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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: World War I Part 1
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that best answers the question.
1. What option below explains why imperialism led to conflict in the world?
a. The USA was the only imperialistic nation.
b. Imperialism caused large nations to compete against each other for resources.
c. Imperialism caused local natives to resent the larger nations that controlled them.
d. Both b and c.
2. Who expanded Germany to become a naval power?
a. Charles de Gaulle
b. Winston Churchill
c. Wilhelm II
d. Charles the 1st
3. Why did the Ottoman Empire join Germany in World War I?
a. The Ottoman Empire was heavily invested in trade with Britain.
b. The Ottoman Empire shared a national religion with Italy.
c. The Ottoman Empire wanted a railway extending into their region from Europe.
d. All of the above.
4. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a. Lee Harvey Oswald
b. John Wilkes Booth
c. James Earl Ray
d. Gavrilo Princip
5.
All of the following were causes of World War I EXCEPT:
a. Nationalism
b. Imperialism
c. Militarism
d. Communism
6. All of the following nations were in the Triple Entente EXCEPT:
a. Britain
b. Germany
c. France
d. Russia
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Why did Austria declare war against Serbia and how did Russia respond to the situation as World
War I began?
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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: World War I Part 1
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that best answers the question.
1. What option below explains why imperialism led to conflict in the world?
a. The USA was the only imperialistic nation.
b. Imperialism caused large nations to compete against each other for resources.
c. Imperialism caused local natives to resent the larger nations that controlled them.
d. Both b and c.
2. Who expanded Germany to become a naval power?
a. Charles de Gaulle
b. Winston Churchill
c. Wilhelm II
d. Charles the 1st
3. Why did the Ottoman Empire join Germany in World War I?
a. The Ottoman Empire was heavily invested in trade with Britain.
b. The Ottoman Empire shared a national religion with Italy.
c. The Ottoman Empire wanted a railway extending into their region from Europe.
d. All of the above.
4. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a. Lee Harvey Oswald
b. John Wilkes Booth
c. James Earl Ray
d. Gavrilo Princip
5.
All of the following were causes of World War I EXCEPT:
a. Nationalism
b. Imperialism
c. Militarism
d. Communism
6. All of the following nations were in the Triple Entente EXCEPT:
a. Britain
b. Germany
c. France
d. Russia
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Why did Austria declare war against Serbia and how did Russia respond to the situation as World
War I began?
There was one specific action that became the spark that ignited the first of World War I. In
1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, was assassinated by Gavrilo
Princip, a Serb nationalist. Princip wanted independence for Serbia, not control from a
foreign power like Austria. Austria declared war against Serbia. Russia showed up to
“defend” the Serbs, in reality they wanted control of the area to have access to the warm
sea ports of the Balkan Peninsula. The alliance systems forced other nations to take sides
and forced the most powerful nations of Europe to engage in war with each other. The world
was now at war.
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