Geography
International Relations
Balkan Wars
Why?
Wildcard
100
Peninsula
What landform do the Balkans take?
100
Serbia, Greece, Romania and Montenegro
Which Balkan countries are associated with the Allies?
100
Austria and Russia
Which two countries' conflicts over Balkan land led to the first Balkan war?
100
Because of their ports and access to sea trade
Why were the Balkans so desirable to foreign powers?
100
Powder keg
What are the Balkans referred to in relation to their role in WWI?
200
Europe
What continent are the Balkans in?
200
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
Which Balkan countries were associated with the Central Powers?
200
The first Balkan War
In which war was Ottoman Empire land seized by Balkan countries?
200
Because the Ottoman Empire was declining.
Why did foreign countries feel they would be able to take Ottoman land?
200
In 1912 and 1913
When did the two Balkan wars occur?
300
Mineral production, grapes and olives. Very few, they heavily relied on imports by sea trade.
What were the Balkans' main natural resources?
300
The countries tried to influence the decisions made by Balkan League and the outcome of the First Balkan War
What were Austria-Hungary and Russia's involvement in the First Balkan War?
300
Bulgaria
Which Balkan country felt they had been cheated out of Ottoman land seized at the end of the First Balkan War?
300
The Balkan Mountains
Where does the name the Balkans come from?
300
Mlada Bosna (Young Bosnia)
What was the name of the revolutionary organization that was responsible for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
400
13 countries
How many countries are encompassed by the Balkans?
400
It caused increasing tension between the European powers that added to the build of pressure that lead to war.
What effect did the arms race have on the relationships between European powers?
400
They felt threatened by the rising power of the Balkan countries and their lack of influence there.
What effect did the Balkan Wars have in Austria-Hungary?
400
Because they were so complicated and rigid that they dragged nearly every European power into the war
Why were alliance between European countries important in the Balkan wars and WWI?
400
One month
How long did the First Balkan war last?
500
Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Constantinople (present day Turkey), Albania, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Armenia, Macedonia and Thrace.
Which countries made up the Balkans?
500
With economic assistance from France, Russia had a remarkable economic recovery that worried other European powers.
What effect did the Balkan Crisis have on Russia?
500
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a revolutionary organization
What finally sparked World War I?
500
So that Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces could break off and be united into a Greater Serbia
Why was Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
500
The treaty of Bucharest
What was the name of the treaty that split up Bulgarian land at the end of the Second Balkan War?
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