MUN World History Module 19.1-2 Study Guide

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