Name:Honor Pledge:Learning Guide Chapter 1212.1: The Causes of World War IHistorians have traditionally identified four major reasons that a small regional conflict quickly escalatedinto the Great War. These causes can be remembered by the acronym M A I N.Followthis linkandthis linkthen put the information in your own words to complete the chartwith the four causes, “The Spark”, and an explanation of each.Causes of the Great WarCauseExplanationMilitarismGermany and France compete for sea power, other nations join thenaval arms raceAlliancesNation commit to supporting one another if attacked, centralpowers- Austria Hungary,ImperialismGermany, Britain, France competing for resourcesNationalismExtreme devotion to one’s country leads to antagonism betweennations“The Spark”The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Serbian nationalismGavrilo Princip in SarajevoNow look atthis mapand then complete the chart to identify two European alliances in 1914Name of Alliance
