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Name the three types of armaments race
Army Race, Arms race and Naval Race
What was the name of the alliance which is used to isolate France
Triple Alliance
Why did the European powers compete for oversea colonies?
To get resources and markets
the desire of the people of the same race and culture to govern themselves
What was the First and Second Moroccan Crisis about?
First Moroccan Crisis: Germany’s Kaiser William II visited Morocco to support its dependence of Morocco but France did not support. Eventually, Germany was deafted diplomatically.
Second Moroccan Crisis: There was a riot in Morocco and France sent troops to suppress the riot and Germany sent a gunboat to the port of Agadir.
What were Britain and Germany competing for?
Building dreadnoughts
Name the countries involved Triple Alliance and Triple Entente.
Triple Alliance:Germany,Austria-Hungary and Italy
Triple Entente: Britain, France & Russia
What did the European powers do to protect their own industrial development?
They restricted their import of goods
territorial expansion, national glory, use of force
Bosnia Crisis - Bosnia-Herzegovina
What was the purpose for armaments race?
To protect their overseas colonies and economic interests/ To protect their national security and overseas interests.
When was the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente made?
Triple Alliance:1882
Triple Entente:1907
What were the three incidents that were about territorial conflicts between the powers? Which countries were involved?
Moroccan Crises - France & Germany
Tunisia Incident - Italy and France
Fashoda Incident - France and Britain
What was the desire of France and Austria-Hungary?
France: Take revenge on Germany and get back Alsace Lorraine
Austria-Hungary: Expand in the balkans to regain national glory. Also, It also suppressed Slavic separatist activities to combat against Pan-Slavism
What was the two Balkan Wars about? Which countries were in the Balkan League?
First Balkan War: The Balkan League declared war on the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was defeated and lost most of its territories in the Balkans.
Second Balkan War: Bulgaria was not satisfied with the territories it received compared to Serbia. Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece. Serbia won in this war.
Why did the two Hague Conference failed to achieve their aim to stop armaments race?
The reason was for self-protection. From my own knowledge, the Hague Conference failed to achieve disarmaments.
What was the effect of the alliance system?
The European situation become tenser. The alliances were made in secret. This caused suspicion and fear among the powers.Thus, the countries would not give way easily when they had quarrels with another country. One small conflict between two countries can involve more countries, leading to a major conflict or a general war.
What was the effect of colonial and economic competition?
Colonial and economic competition increased tensions between powers. In order to protect their interests, they formed alliances and expanded armaments. Thus, armaments race was intensified.
What idea that made nationalism extreme and what it is about?
Social Darwinism - Only the superior can survive under competition
What was the effect of the two Balkan Wars?
Serbia’s territories were greatly enlarged. However, it failed to acquire access to the Adriatic Sea because of an independent state Albania, supported by Austria-Hungary.
What is the impact of armaments race to the European situation?
Suggested answer:
The effect was the Armaments Race increased tensions and suspicion between the European powers. From my own knowledge, the European powers were having army race, arms race and naval race. It shows that the European powers were expanding their military power to prepare for war, making europeans more likely to use force to solve conflicts. Thus, the European powers had suspicion and were threatened by war.
What country would be suffering the most if a war broke out between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance?
Germany, because it is encircled by the Triple Entente, thus it will be attacked on a two-front war, suffering a two-front war.
Why Europeans launched territorial expansion?
To promote their economic development.
What was the desire of Germany, Russia and Serbia in terms of nationalism?
Germany: Pan-Germanism - Uniting all Germans to build a Greater Germanic Empire
Russia: Pan-Slavism - Uniting all slavs under the Russian leadership, so Russia supported Serbia to expand in the balkansSerbia: Uniting all Serbians to build a Greater Serbia in the Austria-Hungary and in the Balkans
Why did Serbians hate Austrians after the Balkan Wars?
Austria-Hungary prevented Serbia from territorial expansion in the Balkans. From my knowledge, Austria-Hungary supported the formation of Albania, which blocked Serbia from accessing to the Adriatic Sea and the Balkans. It shows that Serbia had territorial conflicts with Austria-Hungary.