Which event of 28 June 1914 triggered the outbreak of the First World War?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
- Step 1: The war began in the summer of 1914.
- Step 2: A Bosnian Serb killed the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in Sarajevo.
Answer
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
Why not the others: The Lusitania sank in 1915; Poland was invaded in 1939; Petrograd's revolutions were 1917.
Practise more Modern and Contemporary History.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Iraqi Sixth Preparatory (Baccalaureate) - Literary Branch mock tests.
More Modern and Contemporary History questions
- Which city did British forces capture on 11 March 1917 during the First World War?
- Which three Ottoman provinces (vilayets) were joined by Britain to form the territory of the new state of Iraq?
- At which 1920 conference did the Allied powers assign the mandate for Iraq to Britain?
- The 1920 Iraqi revolt against British rule began in the town of al-Rumaitha after the arrest of which man?
- After the 1920 revolt, what was the main political decision Britain took about governing Iraq?
- Who was crowned the first King of Iraq on 23 August 1921?