1. Tuesday, January 8th
HW: RAFT assignment due tomorrow!
Aim: What was life in the trenches like?
Do Now: Complete acrostic with the Causes of WWI - M A N I C

3. Militarism – the act of glorifying war and building up the armed forces.

4. Militarism France 10% Britain 13% Russia 39% Germany 73%
Increase in Defense Expenditures
France
10%
Britain
13%
Russia
39%
Germany
73%

5. Triple Alliance Triple Entente
GERMANY FRANCE
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY RUSSIA
ITALY GREAT BRITAIN

7. Nationalism divided people in the Balkans (southeastern Europe)
Nationalism divided people in the Balkans (southeastern Europe). The Balkans were referred to as the “powder keg of Europe”.

8. Imperialism – a policy by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world.

9. Assassination Gavrilo Princip
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia

10. C H A O S
June 28
Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated by a Serbian
July 28
Austria – Hungary declares war on Serbia
*Russia moves its troops towards Austria – Hungary and Germany*
August 1
Germany declares war on Russia
August 3
Germany declares war on France
August 4
*Germany invades neutral Belgium to attack France*
Great Britain declares war on Germany
August 6
Austria – Hungary declares war on Russia

11. Central Powers Allied Powers