Causes of wars - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
World War I	The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand	100%
World War II	The German Invasion of Poland	96%
The War of the Roses	The disputed succession of the throne after the death of Edward III	74%
United States Invasion of Afghanistan	A response to the September 11th attacks, aiming to dismantle the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, supported by members of NATO.	70%
The American Civil War	After the secession of the South, the North illegally moving ammunitions to a disputed fort.	61%
Crimean War	Initially between France, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire over the rights of religious minorities in the Holy Land, it eventually became about preventing Russia from gaining more power.	57%
The Taiping Rebellion	The self-proclaimed brother of Jesus claiming his holy kingdom and conquering	57%
Indian Rebellion of 1857	An accumulation of resentments in the Indian populations against British Colonial Rule resulted in war	52%
Lord's Resistance Army Insurgency	Joseph Kony claimed to be the spokesperson of God and aimed to take over the Ugandan Government	48%
The Wars of the Diadochi	The death of Alexander the Great	48%
Russo-Japanese War	Tsar Nicholas II's mismanagement of Russia resulted in unresolved border disputes with Japan, leading to war.	48%
Punic Wars	Disputed claims over a Sicilian city-state	43%
Holy Man's Rebellion	A rebellion by the Phu Mi Bun religious group in French Siam aiming to install their sorcerer as leader of the world	39%
An Lushan Rebellion	General An Lushan led a revolt once he lost the trust of emperor Xuanzong in order to gain power.	39%
Peloponnesian War	The growing Athenian power resulted in a league of Greek city-states (mainly Sparta) and the Persian empire attacking them to curb their power	39%
Great Northern War	When the large Swedish Empire's monarchy shifted to the young Charles XII, Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony took the chance to challenge Northern Supremacy.	35%
Wars of the Three Kingdoms (British, not Chinese)	Scotland, England, and Ireland, united under the same king, war against each other over various issues involving policy, religion, et cetera.	22%
Seven Year's War	A large amount of conflicts over colonial prominence as well as Prussia seeking greater dominance in central Europe	17%
Conquest of the Desert	An Argentine expedition to take the Patagonian desert from Indigenous populations.	17%
War of the Bucket	The castle of Monteveglio was taken by Modena	9%