Causes of World War One Tier 3 Definition Vocabulary Section 2: Key Ideas/People Section 3: Facts / Context / Kaiser Wilhelm the Ruler of Germany During World War One

Section 1: Key Vocabulary History — Causes of World War One Tier 3 Definition vocabulary Section 2: Key Ideas/People Section 3: Facts / Context / Kaiser Wilhelm The ruler of Germany during World War One. What were the MAIN long term causes of World Historical relevance / dates II (n) War One? 1894 KeyFranco Dates: Russian Alliance– Triple Entente An alliance formed in 1907 between Britain, France Militarism- the building up of armies. (n) and Russia. Dual alliance  From 1906 Germany and Britain were in Triple Alliance An alliance formed in 1894 between Germany, direct competition to build up their navy the Jan 1897 Britain has the largest navy (n) Italy and Austria Hungary. fastest.

Dreadnought A new design of boat created in 1906.  By 1914 Britain had built 29 ‘dreadnoughts’ 1900 The Scramble for Africa were as Germany had built 17. (n) (colonisation) Two Power The idea that Britain’s navy would be bigger than  By 1914 both the Triple Entente and the 1904 Entente Cordiale– An Triple Alliance had 2.2 million soldiers. Ger- Standard (n) the 2nd and 3rd biggest navies combined. agreement between many’s army alone totalled 1.5 million. France and Britain Naval Race (n) The building up of navies by Germany and Britain. Alliance System- the building of friendships between countries. 1905 Admiral Von Schlieffen Schlieffen Plan The plan created in 1905 by Von Schlieffen to created the Schlieffen plan  There were two alliances in Europe; the (n) invade France then Russia to avoid a war on two Triple Entente with Britain, France and Rus- fronts. sia which were formed in 1907 and Triple 1905 First Moroccan Crisis Blank Cheque The agreement between Germany and Austria Alliance with Germany, Austria– Hungary and Italy formed in 1882. (n) Hungary that Germany would fully support Austria 1906 British Navy launches first Hungary in a war. Imperialism– the building up of empire/taking over Dreadnought countries. Black Hand A Serbian national group that organised the 1907 Anglo Russian Agreement– This caused war through event such as: Gang (n) assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. Triple Entente is formed  the 1st Moroccan crisis (1905) Slav The ‘Slavs’ were spread across Europe, this was the 1908 Germany launches first  2nd Moroccan crisis (1911) Nationalism idea that all Slavs should be united as one. Dreadnought (n)  Bosnian/Balkan crisis (1908). 1908 Bosnian/Balkans Crisis The July Crisis The final steps that led to the outbreak of World Nationalism - the love of your own country. 1911 Second Moroccan Crisis (n) War One.  This especially caused a problem with Slav- (Agadir crisis) Tier 2 Definition ism in the Balkans area. 1912-1913 Balkan wars. vocabulary  Arguably nationalism led to the assassination 1914-June Assassination of Arch Duke Militarism (n) The building up of armies and navy. of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. Franz Ferdinand– Outbreak Alliance (n) The building of friendship between countries. of WW1-July

Imperialism (n) The building of Empire. Words and themes you’ve seen before Nationalism (n) The love of your country. Alliances– friendships between two or more countries. Assassination Deliberately killing someone secretively or Imperialism– the building up of empire and colonies. (n) suddenly.