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#1. n 1870, Britain produced more steel than Germany. By 1914, what was the approximate ratio of German steel production compared to Britain?
#2. Which nation provided the massive loans necessary for Russia to build the Trans-Siberian Railway, effectively “buying” a military alliance?
#3. The Berlin-Baghdad Railway was viewed as a direct economic threat by Great Britain primarily because:
#4. hat is the term for the 19th-century economic policy where a nation protects its own industries through high import taxes (tariffs)?
#5. The Agadir Crisis (1911): While this was a naval “standoff” in Morocco, what were the two nations actually fighting over behind the scenes?
Quick Quiz: Economic Factors Before The Great War
