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European Empire Building Leads to WWI
SS6H6d. Explain the impact of empire building in Africa and Asia on the
outbreak of WWI
Scramble for Africa1885-1910
• Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands – divided Africa among themselves
• Why – Natural resources
• Gold, diamonds, oil– Politics
• National pride (more colonies = more status)
– Worldview• Desire to “civilize“ and
Christianize Africa
Scramble for Asia
• Europe changed from Asia’s trading partner to Asia’s conqueror
• British took India
• French took Vietnam
On the rise in Europe:
• Nationalism: love of one’s country
• Militarism: using strong armies and threats of war
European countries signed treaties agreeing to help each other in case of attack.
Alliances
The Great War (WWI) 1914-1918
Causes:1. MAIN : Militarism,
Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
2. Tensions over territory in the Balkans
3. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb
WWI “The War to End All Wars”
Central Powers
• Austria-Hungary• Ottoman Empire
(Turkey + colonies)• Bulgaria• Germany• Plus all their colonies
Allied Powers• Russia• France• U.S.• U.K.• Plus all their
colonies
War Ends• The turning point came in mid- 1918 in favor
of the Allies. • Germany signed an ARMISTICE at eleven
o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, which ended the war (now called Veteran’s Day).
• The Allies won.• Germany was blamed for the war.