Memory MOVING TOWARDS WWIVersión en línea MOSAIC por Clara Pareja Armed conflicts fought for differences between ethnic groups in Southeastern Europe Feeling that gave people a new sense of identity and also led to an increased sense of competition among nation-states or empires European empires competed for political and economic power The basic material from which a product is made A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons European nations look towards expanding their territories and domains through conquest Process that changed the productive system from hand made to mechanized European powers entered into agreements to support each other