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World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The First World War 1 (Questions)

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Although an assassination sparked the beginning of the First World War, international tensions had been growing for many years. The First World War is an important subject of History.

Try our quiz on the very early days of the conflict.

The war took place between which years?

[ ]	1912-1917
[ ]	1913-1919
[ ]	1914-1918
[ ]	1914-1920

Which Archduke was assassinated in June 1914?

[ ]	Franz Ferdinand
[ ]	Fritz Ferdinand
[ ]	Gerhard Ferdinand
[ ]	Jurgen Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of which country?

[ ]	Austria-Hungary
[ ]	Germany
[ ]	Luxembourg
[ ]	Poland

A month later Austria-Hungary declared war on which country?

[ ]	Bulgaria
[ ]	Montenegro
[ ]	Rumania
[ ]	Serbia

Why was war declared on Serbia?

[ ]	A Serbian had carried out the assassinations
[ ]	Serbia had broken a peace treaty
[ ]	Serbia had recently invaded Austria
[ ]	Serbia had stolen lands from Austria

The murderer, Gavrilo Princip, belonged to which political group?

[ ]	Balkan Boys Massive
[ ]	Black Hand Gang
[ ]	Red Foot Gang
[ ]	Serbian Liberation Front

Which word means countries agreeing to help each other?

[ ]	Alienation
[ ]	Alliance
[ ]	Benefaction
[ ]	Dalliance

In 1914 which country was not part of the Triple Alliance?

[ ]	Austria
[ ]	Germany
[ ]	Italy
[ ]	Russia

What is another word for an alliance?

[ ]	Ensconce
[ ]	Entente
[ ]	Entr'acte
[ ]	Matante

10.

In July 1914 which country prepared its army to help defend Serbia?

[ ]	Albania
[ ]	Britain
[ ]	France
[ ]	Russia

World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The First World War 1 (Answers)

The war took place between which years?

[ ]	1912-1917
[ ]	1913-1919
[x]	1914-1918
[ ]	1914-1920

Which Archduke was assassinated in June 1914?

[x]	Franz Ferdinand
[ ]	Fritz Ferdinand
[ ]	Gerhard Ferdinand
[ ]	Jurgen Ferdinand

In Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia

Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of which country?

[x]	Austria-Hungary
[ ]	Germany
[ ]	Luxembourg
[ ]	Poland

His wife was assassinated alongside him