1. M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI

2. Long Term & Short Term Causes
Long Term Cause: happened a long time before the event; lasting impact/influence/consequences
Short Term Cause: happened immediately before the event; usually considered the “triggers”
World War I was an event created by a combination of both long term (ie. arms race) and short term causes (ie. the assassination in Sarajevo)

3. M.A.I.N. Causes
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

4. Militarism Belief in peace through superior fire power
Strong Military = deterrent
“Arms Race”

5. Alliances Signed treaties in which each nation
involved pledges to defend the other
if attacked by an aggressor.
Basically, countries agreed to help each
other.

7. Imperialism Domination by one country over the political,
economic or cultural life of another
country or region.
Due to the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s, some European nations had a large portion of the world under their control.
Think colonies!

8. Nationalism Extreme Pride and fanatical patriotism
Most Ethnic Groups wanted to be their own country
Balkans=Powder Keg
In terms of WWI, nationalism became aggressive and subsequently (because of this) a major cause of international tension.

9. Think about this question
Assassination
On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip ,a Serbian, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to the Austria Hungarian Throne
Think about this question
How was this one event so important to the beginning of World War I?