Post on 09-Mar-2018
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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.