Question

What conflict was caused, in part, by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

A.
World War I
B.
World War II
C.
the Franco-Prussian War
D.
the Russo-Japanese War

Answer 1

A.

World War I

Step-by-step explanation:

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August.