Europe 1914 Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Before the wartime and postwar changes to Ireland’s status, which state included the entire island of Ireland in 1914?
Austria-Hungary
The French Republic
An independent Kingdom of Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
2. A student places Alsace-Lorraine inside France on a late-June-1914 map. Which state actually controlled this territory then?
Belgium
Switzerland
The German Empire
Austria-Hungary
3. Which kingdom lay along the North Sea, with France to its southwest, the Netherlands to its north, and the German Empire to its east?
The Netherlands
Denmark
Belgium
Luxembourg
4. Which republic lay west of the German Empire, north of Spain, and across the English Channel from the United Kingdom?
France
Portugal
Switzerland
Belgium
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina appeared within the territory of which empire in late June 1914?
Austria-Hungary
The Ottoman Empire
The Russian Empire
The German Empire
6. A country occupies the Jutland Peninsula and nearby islands immediately north of the German Empire. Which 1914 kingdom is it?
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
The Netherlands
7. Identify the kingdom that lay north of Bulgaria, east of Austria-Hungary, and west of the Black Sea.
Greece
Serbia
Romania
Montenegro
8. A map label points to Belgrade near the meeting of the Sava and Danube rivers. Which 1914 kingdom should receive the label?
Romania
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Serbia
9. Which neutral, landlocked country shared borders with France, the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in 1914?
Belgium
Switzerland
The Netherlands
Luxembourg
10. On a 1914 map, which country occupied the western side of the Iberian Peninsula and had an Atlantic coastline and a land border only with Spain?
Spain
Portugal
France
Belgium
11. Which kingdom occupied the boot-shaped peninsula extending into the Mediterranean and also included Sicily and Sardinia?
Greece
Italy
Spain
Montenegro
12. Which empire had its capital at Constantinople and held Eastern Thrace as well as extensive territory across the straits in Anatolia?
The Kingdom of Bulgaria
The Kingdom of Greece
The Ottoman Empire
The Russian Empire
13. Identify the Balkan kingdom located south of Romania, north of Greece and Ottoman territory, and west of the Black Sea.
Bulgaria
Albania
Serbia
Montenegro
14. In 1914, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy within which larger state?
The Kingdom of Sweden
The Russian Empire
The German Empire
The Kingdom of Norway
15. Which newly recognized Balkan state had an Adriatic coastline between Montenegro to the north and Greece to the south?
Serbia
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
16. Which North Sea kingdom lay directly west of the German Empire and north of Belgium?
Denmark
The United Kingdom
Luxembourg
The Netherlands