Militarism
Nations involved in Naval Race
UK and Germany
This defensive pact included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before WWI.
What is the Triple Alliance?
Theory that applied natural selection to justify expansion.
Social Darwinism
Geographic region of Europe with growing independence movements.
What is the Balkans?
This British monarch celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 1897, marking 60 years on the throne.
Who is Queen Victoria?
What is conscription?
Drafts for war
France, Russia, and Britain formed this alliance to counterbalance the Triple Alliance.
What is the Triple Entente?
Name of policy created by Kaiser Wilhelm II
What is Weltpolitik?
Nationalist tensions in the Balkans were known by this nickname before WWI.
What is the “powder keg of Europe”?
The Wright brothers made their first successful powered flight in this year.
What is 1903?
Type of battleship that started the naval race?
dreadnought
Name of German politician that promoted the creation of alliances?
Name of leader of Belgium
Who is Leopold II?
Serbian nationalists wanted this multi-ethnic empire weakened to achieve independence.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This conflict between Russia and Japan from 1904–1905 ended in a surprising victory for an Asian power.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
The pre-WWI buildup of armies and weapons across Europe is often called this type of competition.
What is an arms race?
Bismarck tried to isolate this nations through his treaties.
What is France?
Name of poem by Rudyard Kipling that drove imperialism
What is White Man's Burden?
This Slavic group’s nationalist movements contributed to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Who are the Serbs?
This 1900 uprising in China sought to drive out foreign influence and restore traditional rule.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This general’s military plans, named after him, involved rapid mobilization of German forces against France and Russia.
Who is Schlieffen?
Serbia had formed a secret alliance with this nation?
What is Russia?
Policy started by Theodore Roosevelt to develop a strong navy.
What is the Big Stick Policy?
Nation that was created after the Congress of Berlin (1878).
What is Montenegro, Serbia and Romania
This product was coveted by US businesses as a form of fertilizer.
What is guano?