Do Now: WWI

•  Welcome back! I hope you all had a fantastic break!

•  Start a new “Do Now” page for our first unit of the semester: World War I

•  Answer the following in 3-5 complete sentences: •  What do you know about World War I?

•  List any information you can think of. (What caused it, what happened, why is it important, etc.).

•  If you do not know anything about, write what you think it might have been about!

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Marching Toward War Objective: Explain and analyze the long term causes of

World War I

What was wWI?

•  A global war centered in Europe.

•  Also known as The Great War.

•  July 1914 – November 1918

What caused the Great war?

•  Long Term Causes: MAIN

Militarism

•  Definition: a policy of glorifying the military and keeping it prepared for war

•  Caused by: desire to protect overseas colonies from other countries

•  European countries want to have the most powerful military in the world •  Start an “arms race” = a competition between nations for

superiority in the development and gathering of weapons

•  Countries built up massive armies and stocks of weapons

•  Contribution to onset of WWI: countries were ready to fight

alliances

•  Definition: a union or association formed for mutual benefit

•  Caused by: growing rivalries & mutual mistrust among European countries

•  Purpose: to protect themselves from opposing armed forces and keep countries from fighting

•  Contribution to onset of WWI: •  Some alliances had been made secretly, causing suspicion •  alliances drew other countries into war when countries

began fighting

Imperialism

•  Definition: when a strong nation expands its territory

•  Purpose: to expand empire as far as possible to become more powerful

•  Contribution to onset of WWI: competition over colonies creates mistrust among European nations

Nationalism

•  Definition: pride and deep devotion to one’s nation

•  Caused by: nations wanting to assert their power and independence

•  Contribution to onset of WWI: •  Some areas had a great deal of ethnic unrest and groups

wanted independence