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What were the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
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State four causes of the First World War.
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Answer
Aggressive nationalism set the great powers against one another, and imperial rivalry over colonies and markets deepened the hostility. The race in armaments, especially the naval race between Britain and Germany, made war more likely. The division of Europe into two armed camps, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, meant that a quarrel between two states would draw in all of them.
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Explanation
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo in June 1914 was the immediate cause.
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