What Caused the 1st World War

How many people were estimated to have been killed during the First World War?

• Between 1 and 5 million
• Between 5 and 10 million
• Between 10 and 15 million
• Between 15 and 19 million

According to the text, what did the First World War do to the global economy?

• It had no effect on the global economy.
• It boosted the global economy.
• It devastated the global economy.
• It stabilized the global economy.

How many approaches have historians generally taken to explaining the causes of the First World War?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What is the first approach historians have taken to explain the causes of the First World War?

• To suggest that the world just sort of fell into war.
• To look for deeper, underlying causes of the conflict.
• To specifically point to a single event.
• To blame mismanagement of the crisis caused by Archduke Ferdinand's assassination.

What was the importance of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

• It resulted in the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• It prevented a world war.
• It was the immediate cause of a war between Russia and the Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• It was an act of terrorism that had no lasting effects.

What was the Habsburg Empire?

• A) An empire that ruled over many ethnic communities located in the middle of Europe.
• B) An empire that was defeated and torn apart by the end of the First World War.
• C) An empire that had ruled for almost four centuries by the time of the First World War.
• D) All of the above.

What was the July Ultimatum?

• A set of unreasonable requirements put forward by Serbia.
• A document that prevented the Austro-Hungarian Empire from declaring war.
• A list of demands that would have granted Serbian national sovereignty.
• A set of demands put forward by the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the Serbians.

What was the alliance system?

• A group of countries that pledged to support each other.
• A system that was supposed to keep a balance of power in Europe.
• A system that pitted two great alliances against each other.
• All of the above.

Which of the following was not a trend that helped expand and accelerate the war?

• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Pacifism
• The alliance system

Which of the following was a major objective for many of the warring countries during the First World War?

• Maintaining peace and stability in Europe
• Protecting neutral countries from invasion
• Expanding their empires
• Preventing the spread of disease