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WHICH WERE THE LONG TERM
CAUSES FOR WORLD WAR I?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism and
Industrialisation
Nationalism
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WHICH WERE THE LONG AND
SHORT TERM CAUSES FOR WORLD
WAR I?
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism and Industrialisation
Assassination
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WHEN DID WORLD WAR I
TAKE PLACE?
1914- 1918(1919)
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WHICH WERE THE FIVE
LEADING COUNTRIES BEFORE
WORLD WAR I?
Britain, France, Russia, AustriaHungary, Germany
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NAME THE TWO
ALLIANCES FORMED
BEFORE THE GREAT WAR
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
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WHICH COUNTRIES
FORMED THE TRIPLE
ALLIANCE?
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
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WHICH COUNTRIES FORMED
THE TRIPLE ENTENTE?
Great Britain
France
Russia
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WHICH WERE THE TWO MAIN
OBJECTIVES OF THE THE TRIPLE
ALLIANCE?
France’s isolation
Avaid a conflict in the Balkan region
(both Russia and Austria wanted
to control this region)
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WHAT WAS THE ARMED PEACE? WHEN
DID IT TAKE PLACE? NAME ITS
CHARACTERISTICS
From 1890 to 1914 international relations changed in
Europe. This period is known as the Armed Peade. It
had two main characteristics:
1. Europe was divided into two alliances
2. Germany and Britain started an Arms race.
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WHAT WAS THE TWO POWER
STANDARD?
Great Britain would always have a bigger navy (2x+1) so they
would never be outnumbered at sea.
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WHEN DID THE MOROCCAN
CRISIS TAKE PLACE? WHICH
COUNTRIES CONFRONTED?
1905 and 1911
France and Germany
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WHAT WAS THE INMEDIATE
CAUSE FOR THE OUTBREAK OF
THE WAR? (plus point if you provide day,
month and year)
The assassination of the Austrian
Archduke Franz Ferdinand (28th June
1914)
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WHAT ORGANISATION WAS
BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION?
(plus point if you provide the country of the
organisation)
The Black Hand
Serbian
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HOW DID AUSTRIA REACT TO THE
ASSASSINATION? (plus point if you
indicate the clause Serbia didn’t agree with)
• They sent an ultimatum
• They agreed all the clauses apart
form the policing of Serbia by
Austrian troops
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WHICH WERE THE SIDES DURING THE
GREAT WAR? NAME THE COUNTRIES
• The Central Powers: Germany, AustriaHungary, Turkey and Bulgaria;
• The Allies (Russia, France,Britain, Italy,
Rumania and the USA)
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NAME THE STAGES OF THE WAR
AND ITS DATES
1. The war of movement (1914)
2. The war of positions (1914-1916)
3. The crisis of 1917
4.The final offensives (1918)
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WHAT WAS THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN?
A German plan to attack and defeat
France through Belgium before the
Russians were ready, then turn back
to fight the Russian Army.
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WHY DID THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN
FAIL?
1. Germans penetrated deeply but
Paris did not fall (Battle of Marne)
2. The Russians mobilised faster than
the Germans expected.
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WHAT TWO EVENTS CHANGE THE
COURSE OF THE WAR IN 1917?
1. The Russians withdrew form
the war
2. The USA joined the war
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WHAT TREATY DID RUSSIA AND
GERMANY SIGNED TO END THE
WAR? WHEN?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918
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RELATE THE EVENT WITH THE
STAGE: TRENCHES
War of positions
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RELATE THE EVENT WITH THE
STAGE: BATTLE OF MARNE
War of movements
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RELATE THE EVENT WITH THE
STAGE: KAISER WILHELM II
ABDICATED
The final offensives
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RELATE THE EVENT WITH THE
STAGE: RUSSSIA WITHDREW
FROM THE WAR
The crisis of 1917
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