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Section 1: Key Vocabulary History — Causes of World War One Tier 3 vocabulary Definition

Kaiser Wilhelm II (n) The ruler of Germany during World War One. Section 2: Key Ideas/People Section 3: Facts/Context/Historical relevance/dates (n) An formed in 1907 between Britain, and . What were the MAIN long term causes of World War One? (n) An alliance formed in 1894 between Germany, Italy and Austria 1894 Franco Russian Alliance– Dual  Militarism- the building up of armies. Hungary. alliance From 1906 Germany and Britain were (n) A new design of boat created in 1906, as part of the Naval Race. in direct competition to build up their January Britain has the largest navy Two Power The idea that Britain’s navy would be bigger than the 2nd and 3rd navy the fastest. By 1914 Britain had 1897 Standard (n) biggest navies combined. built 29 ‘’ were as Ger- 1900 The many had built 17. By 1914 both the (colonisation) Naval Race (n) The building up of navies by Germany and Britain. Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance (n) The plan created in 1905 by Von Schlieffen to invade France then had 2.2 million soldiers. Germany’s 1904 – An agree- Russia to avoid a war on two fronts. army alone totalled 1.5 million. ment between France and Britain Serbia (n) A country in the with lots of Slavic people living there.  Alliance System- the building of Bosnia (n) A country in the Balkans with lots of Slavic people living there. friendships between countries. There 1905 Admiral Von Schlieffen creat- Annexed in 1908 by Austria Hungary. were two in ; the ed the Schlieffen plan Triple Entente with Britain, France (n) Often called the ‘gate way’ to Africa from Europe, located in and Russia which were formed in 1905 Northern Africa. 1907 and Triple Alliance with Germa- 1906 British Navy launches first Balkans (n) An area of Islands with many Slavic people living there. Wars in ny, Austria– Hungary and Italy formed Dreadnought 1912-1913 and was once part of the . in 1882. Blank Cheque (n) The agreement between Germany and Austria-Hungary that 1907 Anglo Russian Agreement–  Imperialism– the building up of em- Germany would fully support Austria Hungary in a war. Triple Entente is formed pire/taking over countries. This Black Hand Gang (n) A Serbian national group that organised the assassination of Arch caused war through event such as the 1908 Germany launches the first Duke Franz Ferdinand. 1st (1905) and Second Moroccan dreadnought. crisis (1911) and the Bosnian/Balkan Slav (n) The ‘Slavs’ were spread across Europe, this was the idea that all 1908 Bosnian/Balkans Crisis crisis (1908). Slavs should be united as one. 1911 Second Moroccan Crisis  Nationalism - the love of your own The (n) The final steps that led to the outbreak of World War One. () country. This especially caused a Tier 2 vocabulary Definition problem with Slavism in the Balkans 1912-1913 . Militarism (n) The building up of armies and navy. area. Arguably nationalism led to the June 1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Alliance (n) The building of friendship between countries. assassination of Arch Duke Franz Franz Ferdinand. Imperialism (n) The building of Empire. Nationalism (n) The love of your country. Words and themes you’ve seen before Assassination (n) Deliberately killing someone secretively or suddenly. Alliances, imperialism, empires, colonies, assassination, military, long-term causes, short- Annex (v) To add territory (land) to your own country, without permission. term causes