Militarism
Caused by fear and competition of neighboring countries.
What is Militarism?
Great Britain, France, Russia.
What is the Triple Entente?
This gave nations false hope, aggressiveness to win the war, greediness and lack of negotiation.
What is Nationalism?
Prior to WWI, the British and French Empires colonized regions like India, modern-day Vietnam and West and North Africa.
What is European Expansionism?
The duke and his assassin.
Who are Franz Ferdinand and Gavril Princip?
An operational plan by the Germans to take over France and Belgium.
What is Schlieffen Plan?
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
What is the Triple Alliance?
It's when the Russians revolted and got a seat in Duma after war with Japan.
What is the Revolution of 1905?
During it the French asked the Sultan to suppress the revolt and the Germans took it as a sign of French takeover of the area.
What is the Second Moroccan Crisis?
It's when during a span of a month the tensions between Austro-Hungary and Serbia grew with move towards the Great War.
What is the July Crisis?
The government controls all aspects of economics because of the war.
What is Planned Economy?
There was a naval competition between them.
What is the relationship between Britain and Germany?
It's a nationalistic movement aimed at uniting Slavic peoples and freeing them from the control of imperial powers like Austria and the Ottomans.
What is Pan-Slavism?
It was the main reason for the British intervention in the war.
What is the German Invasion of Belgium?
Russia's order to mobilize the army in preparation of the war.
What is Russian Mobilization?
A prolonged period of conflict seeking to wear down the other side by a series of small-scale actions.
What is war of attrition?
Treaty between Great Britain and Belgium to protect Belgium's neutrality.
What is the 1839's Treaty of London?
A series of nationalistic conflicts between Balkan states to expand their territory.
What are the First and Second Balkan Wars?
A crisis that developed when Austria-Hungary announced they're connecting Bosnia to their territory.
What is the Annexation of Bosnia?
Germany's unconditional support of Austro-Hungary's course of action towards Serbia in the July Crisis.
What is Blank Check?
call for submarines to surface and search merchantmen and place crews in "a place of safety" before sinking them, unless the ship showed "persistent refusal to stop ... or active resistance to visit or search".
What is Prize Rules?
German-Lenin treaty after which Russia gave Germany some of its lands for resources to feed their soldiers and Lenin got the power in Russia.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
He inherited the throne of the German Empire, his policies were viewed as reckless and threatening to the interests of Britain and France.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
It was built to increase German influence in the Persian Gulf and access to oil in Iraq. It was viewed as a threat to British commercial interests and to the security of India.
What is the Berlin-Baghdad Railway?
It was an issued list of concrete demands in order to prevent an escalation post-assassination.