The Causes Of The First World War

Question 1

Triple alliance

Answer 1

• germany
• Austria Hungary
  -italy

Question 2

Triple entente

Answer 2

• Britain
• France
• Russia

Question 3

Why were alliances helpful

Answer 3

By forming alliances you were able to be protected against threats from other countries

Question 4

The naval race

Answer 4

• competition to build the most warships between countries
• Britain was the greatest naval power
• Germany wanted to build their army , this worried Britain
• Germany had the most powerful army in Europe
• the naval races caused tension and rivals and distrust between the alliance

Question 5

Colonial rivalry

Answer 5

• the kaiser wanted Germany to have a great empire, he wanted to test Britain and France allaince
• the kaiser tried to challenge France for control over Morocco but failed
• instead France and Britain’s alliance became stronger
• kaiser was left humiliated and outnumbered

Question 6

Assissination of archduke France Ferdinand

Answer 6

• assianted 28th June 1914
• bosnian Serbs who killed him belived that Serbia’s should control bosnia instead of Austria and was a threat to serbias independence

Question 7

Schlieffenn plan

Answer 7

Germanys plan was to avoid fighting a war on two fronts
German troops were meant to pass through Belgium and deafeat France within 6 weeks
Then they would try to defeat Russia

Question 8

Why did the schlieffen plan fail

Answer 8

• the be,glum army fought bravely and slowed down Germany
• the Russian troops fought quicker then Germany expected
• the British force helped the french to slow down Germany and stopped them to advance
• neither side was able to make further progress and had reached a stalemate