History-Chapter 8 Lesson 1

Archduke Franz _________ next in line to the throne of Austro-Hungarian _______, was in town for a visit. As he and his wife rolled along in their open car, a gunman attacked. Both the archduke and his wife were killed.
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Archduke Franz _________ next in line to the throne of Austro-Hungarian _______, was in town for a visit. As he and his wife rolled along in their open car, a gunman attacked. Both the archduke and his wife were killed.
ferdinand/empire
It was June 28, ____, and the people of Sarajevo Bosnia, crowded the city streets.
1914
The assassination did more than take the lives of a royal couple. It upset a delicate ______among the powers of Europe. Within weeks, these powers were at war.
balance
Though the fighting spread quickly, the tensions that led to what we now call _______ ____ _, went back years. They grew up as nations formed empires, built up armies, and made alliances.
world war 1
Much of the tension in Europe in 1914 came from a rise in ___________, a feeling of intense loyalty to a country or group.
nationalism
Nationalism encouraged newly united nations such as Italy and __________ to show their power . Their actions threatened older nations, _______ _______ and France.
germany/great britain
European tensions also grew powerful countries, built great empires in the late 1800s and 1900s. European countries competed for colonies in ______, ______, and other parts of the world. These colonies not only provided new markets and raw materials, they also boosted a nation's status.
africa/asia
Great Britain and France had built large overseas empires, but both wanted to _____ them even more.
expand
_______, Italy, and _______wanted to increase their colonial holdings as well. Each nation's attempt to expand its overseas empire brought it into conflict with another.
germany/russia
When one nation increased its military strength, its rivals felt threatened and built up as well. This growing ___________ pushed Germany, France, and Russia to develop huge _______ in the early 1900s. Great Britain and Germany built large ______.
militarism/armies/navies