major powers in europe

Question 1

what were the 5 powerful countries in europe in the beginning of the twentieth century-1900

Answer 1

Britain-constitutional monarchy
Austria Hungary: absolute monarchy
Germany: absolute monarchy
France: republic monarchy
Russia: absolute monarchy

Question 2

what 3 countries were ruled with absolute monarchy?

Answer 2

russia
austria hungary
britain

Question 3

what country was ruled with republic?

Answer 3

France

Question 4

what country was ruled with constitutional monarchy?

Answer 4

Britain

Question 5

define absolute monarchy-

Answer 5

absolute monarchy is when a monarchy has total power and control without any laws restraining them or limits e.t.c

Question 6

define consitutional monarchy-

Answer 6

a system of government in which a country is ruled by a king and queen whose power is limited by a constitution-set of principles/rules by which a country is organised.

Question 7

ruler of britain
governed?
empire?
key issues-

Answer 7

George V-1910-36
parliament ruled
1914-britains empire consisted of 400m people across Britain enabled britian to become an industrial power
issues-status declining as USA,germany and france were developing and peaking to the top with britain.

Question 8

ruler of russia-
governed?
empire?
key issues-

Answer 8

Tsar Nicholas 1911-17 -1 year b4 war ended
increasinly unpopular after russo japanese war
no government
russia was the largest country in the world with 160m people.no overseas territories but took control of neighbouring countries e.g ukraine.
issues- 85 percent lived in harsh conditions in the countryside
very few people ahd rights and freedom
parliamen elected in 1905 proposed laws but tsar often rejected them

Question 9

ruler of france-republic
governed?
empire?
key issues-

Answer 9

governed by elected president and mostly made up of army generals
60m -empire-mainly in west/north africa
issue-in 1870 france lost land alsace lorraine-defeated to germany and also falling behind them and britain in terms of trade and population

Question 10

when was the franco prussian war?

Answer 10

1870

Question 11

when did the parliament for russia get elected?

Answer 11

1905

Question 12

define territories-

Answer 12

an area of a land ruled and belonging to someone

Question 13

define empire-

Answer 13

a group of territories of people under one ruler

Question 14

tsar nicholas monarch until

Answer 14

1917-had to abdicate his throne-

Question 15

define abdicate-

Answer 15

renounce ones throne

Question 16

george v became king how much yrs before war?

Answer 16

4 years (became king in 1910)

Question 17

define balkans-

Answer 17

an area fought between the central powers and allied pwers

Question 18

ruler of germany?
governed?
empire?
issues?

Answer 18

Kaiser Wilhem-absolute monarchy
no parliament ;ruled himself
empires were much smaller than the european’s empires
issues-many workers were very poor and wanted a change so formed opposition groups

Question 19

ruler of austria hungary?
governed?
empire?
issues?

Answer 19

Franz Joseph next heir (nephew) franz ferdinand and his wife sophie
empire-union between austria and hungary in 1867- empire consisted of many cultures, langugages and some areas had beg on to call for idependance-wanted to expand into the balkans
issues- tensions beteen many different ethnic groups within the empire with unpopular government and an aging emperor in his 80s which many sae as being reason of austria hungary declinig and falling.

Question 20

which leaders were cousins?

Answer 20

tsar nicholas -russia
george v- england
kaiser wilhem- germany

Question 21

define absolute monarchy:

Answer 21

when you have total power and rule freelu

Question 22

define republic

Answer 22

a country that elects a president as their leader

Question 23

when was austria -hungary formed?

Answer 23

1867

Question 24

what was kaiser wilhem’s main ambition?

Answer 24

to build germany’s empire

Question 25

Define Industry

Answer 25

a group of manufacturers/businesses/area that produces good services and is where business occurs