World War I is one of 8 topics in the Grade 8 Social Sciences CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. In which year did World War I begin?
1914
1918
1886
1910
Answer: 1914 — World War I (1914-1918) began in 1914, with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as its immediate cause.
Easy
2. Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in June 1914, triggering World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
The King of Britain
The President of Serbia
The German Kaiser
Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary — The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, shot and killed in Sarajevo in June 1914.
Medium
3. Name the two major alliance systems Europe had divided into before World War I.
Answer: the Allied Powers and the Central Powers — Europe had divided into two major alliance systems: the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.
