End Of Years

Question 1

How many people died in the Great War?

Answer 1

Around 9 million

Question 2

What were the three long term causes of the great war?

Answer 2

Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism

Question 3

What was nationalism?

Answer 3

People started to take great pride in their . People of different nations were convinced that their people, country and way of doing things were best. Unfortunately, for many leaders of Europe, the best way to prove they were the best was to have a war with their rivals.

Question 4

What was militarism

Answer 4

People took great pride in their armies. To make sure theirs was the best countries spent lots of money on building a big army. Execpt what was the point in having a big army if you weren’t going to use it.

Question 5

What was imperialism

Answer 5

The race to gain control of other nations, particularly in Africa, led to tension and fierce rivalries among European countries. They began to see each other as a threat to their overseas possessions and saw war as the only way to remove this threat permanently.

Question 6

What were the Bosnians and the Serbians deeply unhappy about?

Answer 6

The bosnians and the sebians wanted to join together but they could not as bosnia was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Question 7

What was the name of the of the group that planned to assasinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 7

The Black Hand

Question 8

Who killed Franz Ferdinand and how old was he at the time?

Answer 8

Gavrilo Princip, 18 years old

Question 9

Where was Franz Ferdinand and his wife hit with the bullet?

Answer 9

Ferdinand- In the throat
His Wife - in the stomach

Question 10

When was Fanz Ferdinand killed?

Answer 10

28 of June 1914

Question 11

When did WW1 star and finish?

Answer 11

28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918

Question 12

Who were the Triple Entente

Answer 12

Britain, France, Russia

Question 13

Who were the Triple Alliance

Answer 13

Germany, Austria-Hungry,Italy

Question 14

How did the Great war end up dragging all of the European countries in?

Answer 14

Austria attacked Sebia. Russia declared war on Austria to protect Serbia. Germany comes to help Austria. France declares war on Germany to help their ally Britain. Britain declared war on Germany after they invaded Belgium.

Question 15

What was the name of Germany’s master plan and what was it?

Answer 15

Schlieffen Plan - The idea was to quickly defeat France with a hugeknock-out blow through Belgium before moving the soldiers east to face the enormous, but slow-moving, Russian army.

Question 16

When was the Schlieffen Plan put into action?

Answer 16

3 August 1914

Question 17

What went wrong for the Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 17

The Belgiums put up such a good fight that it slowed to charge to France right down and allowed for other Ntions to suppot Beligum and launch their own attacks on Germany.

Question 18

What is a Stalemate?

Answer 18

Stalemate is a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can make progress.

Question 19

What is trenchfoot?

Answer 19

This was an infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and dirty conditions. In the trenches men stood for hours on end in wet, muddy trenches without being able to remove wet socks or boots. The feet would gradually go numb and the skin would turn red or blue. If untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in amputation. Trench foot was a particular problem in the early stages of the war. For example, during the winter of 1914-15 over 20,000 men in the British Army were treated for trench foot.

Question 20

Who were the big three?

Answer 20

The USA, UK, France

Question 21

Who was the president of the US in 1919?

Answer 21

Woodrow Wilson

Question 22

Who was the Prime Minister of the UK in 1919?

Answer 22

David Lloyd George

Question 23

Who was the Prime minister of France in 1919?

Answer 23

George Clemenceau