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ahriuashd · **on:** Sep 4, 2018

The Triple Alliance was a pact among three countries, pledging to help the other in case of attack. These countries were

a. Britain, France, and Russia.
b. the U.S., Canada, and Britain.
c. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
d. Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.

Question 2

The intense competition among European powers at the beginning of the twentieth century manifested in all of the following ways except

a. the colonization of the southern hemisphere.
b. a naval arms race.
c. a desire by each power to tilt the balance of power in its own favor.
d. stepped up programs to develop nuclear weaponry.