Which factors led to the declaration of World War I?

Several factors led to the declaration of World War I. The immediate cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. Therefore, nationalism, or a feeling of patriotism about one's own country or ethnic group, was one of the factors that led to the declaration of war. Serbian nationalist groups wanted to unite all Slavs in one country, an effort supported by Russia (a country that also had a number of Slavic people) and opposed by Austria-Hungary.

In addition, strong feelings of nationalism among the major European powers--Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Britain, France, and Russia, led these powers to develop their militaries and to be very willing to use them to promote their national strength. Therefore, militarism was another factor that led to the war. Connected to the concepts of nationalism and militarism, imperialism was also a factor in the war, as the European countries had been involved in competing to establish overseas colonies for access to raw materials and markets. Therefore, tensions were running high among them in the decades before the outbreak of the war.

As a result of competitive nationalist sentiment among the European countries, the nations were undergoing shifting balance of power agreements and new alliances. France, wary of growing German strength after the German unification of 1871 and the Franco-Prussian War, allied itself with Russia in the Franco-Russian Alliance. England also allied itself with Russia with the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907, and the three countries eventually formed the Triple Entente. England was also wary of Germany because Germany's growing naval power threatened English naval power. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Triple Alliance, and countries in those alliances promised to defend each other if they were attacked. Therefore, when the assassination of Franz Ferdinand occurred, Russia backed Serbia, and Austria-Hungary eventually declared war on Serbia. Austria-Hungary was given a "blank check" by Germany (this blank check meant that Germany provided unconditional support for Austria-Hungary). As a result, the major countries of Europe were all drawn into the war.

Is there a word/phrase for "unperformant"?

As a software engineer, I need to sometimes describe a piece of code as something that lacks performance or was not written with performance in mind. Example: This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. Based on my Google searches, this isn't a real word. What is the correct way to describe this? EDIT My usage of "performance" here is in regard to speed and efficiency. For example, the better the performance of code the faster the application runs. My question and example target the negative definition, which is in reference to preventing inefficient coding practices. Answer This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. In my opinion, reads more easily as: This coding style leads to unmaintainable and poorly performing code. The key to well-written documentation and reports lies in ease of understanding. Adding poorly understood words such as performant decreases that ease. In addressing the use of such a poorly ...

nouns - what do you call the person who passes the trophies to the prize giver/presenter?

The person who gives out the trophies to the winners are called award presenters. So what do u call the person who passes the trophies to the presenter? Thanks!

Is 'efficate' a word in English?

I routinely hear the word "efficate" being used. For example, "The most powerful way to efficate a change in the system is to participate." I do not find entries for this word in common English dictionaries, but I do not have an unabridged dictionary. I have checked the OED (I'm not sure if it is considered unabridged), and it has no entry for "efficate". It does have an entry for "efficiate", which is used in the same way. Wordnik has an entry for "efficate" with over 1800 hits, thus providing some evidence for the frequency of use. I personally like the word and find the meaning very clear and obvious when others use it. If it's not currently an "officially documented" word, perhaps its continued use will result in it being better documented.

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