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Week 12 Tuesday

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Assassination video: At 11:15 the archduke's car stops and attempts a maneuver just beside Gavrilo Princip, who is standing on the pavement __________

a)

Waiting to bomb the archduke's car

b)

Waiting to fire a weapon at the archduke

c)

Eating a sandwich

d)

Calling for backup

2.

Assassination video: Princip fires twice. Sophie was shot in the abdomen. Franz Ferdinand was shot in the __________

a)

Forehead

b)

Neck

c)

Chest

d)

Abdomen

3.

Realities of War: In 1914 the German army deployed their new cannon against Belgium. ___________, as it was called, could hurl an 1800 pound shell 9 miles.

a)

Big Bertha

b)

Large Lisa

c)

Huge Hermione

d)

Massive Mary

4.

Modern Warfare: The battle for Europe was raging at sea as well. The U-Boat was the invention of Simon Lake who, after trying in vain to persuade the ______________ to adopt it, sold it to Germany instead.

a)

US Navy

b)

British Navy

c)

French Navy

d)

Russian Navy

5.

Crash Course: The idea that the root cause of World War I was Germany, or more specifically German militarism, continues to be popular. This has been the case ever since the 1960s and historian _____________ identified Germany as the chief cause of the war.

a)

Fritz Fischer

b)

Felix Unger

c)

Bobby Fischer

d)

Frank Fritz

6.

Crash Course: No national character has ever been to blame for any war. However, you will remember that Germany offered the so-called ____________ that Germans would always support Austro-Hungarian's ultimatum to Serbia.

a)

blank check

b)

declaration of support

c)

open checkbook

d)

war powers act

7.

Crash Course: Russia "could not remain a _______________ whilst a Slavonic people was being trampled down. If Russia failed to fulfill her historic mission, she would be considered a decadent state."

a)

passive spectator

b)

inactive spectator

c)

passive bystander

d)

inactive bystander