LO to identify key causes of World War 1 Starter Can you name the two alliances that were formed before WW1 Can you also name the countries Triple Alliance Triple Entente Ge ID: 407979
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Assassination
LO to identify key causes of World War 1Slide2
Starter –
Can you name the two alliances that were formed before WW1?
Can you also name the countries?
Triple
AllianceTriple EntenteGe…………………Br………………….Au…………-Hu……………Fr………………….It………………….Ru…………………Slide3
Starter- Recap
In your books list the
THREE
main countries in both:
The Triple AllianceThe Triple EntenteItalyGermanyAustria-HungaryBritainRussiaFranceSlide4
What sparked a domino effect to war in 1914?
Fuse 1 Fuse 2 Fuse 3 Fuse 4
Label each fuse
Around each fuse, explain how it contributed to tension in Europe in the early twentieth century.Slide5
Which of these causes do you think had the biggest impact on the chain of events which unfolded after the murder in Sarajevo? Choose the two most important
Write reasons for your decision the correct heading.
Militarism
Alliances
ImperialismNationalismSlide6
Assassination: the spark that led to war
The Emperor of Austria-Hungary
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as 84. His heir was Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
On 28 June 1914 the Archduke and his wife visited Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. So did a group of Bosnian revolutionaries ready to die to free their people from Austria-Hungary. They had been trained in Serbia.That morning one revolutionary threw a bomb at the royal car. It injured an officer. Later the Archduke and his wife went to visit him in hospital. Their driver lost his way in a narrow street. By chance, one of the plotters Cavrilo Princip, was nearby. He shot and killed the Archduke and his wife.Slide7Slide8
Domino effect towards war.
The murder in
Sarajevo triggered
a string of events leading to the outbreak of war in Europe.
Fill in the blank dominos to demonstrate the chronological events which unfolded after the murder of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Assassination of Arch-Duke
UK declares war on GermanySlide9
What were the causes of the First World War?
On your copy of the fishbone diagram, plan your answer to this question. You might want to divide into long and short term causes. What other categories could you use?