Causes of WW1 - Background

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Across
  1. 3. (1) Britain had a traditional superiority over all other empires in this branch of the military which it was determined to retain (it was only lost during WW2.
  2. 8. (3) three word term used to describe the belief that alliances with other empires acted to deter war by keeping each side without a clear superiority over the other.
  3. 9. (1) in the lead up to WW1 Britain was contributing to the 'arms race' by building the latest super weapons, 'Dreadnoughts'. What type of weapon were these?
  4. 10. (2) unlike Britain and France (which already had these), Germany needed to start to establish them after 1871 so they could build a empire that supplied prestige, raw materials and potential markets for their goods.
Down
  1. 1. (2) what was the war fought in 1870-1 which ending in the humiliating defeat for France?
  2. 2. (1) Because Britain had undergone the ? Revolution first, it had established a technological superiority over other European powers, which was only rivaled by Germany (and USA) by the early 1900s.
  3. 4. (2) what part of the Kaiser's body was deformed at birth? (and may have contributed to need to prove himself)
  4. 5. (2) The Queen of England and matriarch of the European royal families until her death in 22 Jan 1901. Her husband Prince Albert was German.
  5. 6. (2) name of the Kaiser/Emperor of the new united German Empire
  6. 7. (1) This German kingdom, that sounds like an empire to its east, was the most warlike and agressive of the German kingdoms and so after defeating France it used its power to forcibly united other German kingdoms into a German Empire.