causes of world war one

Question 1

why did nationalism have a build up to war

Answer 1

nationalism is thinking your country is the best and for many leaders the only way to prove that they were the best was to have a war with their rivals

Question 2

how did militarism have a build up to war?

Answer 2

everybody wanted the biggest army and navy and got caught up in arms race and so there was no point having a big army and not using it

Question 3

how did imperialism have a build up to war?

Answer 3

imperialism was wanting the biggest empire and it was a race to gain control of other nations particularly in Africa this led to tension and fierce rivalry among European countries.

Question 4

whats arms race

Answer 4

a competition between countries for superiority in the development and build up of weapons

Question 5

what does assassinate mean?

Answer 5

to murder an important person for political or religious reason

Question 6

what does alliance mean?

Answer 6

an agreement between countries to support eachother in war