Customs Union Formed by German States to put heavy tax on non member states.
100
Delcasse is French Foreign Minister worked with great skills was not a military alliance but an understanding. 1904!!!
Anglo-French Alliance or Dual Entente.
100
Provision of Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Objective was to safeguard the independence of China and Korea...discouraging Russia, Germany and France from further "picking" in Far East.
200
I Am the architect of Alliance System
Otto Von Bismarck
200
Treaty of Paris 1856 concluded which War?
Armistice between Russian and rest of European powers/ or peace treaty ended Crimean War 1854-1856
200
Britain 'splendid isolation' (Lord Salisbury)
Britain policy of not getting involved in the European Affairs.
200
Britain thought German were seeking to acquire an Atlantic Base by taking gunboat Panther to Agadir Port.
Why did Britain took the matter of Agadir crisis 1911 seriously?
200
The Declining Empire in Europe
Turkish Empire
Sick men of Europe
Sultan Abdul Hamid II
300
known as traditional enemy
Britain and France
300
Treaty of San Stefano 1878
Dictated by the Russians to the Turks, contained clauses to enlarge Serbia and Montenegro.
300
Abyssinian Campaign
Italian plan to absorb Abyssinia. Defeated by Abyssinian
300
Fashoda Incident 1898
A crisis blazed up over Sudan. Between Britain and France.
British has occupied the Egypt and France want to if possible to gain control over upper Nile.
300
Growth population, landless agricultural laborers, urban problem, coal and iron, new technology, steam engines, railroads. what gave birth to all these factors?
Industrial revolution 1760's to 1850's
400
Hague Conference 1899 & 1907
Tsar Nicolas ( Russia)
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
400
1902 alliance was created
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
400
It took some years for Britain to realize her need for Friendship with France.
Why does Britain moves away from "Splendid isolation'
400
Between 1909 to 1912 Germany laid down nine dreadnoughts and Britain laid down 18 dreadnoughts.
Explain the Naval Race?
400
I gave ____________to Austria or permission to deal with Serbia as she pleased.
Blank Cheque
500
We the three Emperors created Drekaiserbund treaty.
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Tsar Alexander II
Kaiser Francis Joseph
500
Tangier crisis/ Peace treaty
1905 / Algeciras Conference 1906
500
"Powder keg" or "Boiling Point"
Bosnian crisis
First Balkan war 1912
Second Balkan war 1913
500
I gave spark to the barrel full of powder keg or gunpowder
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo Bosnia 29th June 1914
500
Militarism
Militarism is the incorporation of military personnel and ideas into civilian government – and the belief that military power is essential for national strength.