Causes of the First World War

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What was the name of the group that assassinated Franz Ferdinand?
The Black Hand
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Who was in the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Who was in the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, Russia
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What was the name of Germany's leader in 1914?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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What was the name given to the piece of land that Germany took from France in 1870?
Alsace-Lorraine
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What was the name given to the plan that started the war?
Schlieffen Plan
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Which was the neutral country in Europe?
Belgium
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What was the piece of paper signed by all Greater Countries?
The Treaty of London
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Which country wanted Morocco for their empire?
France
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What was the name of the 2nd Moroccan Crisis?
The Agadir Crisis
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Who threw the bomb at the Archduke's car?
Vaso Čubrilović
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What was the name given to the ship that started the naval race?
The Dreadnought
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What was the name of the country that supported Serbia?
Russia
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What did Austria-Hungary send to Serbia?
A Ten-point Ultimatum
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What were the MAIN causes of the First World War?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
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How were the British and German leaders related?
Cousins
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What was Austria-Hungary before the First World War?
A sprawling empire in central Europe
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What was the Entente Cordiale?
Britain & France working together as a secret arrangement
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What kind of alliance was the Triple Alliance?
A defensive alliance
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Who was the Triple Entente alliance aimed at?
Germany and Austria-Hungary
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What was 'Splendid Isolation'?
When Britain played very little part in events in Europe
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What was Britain and Russia keen to sort out?
The areas of difference in the Middle East
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Was there ever a Triple Entente?
No. No such alliance actually existed
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Which year did Wilhelm become Kaiser?
1888
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What was the Kaiser going to do with France?
Interfere with French interests in Morocco
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What did France already have in North Africa?
Colonies/an empire
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Where did the conference take place and when?
Algeciras in Spain, 1906
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Who supported who at the conference?
Austria-Hungary: Germany, Britain & Russia: France
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Who did France occupy in 1911?
Fez in Morocco
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What did the Kaiser send to Agadir?
A gunboat called the Panther
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What did Britain think that Wilhelm was trying to do?
That he was trying to set up a German naval base in Morocco
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What Lloyd George do to Germany?
Directly warned them
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What did Lloyd George warn them about?
That Britain would back the French by war if it was necessary
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Why was Serbia so angry in 1908?
Because of Austria-Hungary
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Why was it that Serbia was angry with Austria-Hungary?
They had annexed Bosnia
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