Question

The violent act in Bosnia that triggered World War I was

a. the torpedoing of a Serbian ship.
b. the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
c. the execution of Kaiser Wilhelm.
d. the use of machine guns in no man s land.

Answer 1

Your answer is B. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

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Answer 2

The violent act in Bosnia that triggered World War I was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The assassin was Gavrilo Princip, a member of a Serbian nationalist group, called Black Hand. The correct answer among the options given above is letter "B."