AP World History Causes of WWI Flashcards

12926222850	glorification; prestige; arms; weapons; balance; social darwinism	MILITARISM - ____ of war by European - Military power seen as symbol of national ____ - ____ race began! - New ____ technologies, came along w industrialization - Influential military leaders sought to disrupt ____ of power - Belief in ____ ____: belief that we should help others be like this because we are evolutionarily better and they need to be like us or be exterminated	0
12926226045	U boats	What was an example of new weapons tech used by the Germans?	1
12926234081	tanks	What was an example of new weapons tech used by the British that was made to counter German U boats	2
12926329998	entangling; slavic; central alliance; germany	ALLIANCES - Secret agreements among Western nations eld to a system of "____ alliances" - Russia vowed to protect smaller ____ states in southern Europe, gets involved in many of these - Fear of attack from France or Russia led to a ____ ____ between Germany and Austria-Hungary - Fear of military strength of ____ led to an alliance between France, Britain, Russia	3
12926352145	Germany, Austria Hungary, ottoman Empire	What three countries composed the Central Powers	4
12926357469	Great Britain, France, Russia	Countries in Allied Powers	5
12926387989	Africa; Germany; ottoman empire;	IMPERIALISM - Division of ____ and much of Asia/Pacific into colonies led to economic rivalry between European powers - Britain and France had the biggest empires; had great concern over imperial growth of ____ (China and East Africa) - Physical conflicts occurred over territories in Morocco, Persia, Afghanistan, Egypt, etc - As ____ ____ lost land, wars/conflicts began between European powers	6
12926419311	nationalist; military; industrial; alsace; lorraine; pan-slavism; slavic	NATIONALISM - ____ feelings and rivalries grew throughout 19th c. - Germany's ____ power and rapid ____ growth threatened the British Empire's dominance - France wanted revenge against Germany after territorial losses in the Franco-Prussian War (____ and ____ were taken ) - ____-____ movement (Slavic nationalism) in E and S Europe (led by Russians) - Serbian nationalists wanted a larger ____ state in southern Europe (independent from Austria-Hungary	7
12926487487	Militarism, alliances; imperialism, nationalism	MAIN causes of WWI	8