Causes of WW1

Question 1

What were the long term causes of WW1?

Answer 1

Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism

Question 2

What were the short term causes of WW1?

Answer 2

Boer War - 1899-1900, South Africa, Ge v GB (dutch)
German Naval Law - 1900 “place in the sun”
First Moroccan Crisis - 1906 Ge v Fr
Telegraph article - 1908 “Mad as march hares”
Bosnian Crisis - 1908, annexation by AH
Agadir Crisis - 1911, Morocco, Fr v Ge
Balkan Wars - 1912-1913, Balkans v Turk, Balkans v Bul
Assassination in Sarajevo

Question 3

What alliance formed in 1881

Answer 3

Dreikaiser bund

Question 4

What alliance formed in 1882

Answer 4

Triple alliance

Question 5

What alliance formed in 1892

Answer 5

Franco-Russian

Question 6

What alliance formed in 1902

Answer 6

Anglo-Japanese Naval Agreement

Question 7

What alliance formed in 1904

Answer 7

Entente Cordiale

Question 8

What alliance formed in 1907

Answer 8

Triple entente

Question 9

What two alliances was Europe divided into in 1914

Answer 9

Triple entente and triple alliance

Question 10

Context of Weltpolitik in WW1

Answer 10

Destroyed Bismarcks web of alliances, creating confilict with GB

Question 11

Army numbers per state leading to WW1

Answer 11

Ge - 8.5m
Russia - 4.4m
France - 3.5m
A-H - 3m

Question 12

Warship numbers leading to WW1

Answer 12

GB - 185(29 dreadnaughts)
Ge - 97(17 dreadaughts)
France - 62
Italy - 36
A-H - 28