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

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

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

Militarism Questions

• How was militarism a

cause of WWI?

European countries built up massive

armies & stocks of weapons

countries were ready to fight

Alliances Questions

•What is the main purpose of

an alliance?

purpose is to protect themselves

from opposing armed forces

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 country’s allies to fight as well

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

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

-didn’t like Wilhelm II’s aggressiveness

-Germany became a bigger enemy to Great

Britain than Russia had been

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

Imperialism Questions

•What was the main purpose of imperialism?

purpose was to expand empire as far as possible

to become more powerful

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

Imperialism Questions

• What might happen with so many

colonies/territories 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

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

Imperialism Questions

• How did imperialism help

cause WWI?

each country wanted to be better than

others

each country wanted to keep its power

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

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 didn’t have a say in all of the

sudden having a new government

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

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