The Origins of the First World War

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The Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
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The Triple Entente
Britain, France and Russia
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Entente Cordiale
the ‘friendly agreement’ between Britain and France
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Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
the emperor of Germany
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Describe the First Moroccan Crisis
Germany visited Tangier in 1905 in order to support independent Morocco and stop France from occupying it.
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The Conference of 1906
The Algeciras Conference that decided France and Spain would have joint control of the Moroccan police force
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The Bosnian Crisis
Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia in an attempt to stop their empire collapsing
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The Agadir Crisis/ Second Moroccan Crisis
In 1911, there was a revolution in Morocco and France went to support the Sultan. Germany opposed this by sending the Gunboat Panther to the port of Agadir to ‘protect German interests’
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What is a Dreadnought?
A very powerful boat developed by the British in 1906 and the main cause of the Naval Race
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Which country had the largest army in 1914?
Russia
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Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne
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Who is Gavrilo Princip?
The 19 year old who shot the Archduke
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Where did the assassination take place?
Sarajevo
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Who were the Black Hand?
A Serbian Terrorist group
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Who was Conrad von Hotzendorf?
The leader of the Austrian war party
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What was Point 6 of the Ultimatum?
Austria-Hungary would take control of the police in Serbia
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What was the Treaty Britain were protecting when they entered the war?
The Treaty of London
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Britain, France and Russia

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The Triple Entente

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the ‘friendly agreement’ between Britain and France

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the emperor of Germany

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Germany visited Tangier in 1905 in order to support independent Morocco and stop France from occupying it.

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