What were the deep rooted causes of the outbreak of the First World
War in 1914?
Although the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the response of the
Great Powers to this in July 1914 were a very significant triggering factor to the
start of the...
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What were the deep rooted causes of the outbreak of the First World
War in 1914?
Although the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the response of the
Great Powers to this in July 1914 were a very significant triggering factor to the
start of the First World War, it is not the only explanation.
It should be noted
that many historians argue that there are much deeper underlying factors which
explain why this event in the Balkans erupted into a world war.
Activity 1
Complete the table below which offers a number of different explanations for the
beginning of the First World War in August 1914.
You will need to select evidence
from the text boxes to help support the explanations.
Causal factors of the
First World War
Evidence to support this causal factor
Reason 1
The alliance system,
FF assassination and
Great Powers response.
During the period 1879-1914 Europe split into two main alliance
systems, the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) and the
Triple Entente (France
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