Causes of WW1

Question 1

What does the ‘M’ in ‘MAIN’ stand for?

Answer 1

Militarism

Question 2

What does the ‘A’ in MAIN stand for?

Answer 2

Alliances

Question 3

What does the ‘I’ stand for?

Answer 3

Imperialism

Question 4

What does the ‘N’ stand for?

Answer 4

Nationalism

Question 5

What does militarism mean?

Answer 5

Building an army ready to fight

Question 6

What does alliances mean?

Answer 6

Being in teams

Question 7

What does imperialism mean?

Answer 7

Gaining extra land for your country

Question 8

What does nationalism mean?

Answer 8

Thinking your country is great

Question 9

Who was Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 9

The Archduke and heir of Austria-Hungary

Question 10

How was Franz Ferdinand killed?

Answer 10

He was shot by a rebel Serbian

Question 11

What was the name of the man who killed Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 11

Gavrilo Princip

Question 12

Why would a Serbian want to kill Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 12

Because many Serbs believed Bosnia should have been a part of Serbia and not Austria-Hungary, so they killed Austria-Hungary’s heir.

Question 13

Where is Sarajevo?

Answer 13

It is the capital of Bosnia, in Austria-Hungary

Question 14

Who were the Triple Entente?

Answer 14

Russia, France and Britain

Question 15

Who were the Triple Alliance?

Answer 15

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 16

Who supported Serbia when Austria-Hungary declared war?

Answer 16

Russia

Question 17

Who supported Austria-Hungary when Russia declared war on her?

Answer 17

Germany

Question 18

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 18

The German’s plan for how they would fight Russia and France years before the war actually started.

Question 19

Who was Kaiser Wilhelm II?

Answer 19

The leader of Germany

Question 20

Why did Kaiser Wilhelm anger other countries?

Answer 20

Because he wanted to build up his army and navy (militarism) to be better than the other countries

Question 21

What was Alsace-Lorraine?

Answer 21

A region of land bordering France and Germany

Question 22

Why did Alsace-Lorraine cause tension between countries?

Answer 22

Germany had taken Alsace-Lorraine from France and France wanted it back.

Question 23

Other than being allies with Serbia, why did Russia want to go to war with Austria-Hungary?

Answer 23

To maintain her influence in the Balkan region (to keep control and look powerful)

Question 24

What did Germany want to have a better version of than Britain?

Answer 24

Navy

Question 25

Why would militarism lead to war?

Answer 25

Because countries felt threatened that other countries were preparing to attack them when they started building their armies and navies.

Question 26

Why would imperialism lead to war?

Answer 26

Because it increased tension between countries as they wanted to have the biggest Empire.

Question 27

Why would nationalism lead to war?

Answer 27

Nationalism led to militarism and imperialism because countries wanted to have the best armies and Empires. It also led to the tension between Serbia and Austria-Hungary as they both believed Bosnia should belong to them, which led to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Question 28

What was the name of the boats Britain and Germany built to try and beat each other in the ‘arms race’?

Answer 28

Dreadnoughts

Question 29

What was the ‘arms race’?

Answer 29

When the European countries tried to produce the most weapons, armies, the best military technology etc.

Question 30

Who was blamed for World War One?

Answer 30

Germany