history assesment

• what are the MAIN causes of ww1

  Militerism, Alliences, Imperialism, Nationalism
• Militarism meaning


  the belief a country should have a strong military.
• Alliances


  triple Alliance and the triple entente
• imperialism


  wanting to build your empire.
• Nationalism 


  Having pride for your county
• what countries were in the triple Alliance?

  Germany, Austria, italy
• what countries were in the triple entente?

  Britain France Russia
• what does the phrase ''were lions led by donkeys'' mean?

  The British were strong soldiers led by the donkeys (the generals)
• Recruitment


  joining the war in ww1 was originally voluntary but when not enough people joined it was made compulsory for men this is called conscription
• dugout


  A place in the trench dugout for shelter and resting.
• sandbags

  to protect soldiers from bullets.
• duckboards


  to cover the muddy trench floor
• Firestep


  the raised step to see over the parapet
• parapet 


  top of the trench
• The assassination of franz ferdinand


  not many Bosnians wanted to be apart of austia hungary so as a way of protesting Garvrillo princip and his gang bombed his car.