Causes Of WW1

Question 1

1st and 2nd Balkan Wars

Answer 1

1912-13:Serbia,Bulgarian,Greece and Montenegro formed the Balkan league who’s goal was to drive Turks from Europe. Turks didn’t expect the attack because they were distracted by internal resolution.

Question 2

Franco-Prussian War

Answer 2

1870-71:Group of German states led by Prussia defeated France, ending France’s rule over Europe and ended up unifying Germany

Question 3

First Moroccan Crises(Tangier Crises)

Answer 3

1905-06:Germany stated they supported Morocco independence after France had just gained control over Morocco from Britain and Spain. This caused tension between Germany and other countries involved

Question 4

Spanish-American war

Answer 4

1898: fought between US and Spain,ended with Spain losing its overseas empires and US becoming a global power, ended with treaty of Paris

Question 5

Triple Entente Formed

Answer 5

1907: due to the agreement of between Britain and Russia+Britain and France, the triple entente of France, Britain and Russia formed

Question 6

Meiji Restoration

Answer 6

1868-89: revolution in Japan that made the general lose his power, the country switched to imperial ruling, ran by emperor Meiji, transforming Japan

Question 7

Russo-Japanese War

Answer 7

1904-05:japan forced Russia out of their East Asian expansion policy, becoming 1st Asian power to defeat European power

Question 8

Wilhelm 11 proclaimed Kaiser

Answer 8

1888:Wilhelm father Frederick died from his illness and Wilhelm 11 became emperor of Germany

Question 9

Triple alliance

Answer 9

1892-1915:Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Italy to stop Italy from taking sides with Russia

Question 10

Naval arms race

Answer 10

1898-1912: 2 or more countries consistently building more and more powerful militia then the newest before. Lead to growth of militarism and caused high tensions

Question 11

Schleifen Plan

Answer 11

Aug 1914:Plan for Germany to attack the threat of Russia and France by rapid attack on France through Belgium, then attacking Russia by rail

Question 12

Berlin-Baghdad railway

Answer 12

1905-40: railway built to increase trade to and from Germany with other parts of the world, tensions were caused by this because of Germany becoming more powerful

Question 13

1905 revolution

Answer 13

1905-07:political and social unrest against the tsar, wanted russia to turn from an autocracy to a monarchy, spread throughout Russian empire

Question 14

Scramble for Africa

Answer 14

1880-1914:European powers competed to get as much control of Africa as they could get, wanted them as part of their separate empires

Question 15

Pan-slavism

Answer 15

1801-1900:movement that wanted to unite people with a similar Slavic background, causing tension between Austria and Serbia,because of threat it posed

Question 16

Second Moroccan crisis

Answer 16

1911:a German boat came to the coast of Morocco during an uprising to scare the French, causing tension

Question 17

Annexation of Bosnia

Answer 17

1908:when Austrian monarchy forcefully took control of Bosnia and herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire

Question 18

Blank Cheuque

Answer 18

1914:Germany told Austria-Hungary that they will have Germanys full support in whatever they need against Serbia

Question 19

Austro-hungarian ultimatum

Answer 19

1914:Austria forced Serbia to accept agreement that they would have to investigate into the assasination of their empire and stop anti-Austria campaigns

Question 20

Russian mobilzation

Answer 20

1914:mobilizing of Russia to threaten Austria if it invaded Serbia

Question 21

German invasion of Belgium

Answer 21

1914:Belgium was a neutral country, ended up being invaded by Germany

Question 22

Assasination of Franz Ferdinand

Answer 22

1914:Serbs killed heir to Austrian empire on his visit to Bosnia