WW1

Question 1

1.what is the definition of militarism
2.How did it contribute to world war one

Answer 1

1. the policy of building up or creating a large army
2. As one country increased its army, so all the other countries felt the need to increase their armies to keep the ‘Balance of Power’ in 1908 all the other nations were militaristic, especially Germany and Austria hungary

Question 1

what is the naval race ?

Answer 1

Britain and Germany clashed over the size of their navies so in 1900 kaiser Whilhelm began to build up the German navies. in 1906 Britain built a battleship, called the HMS dreadnought this battleship could out gun and out race any other battleship. Germany started to build their own version of the dreadnought in 1908, so the the naval race began.
by 1914, Britain had won the naval race. Britain had 29 ships and Germany had 17.

Question 1

1.what is the definition of an alliance
2. how did it contribute to ww1

Answer 1

1. an agreement between 2 countries often providing military support.
   2.the countries of Europe thought that the Alliances system would help prevent war. But it tied the countries together, so that when one country went to war, the others felt they needed to follow.

Question 1

what % of Africa was colonised ?

Answer 1

90 % only Ethiopia and Liberia were not colonised

Question 1

In The Rubber Coils
1. how does this political cartoon represent imperialism ?
2. who does the snake represent and why
3. what does the caption ‘In The Rubber Coils ‘?
4. with whom does the cartoonists sympathy’s lie with ?

Answer 1

1. the king (King Leopord II) exploiting them for raw materials to sell globally and making misery and suffering for the people of the Congo.
2. King Leopord II of Belgium
3. it is a representative of how the king would force the people to get rubber or they would face horrible punishment
4. the people of the Congo. this cartoon show that the man has nothing to fight with showing how helpless they were.

Question 1

what are some reasons why the ‘Scramble Of Africa’ occured.

Answer 1

industrial revolution - a need for more new raw materials and new markets which Africa offered.
weaponry- The development of riffles and machine guns ment that Europeans had an advantage on poorly armed Africa.
political factors-European nations couldn’t expand within Europe so they had to look overseas to increase their wealth and power and influence.
Sense of Duty-many influence europeans believed that they had a duty to bring order, stability and christianity to pagon Africa. They claimed they were improving the lives of the African people by possessing their land but they were actually motivated by self- interest and exploiting many African resources.

Question 1

what was the size of all these European powers armies ?
Germany
Russia
France
Austria-Hungary

Answer 1

Germany 8.5 million men
Russia 4.4 million men
France 4.4 million men
Austria-Hungary 3 million men

Question 1

1. who was in the Triple Alliance
2. who was in the Triple Entente

Answer 1

1. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and ottomon Empire
2. France, Britain, and Russia

Question 1

why did countries form alliances ?

Answer 1

These alliances created a balance of power in Europe that some hoped would actually prevent war.

Question 1

locate 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 on the map

Answer 1

1. Britain
2. France
3. Germany
4. Russia
5. Austria-Hungary
6. Italy

Question 2

1. what is the definition of imperialism
2. how did it contribute to WW1

Answer 2

1. a country (attempts) extend its power and influence over other countries, through diplomacy or military force (colonisation)
   2.as countries like Britain and France expanded their empires, it resulted in increased tensions among European countries.

Question 2

weaponry developed before WW1

Answer 2

spending on weapons increased dramatically between 1872 and 1912. More destructive weapons were developed, like motars the repeating riffle, and the machine gun.

Question 3

1. what is the definition of nationalism?
2. How did this contribute to ww1

Answer 3

1. is believing that a nation is superior to other nations, feeling over confident in their government and military power and believe they would win if war ever broke out.
2. many nations believed that they were entitled to self-rule and sought to expand their power and influence.

Question 4

how was nationalism shown in Europe seen in Britain Germany and Russia ?

Answer 4

Britain belived that their naval powers, and their large colonial empire would give them the upper hand in any war
Germany put their faith in their military efficiency, industrial base and growing fleet of battleships and u boats
russia belived that their large land based army, and enormouse population would give them a advantage over the samll western european nations.

Question 5

nationalism in the Balkans

Answer 5

nationalism in the Balkans before ww1 wasn’t about military power or supremacy. it was about different slavic groups wanting to have their own nation, and be free to rule themselves. The Balkans were known as the “Powder Key of Europe” because of constant disagreement over land distribution and extreme nationalism.

Question 6

what was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 6

on the 28 June 1914 he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of a Serbian nationalist group called the “black hand”.
The ageing Austro-Hungarian emperor was reluctant to goo to war with Serbia. However, the assassination of his nephew and his heir, along with the full support of the German army, led him to declare war on Serbia.

Question 7

when was the offical date of ww1

Answer 7

28 july 1914