By: Emma Kious

There were two different alliances during World War I (or also known as the Great War) Triple Alliance Triple Entente

 Forged in 1882  Included: Germany Italy Austria-Hungary Triple alliance Germany Italy Austria- Hungary

 The triple Entente included: France Russia Great Britain  It was originally called the Dual Entente in 1884, with only France and Russia but in 1907, Great Britain came in and thus was born the Triple entente Triple alliance Germany Italy Austria- Hungary

 Colonies often helped their country, creating a lot of advantages  For instance, Great Britain, that had a lot of big colonies

Spain Germany Italy Japan United states Ottoman empire Netherlands Portugal France Colonizing countries Britain Colonial empires in 1917 Colonized countries Britain France Spain Portugal Germany Italy Netherlands Japan United states Ottoman empire

 North Atlantic Treaty Organization includes: United States Canada parts of Western Europe Northern Europe Central Europe Eastern Europe Turkey

 Common Security and Defence Policy includes Sweden Hungary Slovakia Austria Estonia Lithuania Bulgaria Ireland Latvia

 Shanghai Cooperation Organization includes : China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan

 Collective Security Treaty Organization includes : Russia Armenia Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan

 Peace and Security Council includes: Zimbabwe Kenya Equatorial Guinea Nigeria Libya Angola Lesotho Djibouti  All these countries are either elected to serve for 2 years, or 3 years Tanzania Cameroon Congo Guinea Ivory Coast Gambia Egypt

 Union of South American Nations includes: almost the whole south American countries

 En.wikipedia.org (1853). List of military alliances - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Retrieved from: tary_alliances [Accessed: 23 Jan 2013].  Beck, R. et al. (n.d.). World history - patterns of interactions. New York: New York edition.