World War I was an important war between countries participating in the downfall. The war set off due to the Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on June 28, 1914. This sparked a chain of events that had the outcome of World War I. The Great War began that very day and lasted until November 11, 1918, when Germany had formally surrendered and the other countries resolved their contributing conflicts. Other than the assassination of the Archduke, there were four “M.A.I.N” causes that led to the World War, Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism, in this passage, you will learn the contribution each role had in the war. Imperialism is when a stronger, larger nation dominates