The Causes of the First World War: Alliance Systems, Morocco, The Balkans
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3. How did they change
during the war?
What dates can you put
on them?
Why did they join this complex
system of alliances?
4. What was the Triple
Alliance (4 marks)
Italy stayed
neutral in 1914,
and joined the
Triple Entente in
1915.
5. CAUSATION 6 MARK QUESTIONS
Explain why the Triple Entente was formed in 1907 (6 marks)
Explain why a system of alliance was formed before the outbreak of
WWI in 1914 (6 marks)
The USA
stayed
isolated
until 1917.
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12. Ottoman Empire
(Turkey) collapsing
leaving a power
vacuum.
Russia and Austria-
Hungary wanted
influence/ control
over the region.
Serb nationalism was
rising: Serbs and Slavs
throughout the region.
Russia (another Slav
nation) therefore
believed they had
common issues: Tsar
“father of all Slavs”
(Pan Slavism)
