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Class Activity

Class Activity:

Which European countries fought in World War 1?

Textbook

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Answers: Class Activity

Causes of the First World War

Several factors led to the war :1. France and Germany butted heads over control of Alsace-

Lorraine, a piece of land located on the border of the two countries (1871).

2. Russia's efforts to control theBalkans, so they can gain accessto the Mediterranean Sea.By doing this he had come intoconflict with Turkey and Austria.

Causes of the First World War

Several factors led to the war :3. European powers feared the growing German power.4. The spark in the powder keg, just an excuse to start the war,

was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie by a Serbian student, Gavrilo Princip. (1914)

5.Serbia was heldresponsible for

the murder.

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The first World War starts

1. Austria declares war on Serbia (28 July 1914).2. Russia declares war on Austria (30 July 1914). 3. Germany declares war on Russia (1 Aug 1914). 4. France declares war on Germany (3 Aug 1914). 5. With Germany's declaration of war and invasion of Belgium,

England declares war on Germany (Germany uses Belgium as a gateway to Francs) (4 Aug 1914)

6. America declares war on Germany. (Persistent sinking of merchant ships) (April 1917)

7. Signing of an Armistice Treaty. (11 Nov 1918)

How many died during WW I. (These are estimated numbers)

BritainFranceItalyRussiaUSA Germany Austria-Hungary TurkeySouth Africa

1 million1,4 millionhalf a million 1,7 million115 000 1,8 million1,2 million 32 00012 000

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