| A | B |
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| Alliances | a union or coalition created to protect or further political or economic agenda |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| Triple Entente | Great Britain, France, Russia |
| Allies | Great Britain, France, Russia, USA, Japan, Italy |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
| Reason for Forming Alliances | Maintain a balanace of power in Europe |
| Nationalism | extreme patriotism, overt love of country, militant allegiance |
| Examples of Nationalism | Pan-German Movement (Anschluss), Pan-Slavic Movement (Black Hand) |
| Reason that Nationalism was a problem | Europe’s political boundaries conflicted with its ethnic boundaries |
| Imperialism | the desire to expand the geographic and political boundaries of a nation |
| Example of Imperialism | Italy disputed Austria’s claim to certain border lands |
| Example of Imperialism | France wanted to reclaim the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine lost in Franco-Prussian War |
| Example of Imperialism | Serbia wanted Bosnia |
| Reasons that imperialism caused tension | Industrial revolution / competition, International rivalry |
| Militarism | the intentional drive to create militaries of impressive strength and power, the use of such militaries |
| Examples of Militarism | All European nations except Great Britain used a conscription system (draft) requiring young men to serve in the military |
| Examples of Militarism | By 1914 Russia had more than 8 million men in the standing army |
| Examples of Militarism | Standing armies trained for offense rather than defense |
| Examples of Militarism | Schlieffen Plan, Plan A, Plan 17 |
| Reason that militarism led to war | If a nation has wonderful toys, it will want to “play” |
| Reason why leadership led to war | Leadership was extremely poor |
| Reason why anarchy led to war | There was no international organization to help the European nations deal with their problems. |
| Powder Keg Theory | states that because of the long term causes (ANIMAL) Europe was bound for an inevitable war (The war would happen sometime in the early 20th century) |
| Immediate Cause of War | Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated on a trip to Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914 |
| Gavrilo Princip | Assassine of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Carte Blanche | "Black Check" - Unconditional support offered to Austria-Hungary by Germany after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand |
