HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the largest weapons factories were there
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it was heavily fortified/defended
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it was on the trade route to the powerful Ottoman Empire
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nationalist groups there were creating instability in the region
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nationalism and rivalry in the southern part of Europe known as the Balkans was so intense that this area was referred to as the “powder keg of Europe.” Another cause of World War I was imperialism, the policy in which strong, industrialized nations take control of weaker, unindustrialized areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Chancellor of Germany in the late 19th century, Otto von Bismarck, correctly predicted it would be the source of major conflict in Europe. The powder keg “exploded” causing the First World War, which began with a conflict between imperial Austria-Hungary and Pan-Slavic Serbia.
Detailed explanation-3: -With a long history of nationalist uprisings and eth-nic clashes, the Balkans was known as the “powder keg” of Europe. A Restless Region By the early 1900s, the Ottoman Empire, which included the Balkan region, was in rapid decline.