causes of ww1

Question 1

what year did ww1 start and end

Answer 1

1914-1918

Question 2

what were the 4 long term causes of WW1

Answer 2

alliances, nationalism, militarism, imperialism

Question 3

who was part of the triple alliance

Answer 3

germany, austria-hungry, italy

Question 4

who was part of the triple entente

Answer 4

uk, russia, france

Question 5

what hapend to the archduke franz ferdinand and his wife

Answer 5

they were killed by princip who was apart of a bosnian serb nationalist group

Question 6

what was the schlieffen plan

Answer 6

germany made a plan to avoid fighting on the eastern and western front at the same time so they planned to invade france by going thogubt belgiam then circling back to fight russia

Question 7

why did the schlieffen plan fail

Answer 7

russia mobilised there army faster then expected, belgium didnt want them going though the country, the, french had time to move there army to the border with belguim

Question 8

who were the black-hand

Answer 8

it was a group of serbians who wanted austria-hungry to leave bosinia and planned to assassinate the hair to the austrian thone

Question 9

how did the outbreak of war happen

Answer 9

austria-hungry was furious at the assasination and issed a ten-point ultimatum to serbia and serbia only agreed to 9 points so austria-hungry declared war

Question 10

what was the treaty of london

Answer 10

it was that the uk and belguim could protect eachother whenever they needed help. it dated back to 1839