Ch 16 WS 1

World History

 

  1. In the beginning of the 1800s, how did liberals want to see the boundaries of European states divided?

 

 

  1. Who was in the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente?

 

 

 

  1. Name three ethnic groups that revolted against the countries they were in.

 

 

  1. What country broke away from the British Empire shortly after WWI?

 

 

  1. What did the growth of European armies make obvious at the beginning of the 1900s?

 

 

  1. What is conscription? What two major countries did not practice it in the beginning of the 1900s?

 

 

  1. What was militarism?

 

 

  1. What country was determined to create an independent Slavic state in SE Europe? What major country supported them in this goal?

 

 

  1. What country wanted to keep #8 from happening?

 

 

  1. What happened June 28, 1914? What was the larger goal of the people responsible?

 

 

  1. What country did Austria feel was responsible for #10? Why were they afraid to attack them? What country did they ask for support?

 

 

 

  1. Who declared war on Austria when Austria invaded Serbia in 1914?

 

 

  1. Besides Russia, what other country did Germany declare war on in the beginning?

 

 

  1. What country denied Germany permission for its troops to pass through? What country did this event cause to enter the war?