HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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German Empire invaded Russian territory.
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France attacked the German Empire.
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A Bosnian Serb assassinated the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is considered one of the key events that lead to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
Detailed explanation-2: -At around 11 a.m. today, two shots rang out from a street corner in the center of this city, mortally wounding the archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Sophie the Duchess of Hohenberg, his wife. A suspect, a 19-year old Bosnian-Serb named Gavrilo Princip, was apprehended.
Detailed explanation-3: -The spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand-heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire-was shot to death along with his wife, Sophie, by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914.
Detailed explanation-4: -The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo (the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina) on 28 June 1914 eventually led to the outbreak of the First World War.