A Serbian nationalist from the Black Hand group assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie. In response, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. This event marked the start of World War I.
SERBIA: wanted to seek revenge against those who had assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In 1871, Germany defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War and annexed the French regions of Alsace and Lorraine. In the early 1900s, France still wanted to regain these territories.
FRANCE; France still wanted to regain these territories.
1882 The leaders of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy signed an agreement promising to help one another if war broke out. Germany and Austria-Hungary shared borders and a common language, and both wanted to expand.
GERMANY: wanted to expand the nation’s territory in Europe
In the years before World War I, Germany sharply increased its military spending. It wanted to match Britain's naval power and gain dominance in Europe. German militarism and its rivalry with Britain and France was a major cause of the war.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: wanted to be an independent nation
Answer:
Why were the Articles of Confederation so weak?
- the colonists feared a government that would be too much like the British king
Define an Indentured Servant
- a person who signed a 7 year contract to work for someone in order to come to the colonies
Explanation:
1. Why were the Articles of Confederation so weak?
After finally getting rid of the British, the colonists feared a powerful government that would have a choke hold over the colonies. The Government in the AoC had no power to inforce laws, collect taxes, no courts, there needed to be unanimous votes, etc.
2. Define an Indentured Servant
An indentured servan is a person who signs indentures to work for another for a specified time in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance.
Answer:
True
Explanation:
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Similarities:
Both empires emerged in the 14th and 15th centuries as postclassic civilizations building on the innovations of earlier political powers but expanding to greater extents
Both empires were entirely infantry, but well supplied, well-organized, and extremely aggressive and militaristic. Javelins, slings, spears and maces were used in battle.
Both empires had inherent instabilities
Both empires were fueled by corn.
Both empires have little to no seafaring, and instead stuck to the mountains and valleys in the center of the region.
Both empires conquered hundreds of cities in the region that resented their rule and taxation
Both empires were ended by Spanish invasions that capitalized on native divisions, introduced disease, and Spanish technology of guns, horses, and steel.
Both empires are misnamed-the Inka was the ruler of Tawantinsuyu, and the Aztecs adopted the name Mexica.
Both empires provided public education
Both Atahualpa and Moctezuma decided against confronting the Spanish militarily, allowing for the Spanish to take the Emperors hostage.
Attempts to restore the monarchy came after the capture and death of the emperor, but were too late.
Differences:
The Incas were bronze age, Aztecs were stone age
THe Incas assigned governors and shuffled conquered peoples around. There was a greater centralization than in Mexico
The Aztecs were a tributary empire, not a direct one.
The Aztecs had writing, while the Incas used Quipu
The Aztecs still had many rivals left unsubdued
The Inca used mostly potatoes while corn was far more dominant in Mexico.
The Inca had llamas, small but important livestock that made transport easier
The Inca had a sophisticated courier system of Chasquis along state-maintained roads
The Inca used bronze axes and halberds, with slings and maces as their main weapons alongside spears. The Aztecs used obsidian swords and glaives instead for close combat, and used javelins far more. Likewise, while Inca military relied on the unit’s experience and officer corps for their quality like the Romans, the Aztecs instead had a feudalistic division between the elite knights and commoners, with advancement by taking captives.
The Inca allowed women into their schools but not commoners. The Aztecs prohibited women but allowed for peasant men to also gain an education.
The diseases that destroyed the Incas came before the Spanish actually arrived in Peru, while the Spanish had been in Mexico for months before the plagues killed the emperor and populace.
Moctezuma’s mistake was trying to use generosity to awe the Spanish and try to coax them on his side, while Atahualpa’s was trying to awe them with his army rather than actually using it.
The Inca political crisis was a civil war between two brothers, while the Aztec’s was a three way duel between the King, the Priests, and the Aristocracy and military.
