Unit 7.2 - Causes of WWI

Question 1

MANIA

Answer 1

Causes of WWI, Long Term: Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism; Short Term: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 2

Militarism

Answer 2

A way that countries tried to show off their strength through war/armed forces as they competed for dominance

Question 3

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 3

Member of the Black Hand (nationalist group wanting to end Austro-Hungarian presence in the Balkans) who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand

Question 4

Who declared war on who?

Answer 4

Austria-Hungary on Serbia with the help of Germany who declared war on Russia, then on France, Britain declared war on Germany, and Austria declared war on Russia

Question 5

Triple Entente

Answer 5

Secret alliance between Britain, France, and Russia

Question 6

Effects of WWI

Answer 6

Downfall of the Russian, Ottoman, Austria-Hungary, and German empires, redrew maps of Europe/Mid. East with newly formed countries out of Ottoman Empire/Austria-Hungary territory, Germany lost all its overseas colonies to the Allies, and the beginning of the end of colonialism

Question 7

Self-Determination

Answer 7

The nationalistic idea that people of the same ethnicity/language, culture, and political ideals should be united and become an independent nation-state