WW1 Vocab Terms Flashcards
Long term cuases of WW1
militarism
alliance system
imperialism
nationalism
the building up of armed forces to use as a tool of diplomacy can lead to an arms race caused tension among the major European powers leading up to WW1
MIlitarism
groups of european countries joined together in mutual defense agreements this caused tension between the major European powers, Triple Alliance and Triple Entante
System of alliance
the major European powers were in a contest for colonies and territory all over the world before WW1the competition led to growing tensions
Imperialism
when a country does what it beleives is best for itself this sometimes causes tenision with other countries because all countries tend to act for themselves
Nationalism
an agreement that if any country in the agreement is attacked all members of the agreement will help the country that was attacked
Mutual defense Agreement
Triple alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungray, Itialy
Triple Entante
France, Russia, Great britian
the heir to the Austro Hungarian throne he was assassinated and caused the short term cause of WW1
Archduke Ferdinand
the Austro-Hungarian emperor at the beggining of WW1
Franz Josef
a serbian nationalist
organization in Bosnia their members conspired to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand
Black Hand
the young Serbain nationalist who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
germanys plan to quickly win a two front war against both france and russia the plan involded sending almost all of germanys troops into france to caprture paris, this assumed britian would not enter the war and germany could win a war in 6 weeks
Schlieffen Plan
a group of counties during WW1, Great Britian, france, Russia, Itialy, and the US
Allies
the group that fought against the Allies was made up of germany, Austria-Hungary ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
Central powers