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| Typically a western practice to attempt to gain control of other land and their resources. This was widely practiced before the start of the First World War by many of the modernized capitalist countries in Europe as they competed for Alsace-Lorraine, the Balkans, Africa, and the Middle East. |
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| A common practice during the First World War, nationalism was the feeling of overwhelming pride for a nation. This pride often caused leaders and countrymen to believe that their policy should be the policy of the world, amking them want to expand. |
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| The alliance created between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
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| The alliance created between France, Britain, and Russia. |
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German policy of “world Policy” Germany wanted other nations to have the same type of government as them and therefore wanted to impose its values on other countries. In addition, this lead Germany to want to conquer other lands to exert its influence over them, making Germany power hungry. |
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| A British historian who wrote a thesis blaming Great Britain for the outbreak of the First World War. |
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| A German historian who wrote a thesis blaming Germany for the outbreak of the First World War. He stated that Germany had attempted to control and take over other lands created increased tension resulting in war. He also stated that Germany should take complete responsibility for the damages suffered. |
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| The term used to describe the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire. |
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| Germany, Austria-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria |
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| A British historian who wrote the book "The Origins of the First World War." His book speaks about diplomacy, nationalism, and imperialism, as well as many of the other major causes of WWI. |
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| John Keegan is most known as a military historian. He was a historian that was able to generalize the mindset of humans towards war and wrote about many things including the demise of the Soviet Union and the military actions that took place in the Balkans and the Middle East. |
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| In 1871, it was the territory created by the German Empire after Germany's success in Franco-Prussian War |
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| The belief or thought that a government and country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it at any time. This idea was widely practiced by the Germans. |
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| He was the leader of Russia. He encouraged Russian expansion and provoked war with Japan. He took command of the Russian army, and, as a result, every Russian failure was taken back to him. |
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| A theory which stated that social order was a product of natural selection of those persons which are best equiped for such living conditions. |
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| The rivalry for the control or power over the land in Central Asia. This took place between the Russian Empire and the British Empire. |
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| He was Germany's last Kaiser. He incited Austria-Hungary to take action against the murder of the aruchduke and get revenge against Serbia. Not forseeing the creation of a larger scaled war, he attempted to take back German military involvement. |
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| He was the first German chancellor and prime minister of Prussia. Attempted to keep the situation in Europe calm and was able to do so for two decades. |
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| He was the heir Austro-Hungarian Empire, but was assissinated acting as the catalyst for the start of the First World War. |
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| A crisis faces by the power of Europe right before the breakout of the First World War. It was during the choas that followed the assissination of Franz Ferdinand and the ultimatium reached between Serbia and Austria-Hungary. |
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| A theory which stated that Germany would not have to outnumber the British navy since they were committed to other places around the world. Instead, Germany had to bring lots of their ships to one area causing Britian to risk other areas in order to protect others by moving their ships. |
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| The First Balkan War (1912) |
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| Originally part of the Ottoman Empire, the Balkans was removed form the influence of the Ottoman's after the first Balkan war by the League. |
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| Took place in 1913, and resulted in the gaining of land by Romania and the regaining of land by the Ottoman Empire. |
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| The Balkan Peninsula is in Southeast Europe and shares its largest border with Turkey, which at the time was known as the Ottoman Empire. |
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| Germany used Morocco as an attempted to increase tensions between France and the United Kingdom, worsening relations between these countries. Although, they were able to achieve Moroccan independence. |
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| The precurser to the events that would occur later in the Balkans. Increased many of the tensions between nations which ultimately led to the breakout of World War I. |
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| A crisis sparked by the French deplayment of troops to the Moroccan mainland. Germany reacted by sending a gunboat to the area. Rose the Anglo-German tensions at the time. |
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