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=Part 1= The Road to World War I

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Triple Alliance: The Triple Alliance was the military alliance between Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882 until the start of world war 1 in 1914. Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any two other Great powers, or for Germany and Italy, an attack by France alone. In a supplementary declaration, Italy specified that its undertakings could not be regarded as being directed against the United kindom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Triple Entente: was the name given to the alliance among Great Britain, France and Russia after the signing of the Anglo Russian Entente in 1907. The alliance of the three powers, supplemented by various agreements with portugal Janpan, the United States, and Spain, constituted a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand: was an Acchduke of Austria Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of BOHEMIAand from 1889 until his death, Heir presumptive to the Austro Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of waragainst Serbia. This caused Germany and Austria-Hungary, and countries allied with Serbia (the Triple Alliance Powers, to declare war on each other, starting World War 1.

Gavrilo Princip: was a Bosnian Serb patriot, associated with the freedom movement Mlada Bosna (Young Bosnia). Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.

Emperor William II: was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling both the German Empire and the Kingdom of prussia from 15 June 1888 to 18 November 1918 (sometimes wrongly given as 9 November, date of the unofficial abdication announced by Prince Max von Baden

Czar Nicholas II: was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand prince of Finland, and titular King of poland. His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion Bearer by the Russian orthodox church. Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost Great power of the world to economic and military collapse

General Alfred von Schlieffen: was a German Field Marshal and Strategis who served as Chief of the Imperial German Generral stuff from 1891 to 1906. His name lived on in the 1905 Schlieffen Plan for the defeat of the French Third Redpublic and the Russian Empire.

1. What did liberals believe about European states in the early nineteenth century?: 2. Name the two loose alliances of Europe’s great powers: 3. What did trade unions and Socialist parties do to achieve their goals?: 4. What did the large size of European armies make obvious?: 5. What three things may have played a role in starting World War I?: 6. Which country supported Serbia’s desire to create an independent Slavic state?: 7. What assassination instigated war between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?: 8. What action of Russia prompted Germany to declare war?: 9. What was Germany’s Schlieffen Plan?: 10. By what route did Germany invade France?: 11. For what official reason did Great Britain declare war on Germany?:
 * DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions as you read Section 1.**