history

Question 1

5 causes of WW1?

Answer 1

Militarism
allliances
imperalism
nationalism
assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Question 2

What is militarism

Answer 2

in 1906 Britain launched rhe dreadnought leading to an arms race that caused fear and tension between germany and Britain.Each country tried to compete to build the biggest army which they wanted to test in the war to prove that they were the best

Question 3

alliances

Answer 3

triple alliance: Germany, Italy, Austria Hungary

Triple Entente: France Britain and Russia
They were getting worried about Germany’s increasing power

Question 4

Imperalism

Answer 4

Britain and France had both big emipres.The German Kaiser was jelous of their emipres and wanted Germany to have a bigger empire. 1870 they were all involved in the scramble for Africa. in 1905 The German Kaiser wanted to take over Morocco but they made and agreement with France so in return they cot a part of Africa called the Congoo but it was mainly swamp and forest

Question 5

nationalism

Answer 5

People throught continent thought that their countires were better than others which caused suspicion of other countires

Question 6

assasination of Franz Ferdinand

Answer 6

Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia which meant the Russia declared war on Austria Hungary so all other countiries joined in

Question 7

What was life on a plantation

Answer 7

never-ending work
male slaves- tend fields and gardens
female slave & children - tending to master’s family as coos, servnts & house maids

Question 8

1st stage slave triangle

Answer 8

manufactured goods traded for American slaves (guns, gunpowder, alcohol, cloth)

Question 9

2nd stage slave triangle

Answer 9

middle passage- carries captives who are sold as slaves

Question 10

3rd stage save triangle

Answer 10

slaves are checked branded and sold at auction to work on plantations

Question 11

middle passage

Answer 11

journey on ships across the atlantic ocean from Africa to the americas

Question 12

when/ where was the battle of somme

Answer 12

July 1916 France

Question 13

contenders to the corwn

Answer 13

harold godwinson
william duke of normandy
harold hadrada

Question 14

when was the battle of hastings

Answer 14

14th otober 1066

Question 15

hoe did who win

Answer 15

the normand clever trick of pretending to retreat thr english thinking they had won charged down the hill

Question 16

what was the british empire

Answer 16

by 1900s Britain had the largest emipre in the world
1/4 of the poppulation

Question 17

what was the indian mutiny

Answer 17

a rebellion against british rule by a large part of bengal army in india .

Question 18

consequences of IM

Answer 18

india became poor
most of wealth created wasnt invested back into the country
terrible famines

Question 19

what was the scramble for africa

Answer 19

competition between differrent european empires to take over as much land in africa as possible (1880-1914)