Homework 9; term 3

Create a compare/contrast graphic organizer comparing and contrasting the causes of WWI with the causes of the Iran/Iraq war.

Iran/Iraq War

Hussein was afraid of militant Islam spreading across the border into Iraq.
Iran was in a state of chaos for a while after their Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Border dispute.
The Ottoman Empire disintegrated after WWI , and the Allies divided up the former Empire, and formed Iraq. (related to WWI, but its not a cause of both.)

Miscalculation of Saddam Hussein

WWI

The Moroccan Crisis

The British agreement with Russia

The Bosnia Crisis

The Agadir Crisis

The First & Second Balkan War

Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Economic Rivalry

Alliance System

Naval Race between GB and Germany

Thus, a huge contrast between the two wars is that the Iran/Iraq War was religiously motivated, whereas WWI was not. A similar idea is involved with the leaders, Saddam Hussein has a miscalcuation, and Franz Ferdinand was assasinated. However, these could be differences as well, because with the Iran Iraq war it was an error of the leader, whereas it wasn't Franz Ferdinand's fault that he was assasinated.