Question

Why was the Balkan Powder Keg such a danger to set off the Alliances?

Answer 1

Look it up somewhere else don’t be lazy kid

Answer 2

Because of the tensions in the Balkans and the consent fighting from both sides. The spark that ignited the powder-keg was the assassination in Sarajevo of the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophia by Gavrilo Princip. He was a member of Narodna Odbrana, a Serbian nationalist organization.