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Causes of WWI

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the three members of the Triple Entente?

a)

Britain, France and Russia

b)

Britain, France and Italy

c)

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

d)

France, Germany and Russia

2.

Who were the three members of the Triple Alliance?

a)

Britain, France and Russia

b)

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

c)

Germany, Italy and Russia

d)

Germany, Australia and Italy

3.

What is nationalism?

a)

A system of agreements to defend one another

b)

Being determined to protect and improve your own country

c)

Building up an empire

d)

Building up a strong army

4.

What is imperialism?

a)

A system of agreements to protect one another

b)

Being determined to protect and improve your own country

c)

Building up a big empire

d)

Building up a strong army

5.

What did Britain, France and Germany all want a piece of?

a)

America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

6.

Britain's navy was made stronger by building...

a)

Dreadships

b)

Dreadnoughts

c)

Shipnoughts

d)

Battle ships

7.

Which people wanted to be free to rule themselves?

a)

Serbians

b)

Russians

c)

Belgians

d)

Bosnians

8.

Who had the largest navy in 1914?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

9.

What was the name of the area that both France and Germany wanted to rule?

a)

Begium

b)

Alsace-Lorraine

c)

Switzerland

d)

Bosnia

10.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by members of...

a)

The Black Hand

b)

Bosnia

c)

The Black Gang

d)

Serbia

11.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of...

a)

Serbia

b)

Germany

c)

Austria

d)

Austria-Hungary

12.

The first assassination attempt failed because...

a)

The poison had gone off

b)

The first assassin missed

c)

Their was a delay on the hand grenade

d)

The hand grenade failed to explode

13.

Gavrillo Princip was willing to die. Why?

a)

He had a bad cough

b)

He was dying from typhoid

c)

He was dying from tuberculosis

d)

He was dying from typhus

14.

Princip was jailed for...

a)

10 years

b)

15 years

c)

20 years

d)

25 years