What were the two primary opposing alliances at the start of World War I?

The Triple Entente and the Central Powers

The League of Nations and the aggressors

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World War I: The Great War

Test your knowledge of the causes, key battles, major figures, and outcomes of the First World War.0 takes

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01The assassination of which Austro-Hungarian archduke is widely considered the trigger for World War I?
02What were the two primary opposing alliances at the start of World War I?
03What type of warfare characterized the fighting on the Western Front for much of the war?
04The interception of what secret message was a key factor in the United States' decision to enter the war?
05Which treaty, signed in 1919, officially ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers?
06Fought in 1916, which battle is remembered as one of the bloodiest in human history, with over one million casualties?
07Who was the President of the United States during World War I?
08What major political event in 1917 led to Russia's withdrawal from World War I?
09The sinking of which British ocean liner by a German U-boat in 1915 contributed to the U.S. entering the war?
10Manfred von Richthofen, the top flying ace of World War I, is better known by what nickname?
11The armistice that ended the fighting on the Western Front was signed on which date in 1918?
12The German military strategy for a swift victory over France at the start of the war was known as what?