History Semester 2

what are the 4 major long term causes of ww1?

M-Militarism

A-Alliances

I-Imperialism

N-Nationalism

What is militarism?

A belief that a country should stay strong with military

What are some examples of millaterism?

-Germany and Britain competed in an arms race

-Germany wanted a Navy that could rival Britains

-dreadnaught battleships became a significant invention

What were some alliances during World War I?

Britain, France and Russia versus Germany, Austria- Hungary and Ottoman empire

What were the impacts of alliances?

-alliances were performed during the eighteen hundreds to 1900s

-alliance is allowed local conflict to spread

What is imperialism?

Practice/policy extending a countries power through political control

What are some examples of imperialism?

-European powers had built the largest empires

-Britain was the most dominant by the 1900

-Germany became unified and wanted its own place

-Africa became a hotspot for colonisation

What is nationalism?

Uniting people with common ethnic backgrounds

What was an effect of nationalism?

Created conflicts, including the balkans

What is an example of nationalism?

Serbia, I wanted to unite the Slovak back people under its rules

How is MAIN a direct lead to World War I

MAIN is a perfect representation of the tensions in Europe which eventually lead to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

What caused the balkans conflict?

-The Ottoman Empire was losing territory in the Balkans

-Serbia wanted to unite with Bosnia Herzegovina

-Austria, Hungary wanted Bosnia Herzegovina Because of Serbia

-In 1908 Austria, annexed Hungary and Bosnia Governor angering Serbia

How did France Ferdinand get assassinated?

-On 28th of June 1914 archduke France Ferdinand heir to the Austria- Hungarian throne visited Sarajevo

-he and his wife Sophie were assassinated as second attempt. This was a trigger of World War I.

What were the impacts after France Ferdinand‘s death?

-Austria, Hungary sent mending letters to Serbia

-Serbia agreed to most of them

-Austria, Hungary asked for Germany support in the war

-Russia became mobile to support Serbia

-European rulers tried preventing war

-All alliances led to the domino effect

What is the schlieffen plan? And when was it created?

Germany designed it in 1904 for a possible two front war

What is plan 17?

Plan 17 was designed by France. It was an offensive plan to recapture Alsace- Lorraine.

Friends tactics relied heavily on elan vital

What did the French not Expect during plan 17

Germany’s attack from Belgium

What does the schlieffen and plan do?

Invade France first defeat France then go against Russia