Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the background to the First World War, for example what smaller conflicts and rivalries between European nations had set them against one and other.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which nation had the largest army in Europe in 1914?
Britain
France
Germany
Correct answer: Russia
Q2.
In what year did Kaiser Wilhelm II come to power?
1871
Correct answer: 1888
1905
1914
Q3.
Which two of the following people were cousins of Wilhelm II?
Queen Victoria
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Correct answer: The English King George V
Correct answer: The Russian Tsar Nicholas II
Q4.
Finish this quotation from von Bulow, in which he demanded an empire from Germany. 'Germany demands her place in the ...'?
Shade
Sky
Stars
Correct answer: Sun
Q5.
Which of these words best describes Prussian culture in the early German state?
Communist
Democractic
Liberal
Correct answer: Militaristic

5 Questions

Q1.
Which African nation did the Kaiser visit in 1905?
Algeria
Botswana
Correct answer: Morocco
Others
South Africa
Q2.
In which year was the gunboat The Panther sent by the Kaiser to threaten French troops?
1897
1905
Correct answer: 1911
1914
Q3.
Which of the following was a French colony in the North of Africa?
Correct answer: Algeria
Botswana
Ghana
Libya
Q4.
What is meant by the word 'exploit'?
To notice
To offer help to
To reward
Correct answer: To take advantage of
Q5.
The navies of which nations agreed to work together as a result of the 'entente cordiale'?
Britain and Germany's
Correct answer: France and Britain's
France and Russia's
Germany and France's

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