1. M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI

2. M.A.I.N. Causes
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

3. Militarism When a nation’s armed forces come to
dominate a country’s national policy.
It is also a glorification of the military
and war itself.

4. Alliance Signed treaties in which each nation
involved pledges to defend the other
if attacked by an aggressor.
Basically, countries agreed to help each
other.

6. Imperialism Domination by one country over the political,
economic or cultural life of another
country or region.
Due to the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s, some European nations had a large portion of the world under their control.
Think colonies!

7. Europe during World War I

8. Nationalism *Pride and patriotism in one’s nation.
*In terms of WWI, nationalism became
aggressive and subsequently (because of this) a
major cause of international tension.

9. Think about this question
The Powder Keg
On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungarian Throne
Think about this question
How was this one event so important to the beginning of World War I?