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Revision Lesson

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The Great Conflict -
World War I 1914-18

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warm up
What does “Nationalism” mean?
When did the World War I began?
What are the four MAIN causes of World War
I?
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What?
WorldWar Iwas a war fought by a lot of countries, which is why it is called a
"world" war.
Other names it has been called areTheGreatWar and TheWartoEndall
Wars.135 countries took part in World War I, and more than 15 million deaths
happened during this time.
World WarI was the first warwhere tanks, Airplanes, and submarines, or
underwater boats (U-boats) were usedas common weapons.

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Who?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Russia
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
United States (1917)
Central Powers: Allies:
Alliesarefriends,thosewhojoinoruniteinagreementand
helporsupporteachother.

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When?
WWI started in 1914 and it
ended in 1918.
Thewar was ended by the signing of many different treaties, the most
important being the Treaty of Versailles.

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TheFirst WorldWar:
Where?

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SOMEINTERESTINGFACTS…
WWIFIRSTS…
Firstwartobefoughton 3
continents.
Firstuseofchlorine& mustardgas.
Firstuseoftheflamethrower.
Firsttankbattle.
Firstuseofmassairplanes.
Firstuseofx-ray in themilitary.
Firstuseofablood bank.
Firstuseofguidedogsby blinded
soldiers.
Firstuseoftrillionin estimatingwar
costs.

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WORDSYOUNEEDTOKNOW…
Glossary
Alliances Agreements or
promises to defend
and help another
country.
Imperialism Trying to build up an
empire.
Empire Where a powerful
country controls
several less powerful
countries.
Militarism Building up armed
forces and getting
ready for war.
Nationalism Having pride in your
country and being
ready to defend it.

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TheFirst WorldWar:
Why?
FranzFerdinand,ArchdukeofAustriaandhisWifeSophie,Duchessof
Hohenbergonehourbeforetheirdeaths,June28,1914
Thefirst world war began in August 1914.It
was directly triggeredby the assassination of
the Austrian archduke,Franz Ferdinand and
his wife, on 28thJune1914by Bosnian
revolutionary, Gavrilo Princip.
This event was, however, simply the trigger
that set off declarations of war. Theactual
causes of the war aremore complicated and
are still debated by historians today.
Themain causes of the war will bediscussed
inthis section.

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CAUSES
There aremany different reasons why WWI
broke out in 1914. There werelong term causes
and short term causes.
Wehavealreadyhad a look at the trigger cause
that acted to spark the outbreak of the war. We
will look into this in more detail later,first we
will look at the long term causes of WWI.

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LONG TERM CAUSE 1
Imperialism is when a country takes
over new lands or countries and
makes them subject to their rule. By
1900 the British Empire extended over
five continents and France had control
of large areas of Africa. With the rise
of industrialism countries needed new
markets. The amount of lands 'owned'
by Britain and France increased the
rivalry with Germany who had entered
the scramble to acquire colonies late
and only had small areas of
Africa. This made the Germans
Jealous and they wanted to have a
bigger empire.

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LONG TERM CAUSE 2
Nationalism means being a strong
supporter of the rights and interests of
one's own country. The European
countries were competing to be the
best, the richest, the most powerful
and the strongest nations – they were
prepared to go to war to show their
power.
The British in particular were proud of
their power. Britain became very rich
through manufacturing, but Germany
had begun to catch up and was
producing iron, steel, coal and cars.
By the beginning of the 20th Century,
Britain no longer had the economic
lead in Europe.

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LONG TERM CAUSE 3
Militarism means that the army
and military forces are given a
high profile by the government.
The growing European divide had
led to an arms race between the
main countries. The armies of both
France and Germany had more
than doubled between 1870 and
1914 and there was fierce
competition between Britain and
Germany for mastery of the seas.

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LONG TERM CAUSE 4
The main enemies and rivals in Europe
were Britain and Germany. They bath
wanted to build and keep big empires and
to do this they needed big navies.
Britain has the strongest navy in the world.
It used the navy to protect its coastline, its
large overseas empire and its trade routes
across the world. The German Kaiser
vowed he would build a great navy to
challenge Britain's.
The British Then introduced the
'Dreadnought', an effective battleship, in
1906. The Germans soon followed suit
introducing their own battleships and U-
Boats. This was called a “Naval Race” with
both sides trying to outbuild each other.