The document outlines the various causes that led to the First World War. It divides the causes into long term causes, short term causes, and the immediate cause. Some of the long term causes included the development of nationalism, imperialism among European powers, the quest to conquer new markets, and the formation of alliances between countries. Short term causes consisted of territorial, military, and economic rivalries between countries. The immediate cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo in 1914.