1. Analyze These Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________
SS6H6 d. Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of World War I.
Empire Building Leads to Tension and World Conflict
Your thoughts belong here….. How do you feel about what’s going on?
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__________________nations such as Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and many more were building empires all over the world. They were all especially eager in building ____________ in _________. Due the abundance of _____________, many countries were _______________to __________the land first.
Analyze These

3. Asia in 1914
Large portions of _______ were also controlled by ___________ powers directly or by i___________ local leaders
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- ______________nations were constantly looking for more ______to ____________.
- These colonies _______Europe with ________, _______________and added to their sense of ___________or __________.
- Since ____________ controlled __________ and most of ____________, few areas were left to colonize.
- This created ________ between the old ____________countries of ______________and _________and the newer rising powers of __________ Russia, and Italy.
How does this picture represent Imperialism?
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Your thoughts…..
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- Nationalism is a feeling of _____________ __________to one’s country.
- Tension caused by nationalism led to WWI.
- Nationalism caused new nations to be formed such as Germany and Italy.
- These nations challenged the _________position of older European nations.
- Nationalism also threatened to break apart empires, such as _________________, because different ___________ groups wanted independent nations of their own.
Think about something that you are really intense about… something that you have a lot of pride in …… what would you be willing to give up for it?
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Why would building up a military be a threat to other countries?
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- Nations began __________up their __________ to protect their very ____________colonies.
- As the militaries grew bigger, all of the countries began to feel ____________ by each others’ huge armies.
- This created _________among Europe and _____________ ________ developed between the countries
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By 1914, Europe had divided into _____ powerful alliances:
TRIPLE ALLIANCE TRIPLE ENTENTE
Germany Great Britain
Austria-Hungary France
Italy Russia