C5 Key Terms

Question 1

Shell shortage

Answer 1

The crisis in the production of ammunition, which was being used in massive quantities on the western front; politicians and military men blamed 1915

Question 2

Western front

Answer 2

A line formed from Belgium to Switzerland where the German advance was halted in 1914 and where both sides dug in to make trenches. Most of land fighting took place here

Question 3

Coalition

Answer 3

Several political parties working together to form a government

Question 4

Munitions

Answer 4

Weapons and ammunition needed for the armed forces

Question 5

Total war

Answer 5

When a gov uses all military economic and human resources available to attempt to win a war

Question 6

Clause IV

Answer 6

This stated that the Labour party would nationalise ‘all means of production distribution and exchange’ seen as proving Labour’s commitment to socialism

Question 7

Knighthood

Answer 7

The right to be called sir for life following a custom for fighting men in medieval times

Question 8

Peerage

Answer 8

A title as a Lord and a hereditary right to sit in the house of lords

Question 9

Conscription

Answer 9

A government policy making it compulsory for men to join the military forces