1. World War I
The War to End All Wars

2. Setting The Stage For War
Essential Question
What were the conditions that made war likely?

3. Setting The Stage For War
Factors Leading to War
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

4. Setting The Stage For War
Militarism
Believing that a country’s strength is found in a powerful military.
Germany, France and Russia had grown HUGE armies, leading to an Arms Race
Arms Race: Building more powerful and greater numbers of weapons than a rival.

6. Militarism A World War I Era German Battleship
A World War I Era Russian Army Unit

7. Setting The Stage For War
Alliance
An agreement among nations to help defend one another.
Pre-1914 alliances: * The Triple Entente England France Russia * The Triple Alliance Germany Austria/Hungary Italy

9. Setting The Stage For War
The Alliance System
These alliances bound each nation to war if their ally went to war.

10. Setting The Stage For War
Imperialism
A desire to expand power through colonizing other lands all over the world.
Colonize: Establishing settlements in foreign countries and ruling over the native people
By 1914 most lands had been colonized, but countries still wanted to expand.

12. Setting The Stage For War
Nationalism
A feeling of intense loyalty to one’s ethnic group or country
Ethnic Group: People who share a common country, origin, language, or set of traditions
Nationalism leads people to see their ethnic group as superior to all others.