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Causes of World War One

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which pair of countries were allied to each other before WWI?

a)

USA and Britain

b)

Russia & Germany

c)

Austria-Hungary & Ottoman Empire

d)

Britain & France

2.

The names of the two major alliances before WW1 were:

a)

The Axis & The Allies

b)

The Triple Alliance & The Triple Entente

c)

The West & The East

d)

Oceania & Eurasia

3.

Alliances meant that ...

a)

A small war could quickly expand into a much larger war

b)

Europe was guaranteed not to fight a major war

c)

Countries didn't feel the need to build up their armies

d)

Small countries were too afraid to start wars

4.

Allied with Britain and France in 1914 was this third 'great power'

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Huungary

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

5.

This country switched sides - it was allied with Germany & Austria before the war but ended up joining Britain & France in 1915

a)

Italy

b)

Switzerland

c)

The United States

d)

Australia

6.

Nationalism is ...

a)

a belief that all nations have equal rights

b)

a sense of pride & love in one's nation

c)

a belief that nations have become too powerful and need to be overthrown

d)

a belief that different groups of people (languages, religions) can coexist peacefully in the same country

7.

Nationalism served to ...

a)

Unite German speakers in Germany but divide French speakers in France

b)

Unite German speakers in Germany but divide different ethnic groups in Austria-Hungary

c)

Unify all countries behind their government

d)

Pull apart all countries

8.

Nationalism helped spark WWI because ...

a)

groups who wanted Bosnia to leave Austria assassinated the Austrian heir to the throne

b)

nations wanted to test their armed forces against countries that they thought were weaker

c)

Germany wanted to unite all of Europe in one country, like the European Union today

d)

France felt its national honour had been insulted by Germany

9.

Austria-Hungary was politically very unstable due to...

a)

climate change leading to failure of many crops

b)

the economic chaos caused by the great depression

c)

grinding poverty and a big gap between rich and poor

d)

being a multi-ethnic country, with many groups wanting to leave Austria & form their own nations

10.

The trigger cause for WWI was the assassination of ...

a)

Archy Duke by an Ostrich while on safari in East Africa

b)

Archduke Ostrickt in August 1914, by German secret agent

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo

d)

Archduke Ferdinand Marcos while watching a play in Vienna

11.

Imperialism caused most 'great powers' to

a)

expand their lands across the world, particularly in Africa and Asia

b)

expand their trade networks with developing countries

c)

expand their alliances with other European countries

d)

order around smaller, weaker European countries

12.

Just before WW1, the largest empire in the world was ...

a)

The German Empire

b)

The Russian Empire

c)

The British Empire

d)

The French Empire

13.

This continent was almos completely taken over by European powers in the late 1800s, who established empires here

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

14.

Of all the major European powers, Germany had the smallest empire. This was because...

a)

They were not interested in empire building

b)

They were too weak militarily to conquer other countries

c)

They believed tat taking over other countries was evil

d)

They unified much later than other great powers and had missed their chance to grab land

15.

Imperialism helped cause WWI because...

a)

Enslaved peoples of the world rebelled against their Imperial masters

b)

Competition between Europe's great powers over control of foreign empires led to tensions

c)

Natural resources from these empires allowed countries to build up vast armies

d)

It didn't help cause World War One

16.

Militarism is the belief that ...

a)

Countries should build up powerful militaries and be prepared to use them to advance the nation

b)

The military is an honourable profession but should not be given any political power

c)

All countries should disarm beacuse maintaining large armies is both costly and dangerous

d)

Problems between countries should not be solved by war

17.

The invention of this weapon sparked an arms race between Britain and Germany that created a lot of tension between them

a)

Bomber Aircraft

b)

Tanks

c)

Dreadnought Battleships

d)

Submarines

18.

What was the increase in spending by European powers on armaments between 1870-1914?

a)

25%

b)

100%

c)

200%

d)

300%

19.

The country with the strongest army in Europe in 1914 was:

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Britain

20.

MAIN stands for ...

a)

Miitarism, Alliances, Intervention, Non-Aggression

b)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

c)

Militarism, Adventurism, Imperialism, Non-Aggression

d)

Mutually Assured Instant Nihilism