian control

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Black Hand

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England France and Russia formed this union which each member promised to consider its allies interest in decision making

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Triple Entente

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this American admiral wrote the influence of seapower on history that lead Germany to begin to construct its nazy

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Mahan

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this man assassinated Ferdinand and his wife

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Gavrilo Princip

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the city where Ferdinand was assassinated

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Sarejevo

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Bismark once referred to this region as the powder keg of Europe and correctly predicted that something would happen there to start the next world war

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Balkan Peninsula

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10
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This was the imperialistic adventure concocted by Kaiser Wilhelm II in the hope of testing the strength of the British- French alliance by encouraging Moroccan independence

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Algeciras

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