Era Of The Great War

Question 1

What made people sign up for war

Answer 1

Patriotism,
fighting for family,
pals battalion,
propaganda,

Question 2

Triple B

Answer 2

Bayonetting belgian babies

Question 3

When was conscription introduced in the UK

Answer 3

1916

Question 4

When was rationing introduced

Answer 4

1917

Question 5

Layout of the trench

Answer 5

2 metres deep, duckboards, fire steps

Question 6

Daily routine of trench soldier

Answer 6

Clean weaponry
Repair trenches
Refill sandbags
Repair barbed wire

Question 7

Methods of attack

Answer 7

Artillery bombardment
Gas
Infantry attack

Question 8

Trench warfare’s Effect on the soldiers

Answer 8

Death
Blindness
Shellshock
Disease
Wounds

Question 9

Weaponry used

Answer 9

Gas
Rifle
Machine gun
Tank
Aircraft

Question 10

Who commanded the british army in the battle of loos

Answer 10

Douglas haig

Question 11

How many scots participated in the battle of loos

Answer 11

30,000

Question 12

What happened to the british army in the battle of loos

Answer 12

They gassed themselves

Question 13

How many died in the battle of loos and how many were scots

Answer 13

20,000
7000 scots

Question 14

When did the battle of Somme begin

Answer 14

June 24th

Question 15

What was the battle of the Somme

Answer 15

8 days of heavy artillery fire, then the british soldiers advanced who were then ambushed by german machine guns

Question 16

Approximately how many brits died in the battle of the somme

Answer 16

58000

Question 17

Restrictions around censorship

Answer 17

Newspaper had to be checked
Negative articles were erased
All letters from soldiers were checked

Question 18

Alcahol restrictions

Answer 18

Alcahol was watered down
Pubs had restricted hours
Were not allowed to buy a round of drinks

Question 19

Define Rationing

Answer 19

Only given a set amount of food to get through the day

Question 20

When was rationing introduced

Answer 20

1917

Question 21

Two groups of women campaigning for the right to vote

Answer 21

Suffragettes
Suffragists

Question 22

Reasons why some women were given the vote in 1918

Answer 22

Suffragists
Suffragettes
Womens war effort
Sympathetic politicians

Question 23

What did the suffragists do

Answer 23

Petitions
Writing to ploticians
Speeches
Posters

Question 24

What did the suffragettes do

Answer 24

-Chain themselves to railroads
-Burning down the homes of MPs of those who imposed womans suffrage
-Burning down churches
-Breaking shop windows

Question 25

Roles of women during the first world war

Answer 25

Munitions manufacturer
Step in farmer
Weapons manufacturer
Bus drivers
Nurses
Civil services

Question 26

Effect of the Rent strikes in 1915

Answer 26

Mobs of women blocked closes to prevent evictions
Officers and police were assaulted
Rent was frozen until the war ended
Flower bombing

Question 27

Growing Industries during WW1

Answer 27

Shipbuilding industry grew (481 ships during WW1)
HIGH DEMAND FOR COAL
Doubled output of steel
24000 men working full time
Jute industry (sandbags)
Printing and rubber
Livestock
Agriculture

Question 28

Reasons for decline in industries post war

Answer 28

Lack of demand for goods
Lack of demand for war goods
Foreign competition
Lack of government investment
Shortage of skilled workers and material

Question 29

Reasons for decline in heavy industries post war

Answer 29

Foreign competition
Collapse of global trade
Lack of coal and iron
Development of new technology