WorksheetsCauses of World War I
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following terms describes an agreement to provide military aid to a friendly nation?
Alliance
Nationalism
Isolationism
Militarism
Which of the following terms describes a feeling of one's own nation being superior to other nations?
Militarism
Isolationism
Nationalism
Alliance
Which of the following terms describes a policy of building a large military to compete with other nations?
Isolationism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Which of the following terms describes a nation's policy to avoid interacting with other nations or getting involved in international conflicts?
Isolationism
Militarism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Which of the following terms describes a nation seeking to build an empire by taking over other countries?
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Isolationism
What is the significance of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Caused Germany to go to war with France
Began a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, sparking WWI
Led Russia to invade the Balkan region of southeastern Europe
Emboldened the Ottoman Empire to try to reconquer Greece
Why were alliances considered a cause of World War I?
Many of the Great Powers ignored their obligations to each other
An alliance forced the United States to stay out of the conflict until 1917
Alliances caused the Russian Revolution of 1917
All of the Great Powers began declaring war on the other side as a result of alliances
What role did Germany have in starting WWI?
Germany was attacked by neutral France
Secretly assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Encouraged its ally, Austria-Hungary to go to war with Serbia
Austro-Hungarian troops trespassed into Germany to attack France
Why did Germany plan to capture Paris, France?
Eliminating France would discourage Austria-Hungary from fighting
Germany did not want to fight a war on both sides of their country
Germany was at war with France because of France's war with Italy
Great Britain asked Germany for help against French revolutionaries
What caused WWI to become a stalemate, characterized by defensive "trench warfare"?
Germany failed to capture Paris, leading both sides to take defensive positions
New, experimental weaponry was ineffective
Neither side really wanted to fight at all
Germany knew that they could never conquer France, so it focused on defending itself
