WorksheetsCauses of World War One
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins
Which pair of countries were allied to each other before WWI?
USA and Britain
Russia & Germany
Austria-Hungary & Ottoman Empire
Britain & France
The names of the two major alliances before WW1 were:
The Axis & The Allies
The Triple Alliance & The Triple Entente
The West & The East
Oceania & Eurasia
Alliances meant that ...
A small war could quickly expand into a much larger war
Europe was guaranteed not to fight a major war
Countries didn't feel the need to build up their armies
Small countries were too afraid to start wars
Allied with Britain and France in 1914 was this third 'great power'
Germany
Austria-Huungary
Italy
Russia
This country switched sides - it was allied with Germany & Austria before the war but ended up joining Britain & France in 1915
Italy
Switzerland
The United States
Australia
Nationalism is ...
a belief that all nations have equal rights
a sense of pride & love in one's nation
a belief that nations have become too powerful and need to be overthrown
a belief that different groups of people (languages, religions) can coexist peacefully in the same country
Nationalism served to ...
Unite German speakers in Germany but divide French speakers in France
Unite German speakers in Germany but divide different ethnic groups in Austria-Hungary
Unify all countries behind their government
Pull apart all countries
Nationalism helped spark WWI because ...
groups who wanted Bosnia to leave Austria assassinated the Austrian heir to the throne
nations wanted to test their armed forces against countries that they thought were weaker
Germany wanted to unite all of Europe in one country, like the European Union today
France felt its national honour had been insulted by Germany
Austria-Hungary was politically very unstable due to...
climate change leading to failure of many crops
the economic chaos caused by the great depression
grinding poverty and a big gap between rich and poor
being a multi-ethnic country, with many groups wanting to leave Austria & form their own nations
The trigger cause for WWI was the assassination of ...
Archy Duke by an Ostrich while on safari in East Africa
Archduke Ostrickt in August 1914, by German secret agent
Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo
Archduke Ferdinand Marcos while watching a play in Vienna
Imperialism caused most 'great powers' to
expand their lands across the world, particularly in Africa and Asia
expand their trade networks with developing countries
expand their alliances with other European countries
order around smaller, weaker European countries
Just before WW1, the largest empire in the world was ...
The German Empire
The Russian Empire
The British Empire
The French Empire
This continent was almos completely taken over by European powers in the late 1800s, who established empires here
South America
Asia
Africa
Europe
Of all the major European powers, Germany had the smallest empire. This was because...
They were not interested in empire building
They were too weak militarily to conquer other countries
They believed tat taking over other countries was evil
They unified much later than other great powers and had missed their chance to grab land
Imperialism helped cause WWI because...
Enslaved peoples of the world rebelled against their Imperial masters
Competition between Europe's great powers over control of foreign empires led to tensions
Natural resources from these empires allowed countries to build up vast armies
It didn't help cause World War One
Militarism is the belief that ...
Countries should build up powerful militaries and be prepared to use them to advance the nation
The military is an honourable profession but should not be given any political power
All countries should disarm beacuse maintaining large armies is both costly and dangerous
Problems between countries should not be solved by war
The invention of this weapon sparked an arms race between Britain and Germany that created a lot of tension between them
Bomber Aircraft
Tanks
Dreadnought Battleships
Submarines
What was the increase in spending by European powers on armaments between 1870-1914?
25%
100%
200%
300%
The country with the strongest army in Europe in 1914 was:
Russia
Germany
France
Britain
MAIN stands for ...
Miitarism, Alliances, Intervention, Non-Aggression
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Militarism, Adventurism, Imperialism, Non-Aggression
Mutually Assured Instant Nihilism
