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Militarism |
a nation's policy to maintain strong arm forces |
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examples of militarism |
1. Great Britain and Germany built strong navies 2. France, Russia and Germany built strong armies. |
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Imperialism |
a nation's attempt to gain control of weaker nations. |
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Examples of Imperialism |
1. European nations divided Africa into colonies in order to obtain raw materials and sell goods. 2. European nations forced China to grant trading rights. |
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Nationalism |
extreme loyality to nation and concern for welfare |
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4. Alliances |
formation of military agreements among nations |
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Two major alliances |
1. Triple alliance-Germany,Austria Hungary + Italy in 1882 2. Triple Entente-England, France and Russia in 1907 |
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Competition for colonies. Leaders looked for sources of |
raw materials and markets. |
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Because of this industrialized nations colonized |
underdeveloped areas of the world |
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Increased |
arsenals and mobilized armies of conscripts. |
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How many soldiers were ready? |
17 million |
