Causes of the First World War (1914-18) Quiz

More than twenty countries, including the USA, Japan, the Union of South Africa, Portugal and Rumania joined the ______ also named the Allied Powers.

By 1914, Germany had nearly 100 warships and two million trained ______.

The quest for colonies sometimes pushed European nations to the brink of ______.

France wanted to avenge its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 to 1871 and regain its lost provinces of Alsace and ______.

The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo ______ at Sarajevo.

Defeat by Japan during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) became the immediate cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The defeat sparked a surge of domestic upheaval. The Bloody Sunday massacre of peace demonstrators in St. Petersburg marked the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The czar's army killed or injured hundreds of defenceless protestors. As a result, Nicholas II was forced to issue the October Manifesto, which purportedly turned Russia from an absolute monarchy to a ______ monarchy.

History Grade 10 Student Textbook 92 Map 4.4 Lenin’s Russia during 1917 Revolution Chart 4.2 Factors to the October revolution of 1917 Figure 4.6 Vladmir Ilich Lenin Unit 4|Society and Politics in the Age of World Wars 1914-1945 93 1. What were the basic differences between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks? 2. Describe briefly the causes of the Russian Revolution. Tsar Nicholas II and his subjects entered World War I with enthusiasm and patriotism, with the defense of Russia’s fellow Orthodox Slavs, the Serbs, as the main battle cry. In August 1914, the Russian army invaded Germany’s province of East Prussia and occupied a significant portion of Austrian-controlled Galicia in support of the Serbs. German control of the Baltic Sea and German-Ottoman control of the Black Sea severed Russia from most of its foreign supplies and potential markets. Existing questions. Do NOT ask these: The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo ______ at Sarajevo. By 1914, Germany had nearly 100 warships and two million trained ______. The quest for colonies sometimes pushed European nations to the brink of ______. More than twenty countries, including the USA, Japan, the Union of South Africa, Portugal and Rumania joined the ______ also named the Allied Powers. France wanted to avenge its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 to 1871 and regain its lost provinces of Alsace and ______.

A population increase at the end of the nineteenth century, combined with a difficult growing season due to Russia's northern climate and a succession of costly conflicts, beginning with the Crimean War (1854-1856), resulted in recurrent food shortages across the vast empire. For instance, defeat by Japan during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) became the immediate cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The defeat sparked a surge of domestic upheaval. The Bloody Sunday massacre of peace demonstrators in St. Petersburg marked the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The czar's army killed or injured hundreds of defenceless protestors. As a result, Nicholas II was forced to issue the October Manifesto, which purportedly turned ______ from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

Tsar Nicholas II and his subjects entered World War I with enthusiasm and patriotism, with the defense of Russia’s fellow Orthodox Slavs, the Serbs, as the main battle cry. In August 1914, the Russian army invaded Germany’s province of East Prussia and occupied a significant portion of Austrian-controlled Galicia in support of the Serbs. German control of the Baltic Sea and German-Ottoman control of the Black Sea severed ______ from most of its foreign supplies and potential markets.

France wanted to avenge its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 to 1871 and regain its lost provinces of Alsace and ______.