The Causes Of The First World War

The Causes Of First World War

AQA Modern World History

UNIT 1 (International Relations: Conflict and Peace in the 20th Century)

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What were the names of the alliances of Europe in 1914?
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
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Who were the allies of The Triple Alliance?
Italy, Austria-Hungary and Germany
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Who were the allies of The Triple Entente?
Great Britain, France and Russia
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What did Germany think the Triple Entente was doing?
Encircling them
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What did the Kaiser want?
A Place in the Sun
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Which country was Austria-Hungary worried about and why?
Serbia, because of it's relationship with Russia
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Who was the most decietful member of The Triple Alliance?
Italy
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What Policy was used by Britain to prosper?
Splendid Isolation
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Who did Britain think would ruin Splendid Isolation?
Germany
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What was Splendid Isolation?
No formal alliances, huge empire ("the sun never set") and is early industry was very strong
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What was France bitter about?
The taking of Alsace-Lorraince by Germany
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What was it's main aim?
To defend itself from another attack from Germany
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Who was the instable leader of Russia in the early 1900s?
Tsar Nicholas
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What does "Weltpolitik" mean?
World Policy (used to describe Kaiser Wilhelm's aim to be a major player in world affairs)
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What event happened in 1905-06?
The First Moroccan Crisis
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Where was the conference held that resulted in Germany still not having an empire held in 1906?
Algericas, Spain
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What happened in 1911?
The Second Moroccan Crisis, wher ethe was a rebellion in Fez and the French came in and helped. Germany challenged this as an attempt to colonize Morroco
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What did Germany send to Morroco in 1911?
The Gunboat Panther
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What did Germany get for accepting France's control of Morocco?
Two marshy strips of land in the French Congo (Germany was humiliated and wanted war)
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What was also known as "fearless" and made all other ships redundant?
The Dreadnought
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Why did Britain need a strong navy?
Britain is an island, has a large overseas empire and has small army (only country not to have enforced conscription by 1914)
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What was the BEF?
British Expeditionary Force (The British field force sent to France in World War, BEF remained the official name of the British Army in France and Flanders throughout the remainder of the First World War.)
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What does "Entente Cordiale" mean?
"Friendly Agreement" (between France and Britain)
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What caused the Bosnian Crisis?
The Turkish Revolution, 1908, which leads to the annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary
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Who were the "Black Hand Gang"?
A secret society of 25,000 members aimed at uniting all Serbs in a Greater Serbia
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Why was Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo?
To get support from the Bosnians and to win over the Serbs
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What was the significance of June 28th?
Holiest day in Serbian Orthodox Church, celebrate martyrs who died for Greater Serbia and to remember Greater Serbia
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What was the Plan of the "Black Hand Gang"?
To assasinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand while he tours Sarajevo
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What actually happened in Sarajevo?
First assasin misses chance
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Who were the allies of The Triple Alliance?

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What did Germany think the Triple Entente was doing?

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What did the Kaiser want?

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