1. World War I

2. ALLIANCES signed Treaties to defend one another
Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
Germany, Italy,
Austria-Hungarian Empire
Kaiser William and Czar Nicholas II were cousins
Grandmother was Queen Victoria of Great Britain
Triple Entente (Allies)
France Russia, Britain

3. NATIONALISM Extreme National Pride
Germans

4. NATIONALISM Extreme National Pride
Pan-Slavism (Eastern Europe – Russia)
All Slavic people should share a common nationality
Small States
Wanted Independence from Imperialistic Empires such as the British

5. MILITARISM
Germans
Maintain strong military and be willing to use it for the good of the country (Empire)

6. Serbia wanted independence from Austrian-
IMPERIALISM
Serbia wanted independence from Austrian-
Hungarian Empire

7. Assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia
The Assassination
Serbia wanted independence from Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia
Archduke Ferdinand and Sophia drive through Sarajevo (nephew of Austrian Emperor)

8. The Assassination
Serbia wanted independence from Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia
Archduke Ferdinand and Sophia drive through Sarajevo (nephew of Austrian Emperor)
June, 1914, Gavrilo Princip (Black Hand) fired twice into car - killing both

9. Kaiser William II Germany
gave Austrian Emperor a “Blank Check”
Do what was necessary, we will support you

10. Kaiser William II Germany
Kaiser William II (Germany) gave Austrian Emperor a “Blank Check”
Do what was necessary, we will support you
Serbia defied an Ultimatum

11. Austria
declares war on
Serbia

12. Austria
declares war on
Serbia
Russia
Mobilizes to
Protect Serbia

13. Austria
declares war on
Serbia
Russia
Mobilizes to
Protect Serbia

14. Austria
declares war on
Serbia
Russia
Mobilizes to
Protect Serbia
France
Gives support
to Russia

15. Germany tells France to stay out of it. France refuses
Austria
declares war on
Serbia
Russia
Mobilizes to
Protect Serbia
France
Gives support
to Russia
Germany tells France to stay out of it. France refuses

16. Austria declares war on Serbia Russia Mobilizes to Protect Serbia
France
Gives support
to Russia
Germany tells France to stay out of it. France refuses
Italy and Britain wanted
to remain Neutral

17. Austria declares war on Serbia Russia Mobilizes to Protect Serbia
France
Gives support
to Russia
Germany tells France to stay out of it. France refuses
Italy and Britain wanted
to remain Neutral
Germany
declares war
on Russia

18. Schleiffen Plan Austria declares war on Serbia Russia Mobilizes to
Protect Serbia
France
Gives support
to Russia
Germany tells France to stay out of it. France refuses
Italy and Britain wanted
to remain Neutral
Schleiffen Plan
Germany attacked
Marched through Belgium
Germany
declares war
on Russia

19. Austria declares war on Serbia Russia Mobilizes to Protect Serbia
France
Gives support
to Russia
Germany tells France to stay out of it. France refuses
Italy and Britain wanted
to remain Neutral
Britain
declared war on
Germany
Germany attacked
Marched through Belgium
Germany
declares war
on Russia

20. To feed the need of industrialism
Imperialism
To feed the need of industrialism
Japan wanted pieces of China
Ottoman Empire (Turkey) backed
Austrian Emperor
The Sun never set on the British Empire
Italy wanted northern regions
Many Arab peoples wanted independence
India wanted independence from Britain
Iraq wanted independence from Britain