Post on 28-Jun-2020
The Long-Term Causes of WWIBishop Challoner Catholic College
The Causes of WWI
• Name two key events in the Civil Rights Movement and explain what happened in each.
The Causes of WWI
• Why was the First World War different from other previous wars?
Militarism• Includes the word ‘military’, meaning to expand or improve the army
(better equipment, more money etc.)
Country Army in 1900 Army in 1914
FranceBritainRussia
Austria-HungaryGermanyItaly
0.7 million0.61.1
0.250.50.25
0.9 million0.50.8
0.351.50.35
Questions – answer in full sentences
• Which country increased its army most? Give details.
• Which countries reduced the size of their armies?
HMS Dreadnought and the Naval Race
Questions – answer in full sentences please• Which countries took part in the naval race?
• Why did the naval race start?
• Which country won the naval race?
Empire
HMS Dreadnought
obsolete
Alliances
Questions
• Which countries were in the Triple Entente?
• Which countries were in the Triple Alliance?
• Which smaller country was also connected to the alliance systems? Why?
• What was the effect of these alliances?
Imperialism• The desire to
expand your country’s empire and take over colonies.
Questions• Where were the European powers trying to expand
their empires?
• Why were they trying to expand their empires?
• Which country was late to start its empire?
• Which empire was declining in power, and what opportunity did this create?
The Balkans
Ottoman
Imperialism
Scramble for Africa
Nationalism
• An intense pride for one’s country and its superiority over other countries.
Recap
What do the following letters stand for? (all causes of WWI)
M -
A -
I -
N -
Which was the most important cause of WWI?
• Remember that you need to explain why you think that.
• Extension: try to knock down opposing arguments in favour of other causes.
• If you think it was a combination of things, which do you think was most important, and why? No fence-sitting here!