Long Term Causes of the Great War

State policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition (formal)  or by gaining political and economic control of other areas(informal)

• Colonialism

• Conquest

• Imperialism

• Foreign Policy

Some economic causes of imperialism are...

• Raw materials for the Industrial Production

• To use colonies as markets to sell manufactured products

• To gain political power over other countries

The ideological theories imperialist powers used to support their dominion

• Nationalism

• Humanitarianism: To bring modernization and progress to less developed territories

• Social Darwinism: Superior European nations have the right to bring education and civilized native peoples

British White Colonies

• Canada

• Australia

• India

• New Zealand

British colonies were populated mainly by native people and were under the direct rule of British officials and laws

• White Colonies

• Non White Colonies

Bismarck called for a European Conference in Berlin with the purpose of the formal partition of African territory

• True

• False

Some negative consequences of Imperialism

• Language and Christianism were imposed.

• Racial Conflicts

• Destruction of natural ecosystems: new methods of farming, animal and plant species.

• Drastic reduction for unknown diseases.

It is considered one of the causes of the Great War. It is an intense form of patriotism or loyalty to one’s country. People exaggerate the importance or virtues of their home country, placing its interests above those of other nations.

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Alliance System

It was a comparatively young nation, formed in 1871 after the unification of 26 common-speaking states and territories. The architects of this unification were Bismarck, Wilhelm I and Von Moltke.

• Unification of Italian States

• Unification of Germany

The Italian unification was leaded by...and started in...

• Bismarck (Prussia)

• Giuseppe Garibaldi (The Kingdom of the to Sicilies)

• VIctor Emmanuel and Camilo Cavour (Piedmont and Sardinia)

• The Pope in the Papal States