History - Cycle Test 1 Term 1 Flashcards
What does mobilise mean?
To prepare and organise troops for a war.
What is a Kiaser?
A German word for Emperor.
What does a great power mean?
A country with great power over a group of countries. Such as the United Kingdom.
What is an Empier?
An extensive group of states and countries ruled over by a single monarch.
What is a colony?
A county or area under the full or partial political control of another country occupied by settlers.
What is a merchant ship?
A privately owned ship used for the transport of goods and civilian persons.
Where are the Balkans?
An area in southeast Europe.
What is the arms race?
The pattern or competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries.
What is a merchant ship?
A privately owned ship used for the transport of goods and civilian persons.
What is an alliance
A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
What is encirclement?
Being surrounded.
What is an annex?
Add (territory) to one’s own territory by appropriation.
Who was Kaiser Wilhelm I?
The King of Prussia and the German Empire.
Who is Field Marshall Alfred von Schlieffen?
He developed the plan of attack the the German armies used with significant at the outbreak of the World War I.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
He was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia
How did the Franco-Prussian War cause World War I?
Germany gained confidence and increased its aggression as a result of its victory in the war. France were humiliated with led to them wanting revenge.
How did Empires making Enemies cause World War I?
Britain and France expanded their empires in resulted in increased tension among European country. An empire has lots of colonies which caused them to have more enemies because they all wanted the land one another had.
How do did n the disagreement about whose navy was the biggest and best cause World War I?
The British had the most developed army buy then the Germans army became more developed after they stool the plans for a British ship so they become the second more developed army. This caused the first world war because the countries wanted to go to war to find out whose navy was the best.
How did allies and enemies?
There were lots of different treaties such as the treaty of London, Emperor’s League, the dual alliance, the triple alliance, the Franco, Russian alliance, the entente cordiale and the triple entente.
Who is part of the Treaty of London?
Britain
Germany
France
Austria
Russia
Belgium
+ 1 other
Who is part of the Emperor’s league?
Germany
Russia
Austro-Hungary
Who is part of the dual alliance?
Germany
Austo-Hungary
Who is part of the Triple alliance?
Italy
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Who is part of the Franco-Russian alliance?
France
Russia
Who is part of the Entente Cordiale?
France
Britain
Who is part of the triple Entente?
Britain
France
Russian
What is the pot in the boiling point?
The trouble in the Balkans.
Why are the leaders of the Great Powers silling on the lid?
To stop the trouble in the Balkans spreading to their land.
Who are the Balkans?
Slavic people
Where are the Balkan’s?
It is between the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Why did anti-Austro-Hungary hatred increase in the Balkans after 1908?
In 1908 Austro-Hungarian annexed a Slavic area called Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The catchphrase of Serbia was ‘Where dwells a Serb, there is Serbia’: what did that mean?
Where dwells a Serb there is a Serb many people view themselves as Serbian in the Balkans.
Which country was determined to support Serbia after the Balkan Wars and which country was determined to prevent further Serbian expansion?
Russia supports Serbia. Austro-Hungary is opposed to Serbia growing.
As the once-mighty power of the Ottoman Empire was weakened?
The Balkans states demanded their independence. Local Wars broke out and made the whole area very unstable.
Now all the Slavic peoples in our great Austro-Hungarian Empire might want to break free of our Empire because…
… Austro-Hungarian because they want to join the country of Serbia. There are lots of foreign people in Austro-Hungary.
What is worse, the black hand terrorist are…
… they are a Serbian Terrorist group that are murdering lots of Austro-Hungarian powers.
Why was the navy important to Britian?
- First line of defence
- Stop rebels - in colonies
- Stop other countries stealing colonies
- Protect merchant ships
- Blocking trade routes and communication routes
What can we learn form it about why Britain needed to change their navy?
- Britain navy is out of date
- Russo-Japanese proved you need modern ships
- Kaiser Wilhelm want to rival Britain
- A published book leaded Britain ideas
What has Germany done for Britain to consider it a threat?
- 1898
- Passed the German Navel Laws
- Set up Navel League
- Admiral Tirpitz
- Set up Navel League
- Passed the German Navel Laws
- Copied the design of the dreadnought
- Germany now has the second best Navy in the world.
When was the Treaty of London signed?
1839
When was the Three Emperors’ League singed?
1873
When was the Dual Alliance signed?
1879
When was the Triple Alliance signed?
1882
When was the Franco Russian alliance signed?
1894
When was the Entente Cordiale signed?
1904
When was the Triple Entente signed?
1907
What were the 5 main Empires?
The British Empire(410 million people)
The French Empire (110 million people)
The Russian Empire (166 million people)
The Austro-Hungarian Empire (47 million people)
The German/ Prussian Empire (68 million people)
When was the siege of Metz?
19th of August-17th of August 1870
When was the battle of Sedan?
1-2 of September 1870
When was the siege of Paris?
19th of September 1870 - 28 January 1871
Who was the Chancellor (First Minister) of Prussia?
Otto van Bismark
Who is named the Emperor of France in 1852?
Napoleon III
Who was the biggest threat standing in the way of Prussia unifying north and south Germany?
France
Prince Leopold, a German, was offered the throne of which country?
Spain
Who persuaded Leopard to accept the offer?
Bismarck
What year did the Franco-Prussia War begin?
1870
What was the key battle of the Franco-Prussian War?
Sedan vs Prussia
Who was crowned Emperor of Germany?
Kaiser Wilhelm I
The French had to pay reparations to Germany and give Alsace-Lorrain. Who or what was Alsace Lorraine?
A strip of land between France and Germany
How much did France have to pay for losing the War?
5 billion Francs
