I World War I Causes of WW1

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Across
  1. 2. Historians over the years have tried to figure out who was really to blame for starting the
  2. 5. sides At the beginning, believed that the war would be over before the end of the year.
  3. 6. Germany felt that this alliance surrounding them posed a real threat to their existence and power in the region.
  4. 7. __________ is when a country expands its influence and power into a large empire.
  5. 12. They also saw this as an opportunity to regain of Serbia.
  6. 14. The German leaders felt that they were being surrounded by enemies
  7. 15. Austria-Hungary had hoped they could quickly take over and that Serbia's ally
  8. 16. the nations of Europe were constantly jockeying for power and making
  9. 17. The British had the largest empire which included , Australia, Canada, and much of Africa.
  10. 18. the chance Germany had to win.
Down
  1. 1. A few days later, Germany declared war on and invaded Belgium
  2. 3. This caused competition and between many of the countries throughout the world
  3. 4. In 1914, the situation in was tense
  4. 8. Other European countries, such as and Germany
  5. 9. A few days later, declared war on France and invaded Belgium.
  6. 10. war 1 There were many factors that led up to the start of in Europe
  7. 11. Austria-Hungary issued a number of harsh on Serbia,
  8. 12. The real of World War I included politics
  9. 13. Franz Ferdinand On June 28, 1914,
  10. 15. The United States was neutral at the of the war and hoped to stay out of the war