LEADING TO WWI

Use the following slides to fill in the bubbles on

your Causes of WW1 sheet.

After you complete the notes, create a Multi-Flow Map

on the back of your notes sheet.

IMPERIALISM

• Definition:

When one country takes over another country to build an empire.

• Look at the map on the next page.

Land equals power, which countries are the most powerful?

• Why would a country want to take over another country?

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cfford/342WorldHistoryModern.html

MILITARISM (ARMS RACE)

• Definition: Making your military bigger and better than other

countries.

• Why would you want your military bigger than other countries?

• What problems can arise when countries compete against each

other by military strength?

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• The invention of the steam engine led to world changes in how

people worked, traveled, lived, and fought wars.

• With the invention of factories, weapons were less expensive to

produce allowing countries to improve their designs and buy them

in mass quantities.

• Countries were also experimenting with new weapons such as

airplanes, tanks, and chemical warfare.

NATIONALISM

• Definition:

Great pride for one’s country

• What does it mean to have great pride for your country?

• If you have pride for your country, what would do to help your country?

How could this lead to problems?

ALLIANCES

• Definition:

An agreement between two or more countries to help each other. It

can include military help, money, or providing weapons.

• By the late 1800’s many countries in Europe made various alliances.

• The main alliances were:

Triple Entente (Britain, Russia and France) and The Dual Alliance

(Germany and Austria-Hungary). These alliances would prove to be

crucial to the outcome of World War 1.

WHAT WERE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF MILITARISM,

ALLIANCES, IMPERIALISM, AND NATIONALISM?

What were the

causes and

effects of

Militarism,

Alliances,

Imperialism,

and

Nationalism?

Nationalism

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism