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when was the triple alliance formed

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1882

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what are 3 the countries involved in the TRIPLE ALLIANCE

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  • germany
  • austria-hungry
  • italy
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when was the triple entente formed

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1907

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what are the 3 countries involved in the triple entente

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  • britain
  • france
  • russia
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what was the triple entente not …

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an alliance

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what was the france-austria agreement in 1892

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they agreed to both help each other if attacked by germany

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what is the entente cordial

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a friendly agreement

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who was first part of the triple entente

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france and russia

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why did britain and france form and alliance or an agreement

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in case France is invaded

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what are Germany’s strengths

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  • they had an oversees colonies and had an empire
  • strong and powerful
  • gained land from France
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what was Germany’s ambitions

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-wanted to expand and gain more colonies

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what was Germany’s weaknesses

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-it was a new country so could fall apart

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what was Germany concerned about

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  • encirclement and was concerned that France would attack

- huge build up of armies concerned them

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what was Austria’s strengths

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  • had a large empire
  • was powerful
  • had an alliance with Germany
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what was Austria’s concerns

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  • it was made up of little countries who all wanted to rule themselves and wanted independence
  • major concern was keeping the empire together
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what was Italy’s strengths

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-part of the Triple Alliance so had support of Germany and Austria

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what was Italy’s ambition

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-wanted to increase territory and expand empire

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what was Italy’s weaknesses

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  • did not have strong industrial or military power

- were not trusted fully though part of alliance

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what would each country do if part of the triple alliance

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they would help and support each other if one country was attacked

20
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out of all the countries in the triple alliance who do you think preserving peace was most important for and why

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Italy- because it did not have much military power or a strong industry and they were not trusted

21
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what was Britain’s strengths (TE)

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-had a huge empire which gave it lot of strength and power

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what was Britain’s concerns (TE)

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  • fear of overcrowding

- worried that Germany had began to expand their empire

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what was France’s strengths (TE)

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  • developed a close and strong relationship with Russia
  • Russia promised to help France if Germany attacked
  • they built up their armies and empires
24
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what was France’s weaknesses

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defeated by Germany in 1870- France warned about the growing power of Germany

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what did France want to do (Alsake Lorraine)

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-they wanted to get back their industrial region of Alsake Lorraine

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what was Russia’s strengths (TE)

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  • the largest of all 6 powers
  • had a huge empire all in one place
  • increased army
27
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what was Russia’s ambitions

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-France had given them money to develop industries

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what was Russia’s concerns

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-worried about the growing power of Germany

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as Britain followed the policy of SPLENDID ISOLATION in the 19th century, what does this mean

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it means that it concentrated on it’s oversees empire

30
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why did Britain change its attitude towards Europe

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  • because France and Britain reached a number of agreements about colonies in North Africa 1904
  • Russia defeated against Japan in a war 1904
  • Britain worried about Germany- Britain saw Kaiser as a threat
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why was Germany a big threat to all the other countries

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as it wanted more colonies

32
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why would there be tensions between Germany and Britain over trade

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as it was Britain’s main trading partner

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