WW1 - Great Powers

Question 1

What countries had been building empires?

Answer 1

Britain, France, Italy and Austria-Hungary

Question 2

What did colonies provide?

Answer 2

Access to raw materials for growing industries providing wealth.

Question 3

What did Germany want to do after recently becoming a one country?

Answer 3

Make itself a strong world power, which made other European powers nervous.

Question 4

Land = ? = ? which creates ? and tension between ? countries.
Fill in the ?

Answer 4

Money
Power
Rivalry
Tension
Colinising

Question 5

What was Britain’s Empire like?

Answer 5

Largest oversees empire in the world, strong navy, 64 battleships, smaller army, first to have industrial revolution - very rich.

Question 6

What was Russia’s empire like?

Answer 6

Mainly in Asia but none overseas, 1.2 million soldiers.

Question 7

Where did it want to expand and why?

Answer 7

South east Europe so they had ports that didn’t freeze in the winter.
The Balkans so its navy would have access to the Mediterranean Sea.