1. By Tommy c

2. Alliances Many countries in Europe had mutual defense agreements This would cause one country to go to war, if the other is attacked These were the existing alliances before WWI: Russia and Serbia Germany and Austria-Hungary France and Russia Britain and France and Belgium Japan and Britain

3. Imperialism Defined as, the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas During the time before world war 1, countries in western Europe were all building up their empires, and often disagreed with each other over who has going to be in control of a certain area This eventually lead to war

4. Militarism Countries were also building stronger armies and weapons More men were join the army than ever before New weapons had been invented and this lead to an arms race between the countries. All these factors lead the involved countries to war

5. Nationalism Nationalism is a strong identification with ones nation Nationalists usually wish to prove their nations dominance and that citizenship should be limited to a single ethnic group Slavic People in Bosnia and Herzegovina no longer wanted to be a part of Austria Hungary and be part of Serbia instead. Nationalist beliefs can often lead to war

6. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in June 1914 by a Serbian nationalist over a territorial dispute His death caused countries to declare war and eventually lead to the fist world war

7. Anti War Poem DINOSAURS For two hundred million years they roamed the planet, the great and lesser dinosaurs. One day they disappeared. Deservedly or not. For scarcely a million years we hominids have been pretending to be the rulers of the earth. Our love of war and habits of pollution may yet accelerate our disappearance. Deservedly.