WWI Overview Quiz

Hoping to revive their nation and drive out foreigners out of China, a secret

society called the Boxers, launched a major rebellion in 1899.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliance

Great Britain raised spending on its navy by over 40% in the decade leading up

to WW1.

• Militarism

• Nationlism

• Imperialism

• Alliance

Italy invaded Ethiopia (in Africa) in 1895, however Italy failed to make Ethiopia

a colony.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliance

Austria-Hungary annexed (added) Bosnia in 1908, angering Serbia who had

wanted it for itself. War was avoided as Germany supported Austria while Russia refused to help Serbia.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliances

The Xs represent which powers?

• Allied

• Axis

• Central

• German

On March 1, 1871, the Imperial German Army held a victory parade in Paris to

celebrate their defeat of France in a short war.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliances

Weakened by defeat in several recent wars, the Ottoman Empire turned to

Germany for help just before the start of WW1.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliances

Germany sparked a major crisis in 1911 when they sent a gunboat to Morocco

to protest France sending more troops into that country.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliances

Led by his belief that Russia was superior to Japan, Czar Nicholas II refused

to compromise with Japanese leaders over Russia’s claims in the Far East, leading to war in 1904.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliances

The Xs represent which powers?

• Axis

• British

• Central

• Allied