Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• The ‘short war’ delusion arose because it was believed:
  • war would consume ammunition and military equipment at an unsustainable rate; once stockpiles were used war could not continue
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Imperialism, Capitalism and WWI in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the new weaponry would produce very high casualty rates, and no country would be willing to sustain these death tolls for long
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Imperialism, Capitalism and WWI in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the financial costs of modern war would be so high that no government could sustain them for more than a few months
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Imperialism, Capitalism and WWI in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• The HMS Dreadnought:
  • played a key role in British naval victories during the war
    • Incorrect. Review the learning activity on Military and Economic Competition among the Great Powers in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • sparked an arms race prior to World War One
    • Correct. Well done!
  • sunk the first German submarine during World War One
    • Incorrect. Review the learning activity on Military and Economic Competition among the Great Powers in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • was a British ship sunk by the Germans, sparking an escalation of the war in 1916
    • Incorrect. Review the learning activity on Military and Economic Competition among the Great Powers in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Whose death sparked World War One?
  • Kaiser Wilhelm
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Power Politics and European Alliances in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Franz Josef
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Power Politics and European Alliances in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Franz Ferdinand
    • Correct. Well done!
  • none of the above answers are correct.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Power Politics and European Alliances in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The main cause of World War One was:
  • Austro-Hungarian determination to impose its will upon the Balkans
    • Incorrect. Review this learning pathway to make sure you understand the factors that led to World War One.
  • an arms race between Germany and Britain
    • Incorrect. Review this learning pathway to make sure you understand the factors that led to World War One.
  • incompetent diplomats
    • Incorrect. Review this learning pathway to make sure you understand the factors that led to World War One.
  • there was no singular ‘main’ cause of World War One but a range of contributing factors
    • Correct. Well done!
• The Allies, or Entente Powers, originally comprised:
  • Russia, France and Great Britain
    • Correct. Well done!
  • Great Britain, France and Belgium
    • Incorrect. Review the lecture on the Origins of War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
    • Incorrect. Review the lecture on the Origins of War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Great Britain, France and the United States
    • Incorrect. Review the lecture on the Origins of War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• World War One led to the fall of four great empires.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done! Can you name them?
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Causes of World War One to help you find the correct answer.
• Gavrilo Princip was the assassin that sparked World War One.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Outbreak of War to help you find the correct answer.
• The Treaty Alliance System helped avert war and was almost successful in preventing the war altogether.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Power Politics and European Alliances in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• The Central Powers that opposed the Allies were Germany and Italy.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the lecture on the Origins of War to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• The United States declared itself neutral at the outbreak of World War One.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Causes of World War One in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.