Causes of World War 1

Causes of
World War One

Grade 9 - History

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Success Criteria

Students will apply knowledge learnt of the four main causes of world war one.

​Lesson Focus

Lesson Expectations

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Brain Jog: Describe War in 1-2 words.

There were four main factors that contributed to the growing tensions between European countries in the lead-up, to World War I including:

• the alliance system

• nationalism

• imperialism

• militarism.

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There were four main factors that contributed to the growing tensions between European countries in the lead-up, to World War I including:

• the alliance system

• nationalism

• im

• militarism.

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Two of the four reasons are

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Nationalism and Imperialism

Darwinism and Equalitarinanism

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Two contributed other main factors were....

• • the alliance system

• militarism

• one did not like the other.

The alliance system

From the 1870s onwards, Europe’s leading nations grouped themselves into two alliances.
In 1882, the Triple Alliance was formed between the countries of Germany, Austria–Hungary and Italy. In 1907, the Triple Entente was formed between the countries of Britain, France and Russia

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Match the following Alliances.

• Allied Powers

• Triple Entente

• Triple Alliance

• Central Powers

United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, United States

United Kingdom, France, Russia

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Germany, Austria-H, Bulgaria, ottoman

• United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, United States

• United Kingdom, France, Russia

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

• Germany, Austria-H, Bulgaria, ottoman

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In 1882, the Triple Alliance was formed between the countries of Germany, Austria–Hungary and It

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In 1907, the Triple Entente was formed between the countries of Britain, France and Ru

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Entente is a French word meaning an ‘un............................’ or ‘al........................’. By joining one of these alliances, each participating n....................... promised to provide military support if one of its members was attacked by a member of the opposing alliance.

• understanding

• alliance

• nation

• number

Nationalism was another important factor that contributed to the outbreak of war in 1914. Put simply, nationalism is a sense of pride in, and a love of, one’s nation. Nationalism grows out of an understanding of common goals and beliefs between the people of a nation – for example, a shared language, culture and history.

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Nationalism can either unite or divide the people of a nation or region. For example, feelings of nationalism contributed to the unification of many small German kingdom states to form the G

Empire (Germany) in 1871.

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In the years before World War I, Bosnia–Herzegovina was under the control of Austria–Hungary. However, Bosnia–Herzegovina was made up of many different ethnic groups, including Bosnians, Serbs and Croats, who did not see themselves as historically, ethnically or culturally linked to either Austria or Hungary. Instead, most of the people of Bosnia–Herzegovina wanted to j

with Serbia to form their own nation.

Militarism is the belief that all nations should build and maintain strong armed forces so that they are prepared to defend themselves against attack or promote their national interests. In the lead up to World War I, many European countries competed with each other not only over the size of their empires, but also over the size of their armies.

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By 1900, Britain had developed the largest and strongest navy in the world. It needed a navy of this size to administer and control its huge overseas empire. When Germany started to build up its own navy, Britain became suspicious. Germany and Britain began competing over who could build the most ‘D

’ – a very fast, powerful and heavily–armoured battleship

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By early 1914, even though the leaders of Europe were still talking of peace, they were clearly involved in an arms r

and were preparing for war.

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Brain Wrap: in 1-2 words what were causes of War?