The Descent into The Descent into World War IWorld War I

LONG TERM CAUSESLONG TERM CAUSES

MMILITARISMILITARISM

AALLIANCESLLIANCES

IIMPERIALSIMMPERIALSIM

NNATIONALISMATIONALISM

• Europe in 1914 was like a Europe in 1914 was like a bomb waiting to explode. bomb waiting to explode. All it needed was…….All it needed was…….

A SPARK!!!A SPARK!!!

SarajevoSarajevoFranz Ferdinand assassinated

SarajevoSarajevoSERBIA: provided guns and leadership for the Black Hand. Blamed by Austria - Hungary

SarajevoSarajevoSERBIA

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY: declares war on Serbia with German support

SarajevoSarajevo

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY

RUSSIA: mobilises to defend the Slavic Serbs.

Initially hopes to avoid war with Germany

SERBIA

SarajevoSarajevo

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY

RUSSIAGERMANY: demands that Russia stops mobilising. When she doesn’t, war is declared

SERBIA

SarajevoSarajevo

GERMANY: starts the Schleiffen Plan. Declares war on France

SERBIA

RUSSIA

AUSTRIA – HUNGARYFRANCE

SarajevoSarajevoSERBIA

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY

GERMANY

RUSSIA

FRANCE:

Prepares for war

BELGIUM: Germany invades neutral country. Britain warns her to leave. She does not.

SarajevoSarajevoSERBIA

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY: declares war on Russia

RUSSIA

FRANCE

GREAT BRITAIN:

Declares war on Germany

GERMANY

AS WE CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THE AS WE CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THE ALLIANCES IN EUROPE HAVE CREATED A ALLIANCES IN EUROPE HAVE CREATED A DOMINO EFFECT THAT HAS BROUGHT ALL DOMINO EFFECT THAT HAS BROUGHT ALL

THE MAJOR POWERS INTO WAR…. BUT WHO THE MAJOR POWERS INTO WAR…. BUT WHO IS MISSING???IS MISSING???

SarajevoSarajevoSERBIA

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY

RUSSIA

GERMANY

FRANCE

GREAT BRITAIN

ITALY: enters the war in 1915

TASK!!!TASK!!!

• Read p 7 of the textbook.Read p 7 of the textbook.

• Using the information from the video, Using the information from the video, storyboard write a storyboard write a BritishBritish newspaper newspaper article reporting on the death of Franz article reporting on the death of Franz Ferdinand.Ferdinand.

• Use the level guide on p 9 of work booklet Use the level guide on p 9 of work booklet to help you.to help you.

• p 10 of the work booklet as the template.p 10 of the work booklet as the template.