Alliances

Question 1

6 main countries involved in ww1

Answer 1

• Great Britain
• Germany
• Russia
• Austria Hungary
• Serbia
• France

Question 2

what did GB want to maintain before war

Answer 2

imperial/naval supremecy

Question 3

what was ‘splendid isolation’? what country had this policy

Answer 3

• not wanting involvement in European affairs

- Great Britain

Question 4

which country took over Great Britain’s chemical/steel production

Answer 4

Germany, by 1914

Question 5

what had happened to Russia in 1905

Answer 5

lost a war to Japan, they couldn’t afford another one

Question 6

what was Russia’s army like, before the war

Answer 6

large, but ill-equipped

Question 7

who did Russia have a long rivalry with? why

Answer 7

Austria Hungary bc they had a high slavic population

Question 8

when did Serbia gain independence from Turkey?

Answer 8

1878

Question 9

why did Serbia want to join with Bosnia

Answer 9

they had a large amount of Serbs living there

Question 10

what was Pan-Slavism

Answer 10

the belief that all people who spoke Slavic should live in the same political place

Question 11

what did Serbia believe in? who did this cause an issue with/why?

Answer 11

• Pan-Slavism
• Austria Hungary had a large population of Serbs
• these Serbs lived under Austrian rule, not Slavic rule

Question 12

why did France have a long rivalry with Germany?

Answer 12

defeated in the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) and and lost Alsace Lorraine as a result

Question 13

why was France/GB not on good terms, before the war

Answer 13

disagreements about territory in Africa, this was resolved in the making of their alliance

Question 14

what was France worried about, before th war

Answer 14

the growth of Germany’s military and industry

Question 15

who was Austria Hungary worried about, before the war

Answer 15

Serbia

Question 16

what did AH want to take over

Answer 16

Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

Question 17

when did Germany unify

Answer 17

1871

Question 18

what was Germany worried about, before the war

Answer 18

Russia’s growing army

Question 19

what was one of Germany’s main aims

Answer 19

to increase the size of their army and navy

Question 20

who was Otto von Bismarck

Answer 20

chancellor of Germany before war

Question 21

what did Bismarck want to maintain? how did he plan to maintain this

Answer 21

• dominance
• planned this by creating alliances
• he wanted to weaken and isolate France

Question 22

when was the triple alliance agreed

Answer 22

1882

Question 23

who was in the Triple Alliance

Answer 23

• Germany
• Austria-Hungary
• Italy

Question 24

who arranged the Triple Alliance

Answer 24

Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor

Question 25

what was the Triple Alliance designed to do?

Answer 25

- create military alliance with Italy/AH | - alienate France

Question 26

why did Germany want to alienate France

Answer 26

thought France'd want revenge after Franco-Prussian war

Question 27

who was in the Triple Entente | what agreements were included

Answer 27

- Great Britain - France - Russia - Franco-Russian agreement - Entente Cordiale - Anglo Russian agreement

Question 28

when was the Franco Russian agreement

Answer 28

1894, France and Russia

Question 29

what type of alliance was the Franco Russian agreement

Answer 29

military | - this meant they only promised to defend each other if Germany attacked them

Question 30

when was the Entente Cordiale

Answer 30

1904, Britain and France

Question 31

agreements of the Entente Cordiale

Answer 31

- France/Britain settled colonial disputes about Africa and remained on good terms - the agreements preserved Britain's supremecy

Question 32

issue of the Entente Cordiale

Answer 32

Germany saw it as a threat

Question 33

when was the Anglo Russian agreement

Answer 33

1907, Britain and Russia

Question 34

what did the Anglo Russian agreement settle

Answer 34

British/Russian colonial disputes

Question 35

why was the Anglo Russian agreement signed

Answer 35

Russia supported France after the first Moroccan crisis

Question 36

intention of the Anglo Russian agreement

Answer 36

make Germany feel encircled

Question 37

when was the League of Three Emporers signed

Answer 37

1972, Russia, Germany and AH

Question 38

why did the League of Three Emporers fail

Answer 38

Conflict with Russia/AH made it difficult for them to be in the same alliance