Militarism
Define Militarism:
belief that a country should maintain a strong military and use it aggressively to defend or promote its interests
What is an alliance?
agreement of protection or backing up of one country by another
Define Imperialism:
the belief that a strong nation must take over weaker territories to expand their power
Define Nationalism:
intense form of patriotism or pride for one's country
The assassination of who is seen as the immediate cause of WW1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Militarism resulted in this, where countries competed to build the largest and most technologically advanced militaries
Arms Race
How did the alliance system cause WW1?
a number of countries signed alliances so when one went to war they all went to war
What did strong nations use their colonies for?
Strengthening themselves (exploiting resources and labor)
What was Nationalism used to justify?
placing a nation's interest above others
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a display of tension between what two countries?
Serbia and Austria-Hungary
How did militarism causes WW1?
Competition between countries led to them wanting to show their military power / created rivalries to have the most powerful military
Name the two major alliances involved in WW1?
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
What did rivalries between countries competing for new territories cause?
Caused them to build up their militaries
How did countries use nationalism to get people to enlist in their armies?
Propaganda (Posters)
Name of the secrete military society that was responsible for planning the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Black Hand
Which country had the most warships?
Britain
Name the members of the Triple Alliance:
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
What were countries called that owned colonies or influence outside of their boarders?
Empires (Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary Empire)
Name of the iconic character created in America to influence Americans to enlist in the army:
Uncle Sam
What group of people did Serbia want to unify into one nation called Greater Serbia?
Europe's Southern Slavic population.
Which country was Britain's main rival in the arms race?
Germany
Name the members of the Triple Entente:
England, France, and Russia
What continent was seen as the last frontier for colonization and had many of the 6 great powers involved in WW1 competing over land in it?
Africa
What was our second definition of Nationalism that could explain the tension between Austria-Hungary and Serbia
each distinct nationality (group of people that speak the same language) should have their own country
Name of the man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Gavril Princip