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Significant events
To be significant an event should have these aspects:
- Impact: either economic, emotional or physical
- Improvement or deterioration in quality of life
- Serve as an example (good or bad) for the world
- Has lasting consequences -
1900 to 2000 interesting facts (good and bad)
1924: Frozen food invented
1954: nuclear power station
1969: First man on the moon
1989: Berlin wall comes down
1994: Rwanda genocide -
What caused World War 1
July 1914 - November 1918
5 Great powers: Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia, Austria-Hungary
Summer 1914: Germany yachting, France visiting Russia, Britain building sandcastles, Russia playing tennis and swimming in the fjords.
Triple Entente (allied powers) vs Triple Alliance (central powers)
Assassination: June 28th 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria visits the Balkans. Black Hand Gang attempt (and success) an assassination. Their intention was to kill heir to the throne. -
Into World War 1
5 causes of World War 1 —> MANIA
Militarism: policy of building up a strong military to prepare for war
Alliances: agreements between nations to provide aid and protect
Nationalism: extreme pride in one's country
Imperialism: when one country takes over another country both economically and politically
Assassination: of Austrian-Hungarian heir to the throne and Archduke Franz Ferdinand
