9, Origins of the Great War

Question 1

What was the globalised world

Answer 1

1900-14
Technological developments: railways, telegraph, postal service, shipping – brought different parts of world closer together, more efficient communication
Developed economy and culture
This world collapsed at outbreak of WW1

Question 2

How many WW1 combatants were there?
central Powers
Allied Powers

Answer 2

32
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Turkey
Serbia, Russia (defeated 1918), Belgium, France, Britian, Italy (entered 1915)
US an associated power (1917)

Question 3

How was Germany powerful before the war?

Answer 3

Most powerful army in Europe
Built large navy to rival British through 1st, 2nd and 3rd Navy Law

Question 4

How did France ally itself with other nations pre-WW1?

Answer 4

French German resentment over Alsace-Lorianne

1892 France-Russian Alliance - common cause between French and Russians

British and French competition with Germany over Africa - Entente Cordiale, 1904 (acknowledgement of mutual concerns, not an alliance) and Anglo-French Military talks (1906)

Question 5

How did Britian ally itself with other nations pre-WW1?

Answer 5

1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance – Japan a rising power – ally in Asia against China meant British could focus on Mediterranean
1904 Entente Cordiale – French
1907 Anglo-Russian Cordiale

Question 6

What was Russian Pan Slavism

Answer 6

A Salvation and should have sympathy for other Slav peoples (Austria-Hungarians) - sought cooperation with A-H

Question 7

What created Russio-Asutrian tensions pre-WW1?

Answer 7

To reassure Austrians after failure of Russio-Austrian cooperation, Moltke (German Chief of Staff) told Austria-Hungary: “the moment Russia mobilizes, Germany with also mobilize” - Germany with Austria-Hungary

Question 8

How did the Balkans threaten the Ottoman Empire?

Answer 8

Huge rise in Nationalism
Balkan Wars, 1912-1913