Unit 1 - Causes Of WW1 Flashcards
A policy by which powerful nations took control over weaker nations.
Imperialism
Territories controlled by another nation.
Colonies
A sense of pride and loyalty in one’s country.
Nationalism
Alliance consisting of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. It’s purpose was to isolate France.
Triple Alliance
An alliance consisting of France, Britain and Russia. It’s purpose was to keep the three protected against the rising powers in the Triple Alliance.
Triple Entente
A final proposal of terms, which, if rejected, would result in a declaration of war.
Ultimatum
The German attack plan to go through Belgium and attack France.
Schlieffen Plan
A battle where allied forced stalled the German advance into France just north of Paris and launched a counterattack. This caused the war of attrition, and the digging of trenches.
The Battle of Morne 1914
At this battle on the eastern front in august of 1914, the Germans caused Russia to have massive losses. The killed 30,000, took 100,000 prisoner, and captured many guns.
Tannenburg
On the western front, this was designed to be a smashing breakthrough of the German lines in July 1916. Instead, the allies took massive losses
Battle of the Somme
A coded telegram sent from Germany to Mexico, encouraging Mexico to attack the USA. What brought USA into the war.
Zimmerman Telegram
A temporary truce between two opposing parties.
Armistice/Ceasefire
Three motivations for imperialism, and why they were motivations.
1) Gold: Expand economy, get resources, get labour, get new markets.
2) God: “white man’s burden to civilize backwards people.
3) Glory: Power, prestige, security, and diplomatic advantage.
First Origin of WW1 in acronym MAIN.
Militarism/Arms Race.
Britain and Germany were competing over navy size. They stockpiled weapons and built huge armies.
Second Origin of WW1 in acronym MAIN.
Alliances.
The alliances formed turned Europe into armed camps.
Third Origin of WW1 in acronym MAIN.
Imperialism/Economic Rivalry.
Quarrels over territory caused tension and upset countries. The German economy was also outgrowing both France and Britain’s economy, which caused further tensions.
Fourth Origin of WW1 in acronym MAIN.
Nationalism.
Alsace-Lorraine was a point of French nationalistic hatred.
Germany thought the other countries were trying to stop it from having an empire.
Russia was encouraging Serbia to break free from Austria-Hungary, so they could get a warm water port.
