USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
This word means to seek colonies or other people’s land or territory; it was a cause of World War I.

(A) Militarism

(B) ** Imperialism

(C) Alliances

(D) Nationalism

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Imperialism is a system where a powerful nation-state seizes or controls territories outside its own borders. These territories are claimed and governed as colonies.

Concept note-2: -Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other territories and peoples.

Concept note-3: -Imperialism. Q. This word means seeking other colonies; it was a cause of World War I. Militarism. Imperialism.

Concept note-4: -European Expansionism The expansion of European nations as empires (also known as imperialism) can be seen as a key cause of World War I, because as countries like Britain and France expanded their empires, it resulted in increased tensions among European countries.