Causes of World War I **Use your “Causes of World War One Reading/Worksheet to Answer these questions!!!” Weichen Lin Ms. Williams 10/16/14

Causes of World War 1 (August 1914) Picture of World War 1: Main Causes: (you do not need to add anything here…this is just your list of causes!) 1.Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand 2.Alliances 3.Imperialism 4.Militarism 5.Nationalism 6.Crises

1. Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand Picture of Franz FerdinandAnswer these Questions: What is an assassination? Was his death the ONLY cause of World War One (WWI)?

2. Alliances Picture:Answer these Questions: What is an alliance? What are allies? Why was signing alliances important? What does triple mean? Google these two questions: – Which countries were allied (included in) by the Triple Alliance? – Which countries were allied by the Triple Entente?

3. Imperialism Picture:Answer these Questions: What is imperialism? By 1900, how many continents were included in the British empire? What continent did France have most of the ownership/control over? What continent did Germany have a little ownership/control of? – *Germany was “annoyed” by imperialism because they didn’t have much land and tried to get land later than Germany & France

4. Militarism Picture:Answer these Questions: What is militarism? “Arms Race” means that countries were trying to get the most guns as quickly as possible. Which two countries doubled their army size between 1870 & 1914? Which two countries were fighting for control (mastery) of the sea? What was the British’s “Dreadnought”? Fill in the correct countries: A German army officer (named Schlieffen) made a plan to attack ___________ through _________ if __________ made an attack on Germany (this plan was called the Schlieffen plan).

5. Nationalism Picture:Answer these Questions: What does nationalism mean? What is a supporter? After the Napoleonic wars, a meeting was held called the Congress of Vienna. Both Germany and Italy were divided countries (people did not get along). Both Germany and Italy re-unified (came together) due to __________?

6. Crises: Moroccan Crisis **Crisis were important because allies stuck together to help each other fight off other countries!** Picture:Answer these Questions: What is a crisis? The Moroccan Crisis of 1904: – Morocco was a country that was given to France by Britain. – The people in Morocco (Moroccans) wanted independence and Germany supported them. – In 1911, Germany protested against France and said let the Moroccans be independent! – But Germany supported France owning Morocco and they gave Germany land called the French Congo to get them to stop opposing France.

7. Crisis: Bosnian Crisis **Crisis were important factors because allies stuck together to help each other fight off other countries!** Picture:Answer these Questions: In 1908, the country of Austria- Hugary took control of the country of Bosnia The people in the country of Russia/Serbians were angry because they wanted Bosnia Serbia threatened to fight Austria-Hungary for Bosnia Since Germany was allies with Austria-Hungary, this meant that they would help Austria-Hungary Germany prepared to fight Russia; There was no war because Russian backed down.

World War 1 (Google the answers for these!) Picture:Answer these Questions: When did WWI start? The war was against the Allies vs. the Central Powers. What countries were in the allies? What countries were in the Central Powers? Who won the war??