USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Allied with Britain and France in 1914 was this third ‘great power’

(A) Germany

(B) Austria-Huungary

(C) Italy

(D) ** Russia

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The major Allied powers in World War I were Great Britain (and the British Empire), France, and the Russian Empire, formally linked by the Treaty of London of September 5, 1914.

Concept note-2: -The Triple Entente was the name given to the alliance (partnership) between Russia, France, and Britain, during World War I. These countries were also known as the Allies, and were fighting against Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

Concept note-3: -Triple Entente, association between Great Britain, France, and Russia, the nucleus of the Allied Powers in World War I.

Concept note-4: -World War II the chief Allied powers were Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United States (after its entry on December 8, 1941), and China.