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WorksheetsCauses of the First World War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Were the causes of the First World War morally similar to those of the Second World War?
Yes - they were practically the same.
No - WW2 started because of the need to overcome a tyrant.
What was the name of the Archduke who was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo in 1914?
Franz Ferdinand
Ferdy Franzinand
Frank Ferdinand
Franzik Ferdinando
What was the name of the assassin in Sarajevo?
Gavrilo Princip
Gavin Principa
Gareth Pranchet
Georgio Pratchett
As a result of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which two nations declared war on each other on 28th July 1914?
Austria-Hungary and France
Serbia and Bosnia
Austria-Hungary and Serbia
Bosnia and Austria-Hungary
What are the MAIN causes of the First World War?
Militarism, Arrogance, Incompetence, Negotiation
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
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Military Alliance, Imperial Nonsense
What did the major European nations' obsession with militarism (building a stronger military) cause?
A culture of paranoia and need to forge new alliances.
A permanent headache from all of the factory noise.
A new alliance between all European nations.
New global superpowers.
Which of the following nations held Naval dominance?
Italy
Russia
Germany
Britain
What was the thinking behind forging new alliances between nations in 1882 and 1907?
To allow each nation to maintain sovereign power and help other nations in the event of war.
To reduce international tension.
To make sure that the newly improved military powers had something to do.
To encourage alliances to back each other up.
Who were the members of the Triple Alliance in 1882?
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
France, Great Britain and Russia
Who were the members of the Triple Entente in 1907?
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
France, Great Britain and Russia
Which two countries had conflict because of their differing interests over the Balkan Islands?
Russia and Austria-Hungary
France and Germany
Britain and Germany
Italy and France
Who was suspicious of Germany owing to their defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870)?
Italy
Britain
Russia
France
Which of the following countries is believed to have had imperial ambitions to invade France and Belgium?
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Fuelled by their new industries and desire to find new markets to sell in, which two countries had empires which were expanding?
Italy and Russia
Japan and Austria-Hungary
Britain and France
Belgium and Germany
Which of the following is the correct definition of Nationalism?
The absolute support of military alliance with other nations.
The absolute support of and pride in one's own country where work is only done to support the interests of that nation.
The absolute support of a country's military.
The absolute support of a war.
Which Serbian nationalist created one of the trigger causes of the First World War?
Gavrilo Princip
Winston Churchill
Franz Ferdinand
Otto von Bismarck
What was the Black Hand?
A Bosnian/Serbian nationalist terrorist organisation.
An anti-imperialist pressure group.
A German nationalist group that gave rise to Nazism.
Which of the following policies was said to have brought Britain into the war?
The Schlieffen Plan
The European Treaties
The Agreement of Anglo-Entente Relations
The name of the first big country to mobilise during the First World War was...
(a)
The notion of war being good for nation building was dead by the end of the war... True or false?
True
False
