Long Term Causes Of WW1

Question 1

What is MAIN?

Answer 1

Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism

Question 2

Why is MAIN important?

Answer 2

Because MAIN are the general long term reasons for WW1

Question 3

What are the MAIN long term reasons?

Answer 3

Militarism: Most empires had confidence in their armies and some wanted to build back morale after losses.
Alliance: In Europe there were 2 main alliances, the triple alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy) and the triple entente (UK, Russia, France)
Imperialism: Many European countries wanted larger empires.
Nationalism: Most people were proud of their country so pride and moral were high.

Question 4

Give examples of MAIN.

Answer 4

M: There had been a recent arms race and new military inventions.
A: The triple alliance and triple entente are obvious examples but also the British-Belgian alliance.
I: Germany’s best colony was taken by Britain
N: Austria-Hungary’s annexed countries hated each other so nationalism was rather low.