WWI - Part One

Alliances

100

Treaty where Great Britain agrees to protect Beligum

Treaty of London (1839)

200

Treaty signed between Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879 due to worry of France invasion after the Franco-Prussian war

Dual Alliance Treaty

300

Alliance between which two countries happened at the Franco-Russian military convention due to worry about the Dual Alliance Treaty

France and Russia

400

Which countries were in the Triple Entente 1904/1907

Britain, France, and Russia

500

Which countries are initially in the Triple Alliance? Which country betrayed them at the start of WW1 to join the Triple Entente?

Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Italy

Italy betrays

Assassination

100

Who's assassination contributed to the start of WW1?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

200

Reasons for tension between Serbia and Austria

Austria-Hungary annexed provinces against Serbia's wishes. 

300

What was the archdukes position on Serbia?

Believed the Serbs to be "pigs" and "Thieves" but opposed annexation. 

400

Who planned to kill the Archduke?

The Black Hand

The Black Hand

100

What was the purpose of the black hand?

Recruit and train partisans for possible war between Serbia and Austria.

200

What was their goal?

Creation of Greater Serbia by any means necessary.

300

What were their methods?

Trained guerillas and saboteurs as well as arranging political murders.

400

How did they plan to kill the Archduke?

After learning of his upcoming visit, the dukes route was published, they planned to hurl a handheld bomb into his car. 

500

What went wrong during the assassination attempt?

The bomb bounced off the car. He was later shot as well as his wife, Sophie, by Gavrilo Princip.