Answer
There are four underlying long term causes of the First World War which
were; first, Nationalism which is a belief that your country is better
than others. The second thing was imperialism, which is the desire to
conquer colonies, especially in Africa. The third is Militarism, which
was an attempt to build up a strong army and navy and lastly the
Alliances, which was formed by Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy.
