term 4 final exams Flashcards
World war 1 lasted for … from …
4 years
1914 - 1918
Allied powers: …
Britain, France, Italy and Russia
Central powers: …
Germany, Austria-Hungery and Turkey.
These event in Balkans led to WW1:
- The ottoman Empire was collapsing
- Serbia became an independent state. (Serbia was part of the Ottoman Empire)
- Austria was concerned about the growing power of Serbia in the Balkans and wanted to take control of Serbia.
(Austria also had the Austrian Empire)
… was the heir to the throne in Austria.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
He was an
…man but a …, he was and …
unpopular
family man
compassionate
caring
why did Austria want to go to war with Serbia …
in order to destroy Serbia’s
independence.
Austria had troops in …
Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia. (Bosnia was part of the
Austrian Empire)
… and … are countries that are right next to each other.
bosina
serbia
Many people in Serbia were willing to help Bosnia leave the Austrian empire.
One of those people was … who was part of the Black Hand
Gavrilo Princip
what was the black hand
was a military group in Serbia
Gavrino Princip was a … who wanted to help …
Serbian
Bosnia get out of the
Austrian Empire,
On Sunday, 28th June, 1914
…., Franz Ferdinand and his wife went to Sarajevo
by train then took a car to the City Hall (the cars top was rolled back).
Someone of the Black hand threw a hand grenade but it exploded under the
next car (missed the intended car).
The car that the Archduke was in then sped off to the City Hall.
Princip was also there attending the procession, because he wanted to assassinate the Archduke.
As the Archduke and his wife left the City Hall, Princip was in the street with a gun in his pocket waiting for them.
As the Archduke and his wife drove past him, Princip shot them dead.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the … throne
Austrian
Gavrilo Princip was a ….
Serbian
Austria now found a reason to go to war
with Serbia. what was the reason
Due to the fact that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian throne and Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian.
The following countries joined the war:
> Russia was supporting Serbia.
France then joined Russia by supporting Serbia.
Germany fought with Austria
Germany wanted to get France out the war fast in order to fight with…
Russia.
On their way to France, the German troops invaded…
Belgium.