Causes of World War One

One cause of the war was EXTREME devotion to the interests and culture's of one's nation called

• countryism

• nationalism

• patriotism

• socialism

The names of the two major alliances before WW1 were:

• The Axis & The Allies

• The Triple Alliance & The Triple Entente

• The West & The East

• Oceania & Eurasia

Which continent did most of the fighting of World War I take place?

• England

• France

• North America

• Europe

What does "neutral" mean?

• taking sides
• not taking sides

The country with the strongest army in Europe in 1914 was:

• Russia

• Germany

• France

• Britain

Imperialism caused most 'great powers' to

• expand their lands across the world, particularly in Africa and Asia

• expand their trade networks with developing countries

• expand their alliances with other European countries

• order around smaller, weaker European countries

Another cause of the war was an increase in military spending and a glorification of war called

• militarism

• neutrality

• alliances

• war glory

Imperialism helped cause WWI because...

• Enslaved peoples of the world rebelled against their Imperial masters

• Competition between Europe's great powers over control of foreign empires led to tensions

• Natural resources from these empires allowed countries to build up vast armies

• It didn't help cause World War One

Alliances meant that ...

• A small war could quickly expand into a much larger war

• Europe was guaranteed not to fight a major war

• Countries didn't feel the need to build up their armies

• Small countries were too afraid to start wars

Imperialism caused

• increased efforts to solve problems between countries

• decreased competition between countries

• increased competition between countries

• decreased tension between countries