The First World War

4. The alliance system caused _____________ among the powers since the alliances were made in secret.
5. An ______________ was sent to Serbia after the heir of the Austria-Hungary was assassinated.
8. An act carried out by nation to build up large armies.
12. An alliance system formed by Britain, France and Russia in 1907.
13. New and powerful battleships.
14. It was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).

1. A region that both Serbia and Austria-Hungary would like to expand into.
2. A student who assassinated the heir of the Austria-Hungary and his wife.
3. The European powers restricted the ___________ of goods to protect their own industrial development in the late 19th century.
4. The immediate cause of the First World War.
6. The pre-war conflicts happened between Germany and France during 1905-1906 and 1911.
7. An alliance system formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in 1882.
9. The sick man of Europe.
10. It refers to the desire of people of the same race and culture to govern themselves.
11. The country who has the strongest colonial and naval power at that time.