Militarism Questions

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Militarism Questions

• What causes militarism? What is its main purpose?
• caused by the desire to protect overseas
  colonies from other countries
• its purpose is to protect defend

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Militarism Questions

• Why do you think Germany Great Britain raced to
  have the best navies?
• Great Britain could cut Germany off
• Germany could cut Great Britain off
• Germany could have become more powerful

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Militarism Questions

• What did the major countries do to prepare for
  both offense (attacking others) and defense
  (protecting themselves)?
• -increased stocks of arms
• -more modern weapons
• -built strategic railways

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Militarism Questions

• How was militarism a cause of WWI?
• European countries built up massive armies
  stocks of weapons
• countries were ready to fight

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Alliances Questions

• What is the main purpose of an alliance?
• purpose is to protect themselves from
  opposing armed forces

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Alliances Questions

• What did the leaders of alliances in the late
  1800s hope would happen?
• hoped no country would attack another, since
  it would provoke that countrys allies to
  fight as well

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Alliances Questions

• Why do you think so many alliances were made? If
  there had been unrest in Europe, how would
  alliances help?
• alliances were made because Europe wanted
  peace these were a way to keep countries
  from fighting

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Alliances Questions

• In the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907, there are
  some examples of why Great Britain and Russia
  allied despite the fact that they had been
  rivals. What are some of these examples?
• -they were greatly threatened by Germany
• -didnt like Wilhelm IIs aggressiveness
• -Germany became a bigger enemy to Great
  Britain than Russia had been

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Alliances Questions

• How were alliances a cause of WWI?
• -alliances drew other countries into war when
  two countries began fighting
• -had been made secretly, causing suspicion
• -heightened war tension
• -Germany was surrounded

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Imperialism Questions

• What was the main purpose of imperialism?
• purpose was to expand empire as far as
  possible
• to become more powerful

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Imperialism Questions

• How might a country defend a colony/territory it
  controlled that was hundreds of thousands of
  miles away?
• it might need a large army
• it might need a large/fast navy

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Imperialism Questions

• What might happen with so many colonies/territorie
  s that were so close to possible enemies, such as
  in Africa?
• two countries might claim the same territory
  as their own
• fighting might easily break out

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Imperialism Questions

• What did colonial rivalry (similar to
  imperialism) lead to indirectly? What were the
  relationships among the powers like?
• -formation strengthening of alliances
• -intense arms race
• -relationships hurt because all wanted the
  same things

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Imperialism Questions

• How did imperialism help cause WWI?
• each country wanted to be better than others
• each country wanted to keep its power

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Nationalism Questions

• What is nationalism? What are the two different
  kinds of nationalism?
• nationalism is a strong devotion to a
  national group or culture
• 1) desire of subject people for
  independence
• 2) desire of independent nations for
  dominance prestige

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Nationalism Questions

• What areas did France lose to Germany in 1871?
  How would you feel as a person who lived in that
  area? What would you do?
• Alsace-Lorraine was lost to Germany
• upset because I didnt have a say in all of the
  sudden having a new government

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Nationalism Questions

• Which country had the largest overseas empire?
  Which kind of nationalism did this country have?
• Great Britain
• second kind, to keep dominance prestige

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Nationalism Questions

• How was nationalism a cause of WWI?
• some areas had a lot of ethnic unrest
  wanted their own countries
• ex Serbia Austria-Hungary