Causes of WW1

Nationalsim

• Belief that your country is the best
• These ideas fueled tensions between countries

MILITARISM

• Belief that a countrys military should be large and ready to strike
• Country's had strong forces to fight with so they were willing to go to war

ALLIANCES

• A circumstance where two countries support and help each other in war
• There were two large alliances, and if you declare war on one, you declare war on all.

IMPERIALISM

• Policy of extending a country's influence and power with force or diplomacy
• European countries would try to conquer lots of land and this competition caused tension

TRIGGER OF WW1

• Austria-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian nationalist
• Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia which was a Russian ally.