Lesson 1

Question 1

Explain why European nations formed alliances during the 19th and early 20th centuries

Answer 1

• to keep peace in Europe — protection from reveal nations

Question 2

Who did Britain feel threatened by in the early 1900s?

Answer 2

Germany

Question 3

Define militarisnism

Answer 3

• glorifying military power
- keeping a large standing army prepared for war
- arms race for military technology

Question 4

Explain the relationship between Bosnia and Austria-Hungary

Answer 4

• Bosnia was under the rule of Austria-Hungary

Question 5

Explain what triggered World War I

Answer 5

• June 28th, 1914 — assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Question 6

Who do most historians today blame for starting the war

Answer 6

• all parties were to blame
- Germany

Question 7

Explain Germany’s Schlieffen Plan and why it failed

Answer 7

• Germany planned to rapidly defeat France and then turn to the eastern front for a major offensive on Russia
—> plan failed because Russia mobilized troops fast