(A) ** Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism
(B) Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Isolationism
(C) Militarism, Against, Nice, Iguanas
(D) Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Impractical
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -This increase in militarism helped push the countries involved into war. The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
Concept note-2: -World War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918.
Concept note-3: -The M-A-I-N acronym – militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism – is often used to analyse the war, and each of these reasons are cited to be the 4 main causes of World War One.