World History quiz: Causes of World War I

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What this quiz should check

Topic: Causes of World War I (C3 D2.His.14.9-12). A good World History quiz on this asks students to:

• Explain long-term causes such as militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism
• Explain how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 triggered the July Crisis and a chain of declarations of war
• Identify the main alliances and which countries were in them
• Weigh which causes mattered most using evidence

Misconceptions worth a question

• Treating the assassination as the only cause
• Mixing up members of the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance (Italy left its alliance and joined the Allies in 1915)
• Seeing the war as inevitable instead of the result of decisions

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