( History ) Cause + End Of WW1

Question 1

Around how many people were killed in WW1?

Answer 1

9 million

Question 2

What were the long term reasons for WW1 Starting?

Answer 2

M - Millitarism
A - Alliance
I - Imperialism
N - Nationalism

Question 3

What is Nationalism?

Answer 3

Every country thought they were the best, causing rivalries.

Question 4

Millitarism

Answer 4

Armies were an important part of a country, so countries spent tons of money to make their army the best

Question 5

Imperialism

Answer 5

When multiple countries had an empire, leading to fierce rivalries of who could gain the most control of other nations.

Question 6

Alliances

Answer 6

Countries knew that a war may come so they started to make alliances with other countries

Question 7

When did Franz ferdinand arrive in bosnia

Answer 7

28 June 1914

Question 8

What was the bosnian city that franz ferdinand arrived in?

Answer 8

Sarajevo

Question 9

What was the serbian gang called who planned to assassinate franz ferdinand?

Answer 9

The black hand

Question 10

Who was the man called who assassinated franz ferdinand and his wife?

Answer 10

Gavrilo princip

Question 11

How did this murder lead to war?

Answer 11

Austria hungary blames it on serbia so they attack serbia.
Russia back up serbia and get their army ready.
Germany support austria hungary and declare war on russia.
Britain prepares its warships.
Germany, whose plan is to defeat France BEFORE attacking Russia, declares war on France.
Germany asks Belgium to allow German soldiers to march chrough their country to attack France. Belgium says ‘no’. Germany marches in anyway. Britain, who has a deal to protect Belgium from attack (dating back to 1839), declares war on Germany.
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary.

Question 12

What was the Schlieffen plan?

Answer 12

The plan to quickly defeat France, then go through belgium and fight the russian army.

Question 13

Why did the Schlieffen plan not work?

Answer 13

Because the belgian army were stronger than they thought, and then the British army held them out.

Question 14

What was the BEF?

Answer 14

The British Expeditionary Force (125,000 men)

Question 15

What happened on 19 August 1914?

Answer 15

Russia launched an attack on germany before they could capture paris. This made them retreat 40 miles. This battle ended in a stale mate.

Question 16

What is a front?

Answer 16

An area where two armies meet each other

Question 17

14 THINGS INSIDE A TRENCH ~ NEXT 14 CARDS
Duckboards

Answer 17

Placed on ground to stop soldiers sinking into the mud

Question 18

Fire step

Answer 18

Used to look out and fire over the top of enemy trenches

Question 19

Dugouts

Answer 19

Rooms dug out of the back wall of the trenches; Orders received by telephones

Question 20

Periscope

Answer 20

Enabled troops to see over the top without having the risk of being shot

Question 21

Barbed wire

Answer 21

Slowed down attacking troops

Question 22

Machine gun

Answer 22

Rapid fire gun that shot down attacking troops

Question 23

Concrete bunker

Answer 23

Reinforced subterranean bunker

Question 24

Artillery

Answer 24

Huge guns that that fired enormous explosive or poisonous shells for miles

Question 25

Machine gun nest

Answer 25

Protected the machine gunner from getting shot

Question 26

Sandbags

Answer 26

Reinforced the walls muffled explosions and soaked up moisture

Question 27

Aeroplanes

Answer 27

Helped spot targets for artilery. Dropped bombs on enemy and shot down enemy planes

Question 28

Communication trench

Answer 28

Linked the front line trench to the reserved trench

Question 29

Reserve trench

Answer 29

Soldiers went there to rest or wait to be called up to the front line

Question 30

Gas bell

Answer 30

The bell rung to tell the troops to put their gas masks on

Question 31

Trench rats

Answer 31

Rats that flooded the trenches on feeding off of other soldier’s dead bodies

Question 32

What was food like in the war?

Answer 32

As more soldiers joined the army, each soldier got rationed( has a certain amount of food every day) This caused a lot of soldiers having a lack of energy, especially as they had to carry heavy guns and armour

Question 33

What was trench foot?

Answer 33

A disease many soldiers used to get from being in cold and wet conditions. With them having to stand in wet mud for hours in cold wet boots, this caused their feet to go numb and turn their feet red or blue.

Question 34

What was daily life like in the war?

Answer 34

It was very repetitive in the war; having to clean their weapons occasionaly in case they got jammed, writing letters, running errands, delivering things to other people and re-filling the sandbags.

Question 35

What was the ‘ morning hate ‘?

Answer 35

This where soldiers went on the fire step to fire at the enemy lines as the sun rose for morning

Question 36

What would the command ‘ stand to’ mean?

Answer 36

This was repeated at night, where groups of soldiers may be sent out to the deadly ‘ No Mans Land’

Question 37

What is No mans land?

Answer 37

The place of open area between the allied troops and the enemy troops

Question 38

Why was it called the great war?

Answer 38

Because no-one had experienced a war that involved so many soldiers and men.

Question 39

What were the Trenches built like during WW1?

Answer 39

They were built in Traverses