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What were Europe’s Great Powers?
Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, Germany
Why was there a rivalry between the Great Powers?
Tensions for land and markets; imperialism
What was happening in the Balkans?
The ethnic groups demanded their indpendence
In 1914, which great power did not have a standing army?
Great Britain but they had an excellent navy
Who was Germany rivaling as the world’s top industrial nation?
Great Britain
Why was France hostile to Germany?
They took land during and beat them during Franco-Rrussian War
Why did France make an alliance with Russia?
Bismark let the treaty with Russia expire
What did Bismark do to isolate France?
Create an alliance with Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary
Why did Britain create an entente with Russia and France?
France was creating a navy to compete with Britain
What is an entente?
when countries group together as a promise to not fight each other
What did Serbia want, and why?
unite Slavic nations into one nation
Who supported Serbia?
Russia
Who opposed Serbia’s mission?
Austria-Hungary
What did Austria-Hungary do to throw off Serbia’s mission?
annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina
What started the war?
Gavrilo Princip (a Bosnian radical) killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Austria-Hungary emperor heir) and his wife
Why was Germany’s alliance called the Central Powers?
They are located in the center of the European map
Why did the Ottoman’s and Bulgaria join the Central Powers?
They wanted to gain land
Why did Italy switch sides?
they accused the former alliance of unjustly starting war
Which country was almost all the war in the west fought?
France
What geographic disadvantage did Germany and Austria-Hungary have?
they were surrounded by other countries
What was the western front like?
miles and miles of trenches
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
created during Franco-Prussian War and it was focused on lighting war
Why was the Battle of Marne important?
allies stopped the Germans which means Germany’s plan failed and they had to fight a two front war
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