WW1 Unit 9 section 1

WW1 Unit 9 section 1

By Mark Howard

Multiple Select

Imperialism added to the fighting by creating:

• more borders to protect

• extreme competition between countries

• larger amounts of resources to obtain

• larger military taking more time

• larger populations

Multiple Choice

A sense of extreme pride in ones country is called:

• Alliances

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

Multiple Choice

Under the principal of Militarism many countries go into a huge arms race. The two countries that became the largest with the most powerful militaries were:

• United Kingdom, Germany

• Germany, France

• United Kingdom, Russia

• Germany, Austria-Hungary

Multiple Choice

The Black Hand was a terrorist organization operating in the Balkans that starts the Great War by assassinating ___________.

• the Duke of Normandy

• the Prince of Hungary

• the Archduke of Austria

• the Czar of Russia

Multiple Choice

The first country to declare war on another country was who? (This helped when they were deciding who should take the blame for the war)

• Germany

• Russia

• Austria-Hungary

• Ottoman Empire

Multiple Choice

After the assassination, the Emperor of Austria told Bosnia and Serbia that they must end their terrorist activities or they would have to pay the consequences. This statement by Austria is called an:

• alliance

• mobilization

• ultimatum

• nationalism

Multiple Choice

The month that the war started in gives the quote “The Guns of _________.”

• April

• October

• August

• December

Multiple Choice

The ethnic group from the Balkans that the Russians promised to protect was the:

• Russians

• Greeks

• Hungarians

• Slavs

Multiple Choice

The Schlieffen Plan involved Germany invading neutral Belgium in order to defeat which country?

• France

• United Kingdom

• Russia

• Italy

Multiple Choice

Great Britain finally entered the war because:

• Germany declared war on Russia

• Germany invaded neutral Belgium

• of the assassination of the Archduke

• France declared war on Germany