Causes and Consequences of World War I

The immediate cause of World War I was

• The build up of alliances

• militarism

• nationalism

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

What was the name of the powerful battleships that both the British and Germans were building before WWI?

The idea that people of the same language, ethnicity, and culture should be united in national groups is called self-determination.

• True

• False

The terrorist organization that assassin Gavrilo Princip was from was the

• People's Will

• Black Hand

• Black September

• People's Liberation Front

The Triple Entente was all of the three following powers except;

• France

• Great Britain

• Russia

• Germany

Virtually every major event during the remainder of the 20th century was a direct or indirect result of world War I.

• True

• False

This war of national self-determination for the Germans in 1871 led to the acquisition of the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.

Who do you think was most responsible for starting World war I ?

• France

• Serbia

• Germany

• Russia

• England

Which of the following countries left World war I because of a national revolution ?

• Germany

• England

• Bulgaria

• Russia

What two empires were dissolved as a result of the end of World War I ?