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    World War 1, also known as the Great War, lasted from 1914 to 1918 and resulted in over 9 million deaths. There were both long-term and short-term causes of WWI. Long-term causes included nationalism, which led countries to see themselves as superior to others and desire to prove it through war, militarism that caused an arms race between countries, imperialism that led to the acquisition of foreign lands, and alliances that pulled more nations into conflicts due to mutual defense treaties between European powers.

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    World War 1, also known as the Great War, lasted from 1914 to 1918 and resulted in over 9 million deaths. There were both long-term and short-term causes of WWI. Long-term causes included nationalism, which led countries to see themselves as superior to others and desire to prove it through war, militarism that caused an arms race between countries, imperialism that led to the acquisition of foreign lands, and alliances that pulled more nations into conflicts due to mutual defense treaties between European powers.

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    World War 1, also known as the Great War, lasted from 1914 to 1918 and resulted in over 9 million deaths. There were both long-term and short-term causes of WWI. Long-term causes included nationalism, which led countries to see themselves as superior to others and desire to prove it through war, militarism that caused an arms race between countries, imperialism that led to the acquisition of foreign lands, and alliances that pulled more nations into conflicts due to mutual defense treaties between European powers.

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    UNIT 2.1 A – WHY DID THE GREAT WAR START?

     World War 1 is also known as the Great War


     Over 9,000,000 (9 million) people were killed
     From 1914 – 1918
     There are long-term and short term causes of WW1
     Long term causes:
     Nationalism: - To love your country and think it is superior (更好的)
    than others
    - It means thinking your nation is better than others
    - Unfortunately, for many leaders of Europe, the best
    way to prove they were the best was to have a war with
    their rivals.

     Militarism: - To take good pride in your country’s armed forces


    - To make sure that theirs were the best, countries spent
    more money on bigger and bigger armies
    - Nobody wanted the smallest army, so countries got
    caught up in an army race

     Imperialism: - To gain control of land and people around the world


    and build an empire

     Alliances: - Groups of nations that agree to back up each other up in


    a war
    - Europe splits into 2 alliances
    - Triple Entente: Britain, France & Russia
    - Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy
    - Although this made them feel more secure, it meant it
    would only take one small disagreement between any two
    nations involved and all of Europe would be dragged into
    a war.

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