How did alliances turn a regional crisis into a war between empires?

• They forced every country to disarm at once
• They banned all newspapers from reporting the crisis
• Each mobilisation pulled treaty partners in until empires faced each other

What triggered the war in 1914?

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
• A naval battle in the Pacific Ocean
• A strike by factory workers in Britain

Trench lines on the Western Front moved hundreds of miles every month.

Circle one:   True   False

What did a home front look like during the war?

• Rationing, conscription, and women moving into factory work
• Long holidays with extra food for everyone
• An end to all taxes and government posters

Why did attacks across open ground so often fail to move the line?

• Soldiers refused to leave the trenches at all
• Machine guns, wire and shells made crossing deadly
• There were no railways to carry food to the front

Women took on factory and office jobs while men were conscripted.

Circle one:   True   False

Dan says the war stayed inside Belgium and France. What proves him wrong?

• Nothing, since only two countries ever fought
• Colonies sent soldiers and materials, and fighting reached Africa and the seas
• Trench maps show only one small village

Which statement shows one way the 1919 settlement stored up trouble for later?

• It gave every country exactly what it asked for
• It ended all armies and weapons worldwide
• Harsh blame and reparations on Germany bred resentment and hardship