Humanities › History & Culture Check Your Knowledge: Origins of WWI Share Flipboard Email World War I: An Introduction Introduction Origins A Short Timeline Pre-1914 The Top 5 Causes Leading Up to WWI Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Check Your Knowledge: WWI Origins The Battlefront Opening Campaigns A Stalemate Ensues America Joins the Fight Battle to the Death Check Your Knowledge: WWI Battles The Home Front Women and WWI The American Economy in WWI Aftermath and Consequences The Treaty of Versailles Consequences of WWI Check Your Knowledge: WWI Aftermath The SMS Tegetthoff a dreadnought battleship of the Tegetthoff class of the Austro-Hungarian Navy is launched down the slipway of the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino yard in Trieste on 21 March 1912 at Trieste, Austria. Paul Thompson/FPG / Stringer / Getty Images By ThoughtCo Team Published on January 30, 2018 1. Which of the following mutual defense alliances did NOT exist before WWI? Russia and Serbia France and Russia Japan and Serbia Japan and Britain Correct Wrong The following mutual defense alliances existed before WWI: Russia and Serbia Germany and Austria-Hungary France and Russia Britain and France and Belgium Japan and Britain 2. Whose assassination was the immediate cause of WWI? Gavrilo Princip Otto von Bismark Nikola Pasic Franz Ferdinand Correct Wrong The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was the precipitating event of WWI. 3. Which of the following was the name of a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group in 1914? The Black Hand The Black Bloc The Black Widows The Liberation Army of Preševo Correct Wrong The Black Hand was the Serbian nationalist terrorist group who helped provide supplies to help Gavrilo Princip and his allies carry out the execution of Archduke Ferdinand. Check Your Knowledge: Origins of WWI You got: % Correct. Image of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Nice try! Review these resources to improve your score: A Pre-1914 Timeline The Top Causes of WWI The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email Check Your Knowledge: Origins of WWI You got: % Correct. Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-002167 Great work! You clearly understand the major events that led up to the first world war. Get ready to learn about some of the opening campaigns of the war. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email