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The Start of WW1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the arch-duke whose assassination is said to have caused WW1?

a)

Chief Kaiser

b)

Franz Ferdinand

c)

Arch-Duke Kasabian

d)

Alexander Krapanos

2.

True or False: Britain and Germany had been building up their navies before WW1

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which two countries "started" WW1?

a)

Britain and Germany

b)

Russia and France

c)

Serbia and Austria

d)

Japan and America

4.

True or False: the war became global because of a series of complex military alliances between countries

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Britain became involved in WW1 after Germany invaded which country?

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

Japan

d)

America

6.

True or False: America was the last major country to join the war

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Russia were NOT allied with which of these countries?

a)

France

b)

Serbia

c)

Germany

d)

Britain

8.

True or False: The royals of Britain, Germany and Russia were related

a)

True

b)

False

9.

A Primary source is...

a)

...a source by anyone who has been a military general

b)

...a source that comes from the specific time of study

c)

...a source from someone who died during a conflict

d)

...a source written at least 50 years after the event

10.

A secondary source is....

a)

...a source about a different event to the one you're studying

b)

...a source written after the event, with the "grace of hindsight"

c)

...a source written by someone from a different country

d)

...a soruce not written by a Historian