Heard it From a Friend (who)
The primary factions involved were these groups
The Triple Entente & The Triple Alliance
The assassin who killed Francis Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
The Alsace & Lorraine region was heavily contested by these nations as a result of the Franco-Prussian War
Germany & France
This made alliances and rivalries more intense and complicated
Competition for colonies
This was a fail-safe with the goal of preventing a war on two fronts
The Schlieffen Plan
The unification of these two nations is the result of nationalist movements
Germany and Italy
The final warning or conditions, final demands
These two allied powers were colonial rivals in Asia and Africa, specifically in India, Burma, Thailand, and Egypt.
Britain and France
These were the major participants involved in The Great War
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy & Great Britain, France, Russi
When a nation wants to show power and enters an arms race they are involved in what
Militarism
A nonbinding unformal treaty to follow common policies
Entente
Austria-Hungary was formed to gain control over this area
Balkan Peninsula
These were intended to create balance but in the end created chaos
Alliances
The Serbians did not welcome the Archduke for what reason
They saw the Austrians as foreign oppressors
What happens when a nation gets ready for war
Mobilize
These nationalities all lost political freedom when the Dual Monarchy was established in 1867
Czechs, Slovaks, Serbs, Croats, Rumanians, and Poles.
The Largest nation to join on Serbias side
Russia
This made the assassination of Francis Ferdinand so significant
His wife, Sofia, was also assinated. She was believed to have been pregnant
What the U.S. and Belgium started as
Neutral
Germany would rise as this empire would fall
The Ottoman Empire