Exercises on Nationalism and World War I

(Mackenzie) Among the causes of the First World War, the Balkan question stands out, which can be associated:

a) the formation of new nationalities, such as Yugoslava under German tutelage.

b) colonial disputes in Asia and Africa between France and England.

c) Russian interest in opening the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, Slavic nationalism and Austrian fears about the formation of Greater Serbia.

d) disagreements between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and England linked to the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

e) the assassination of the Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and the outstanding issues related to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsky and the break-up of Austria-Hungary.

(UECE-2007) The First World War was one of the bloodiest and most expensive wars in the contemporary world. It is known that it was not just two pistol shots, a single act – the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia – which marked the conflict. A number of other factors contributed to this war.

As factors that contributed to the First World War, the following were listed:

I. Since the 19th century, peoples dominated by other countries have developed nationalist feelings. Some banded together in military alliances and fought over possessions of colonies and other lands.

II. The intense rivalry between Germany and Austria-Hungary, in the dispute for consumer markets for the sale of their industrial products and the acquisition of raw materials, intensified, taking on worldwide proportions.

III. A combination of geopolitical interests and a dose of international anarchy resulted in a combination of economic competition, national chauvinism and imperialist rivalries.

However, it is correct to state that:

a) Only I contributed.

b) Only I and III contributed.

c) Only II and III contributed.

d) Only I and II contributed.

Match the items in the left column with the definitions displayed in the right column.

The alternative that correctly expresses the association between the columns is:

1. I-d; II-c; III-a; IV-b.
2. I-c; II-d; III-b; IV-a.
3. I-b; II-c; III-d; IV-a.
4. I-d; II-a; III-b; IV-c.

Read the excerpt below:

The German, French and English masses, when they marched to war in 1914, did so not as warriors or adventurers, but as citizens and civilians. It is this very fact that, for governments operating in democratic societies, demonstrates the need for patriotism and equally its strength. Only the feeling that the state's cause was genuinely its own could effectively mobilize the masses:and in 1917 the British, French and Germans felt this.

HOBSBAWM, Eric J. The Age of Empires:1875-1914 . Rio de Janeiro:Peace and Earth, 1988.

The English historian above exposes a feeling of nationalism that was widely used to mobilize citizens to the front lines during World War I. In addition, several nationalist movements had emerged in the decades before the great European conflict. Of the alternatives below, which one indicates a nationalist movement or sentiment that did not form the framework that gave rise to World War I?

1. Pan-Germanism.
2. Zionism.
3. French Revanchism.
4. Pan-Slavism.
5. Greater Serbia.

Letter C . In addition to the expansion intended by Russia, the Slavic nationalism expressed in Russian and Serbian claims was one of the reasons for the outbreak of the First World War.

Letter B .

Letter A .

Letter B . Zionism is linked to Jewish nationalism and did not originate in the First World War, referring specifically to the creation of the State of Israel.