History - WWI

Question 1

Main causes of WWI

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Millitarism

Answer 2

The belief that all nations should build and maintain strong militaries to defend themselves once attacked.

Question 3

Britain competed against Germany for what?

Answer 3

To see who could have the most ‘Dreadnaughts’

Question 4

Arms Race

Answer 4

Where countries compete to get the most weapons/military power.

Question 5

All major European countries except for ____ introduced conscription before WWI

Answer 5

Britain

Question 6

Why were alliances made before WWI?

Answer 6

The alliances, (Triple Entente and Triple Alliance) were initially made to prevent large scale war.

Question 7

How did alliances affect WWI?

Answer 7

Small conflicts easily snowballed into larger conflicts between more and more countries.

Question 8

Imperialism

Answer 8

A policy where a country increases its power by gaining control over new territories to create an empire.

Question 9

Nationalism

Answer 9

A sense of pride in, and a love of one’s nation. However, it can also become a belief that one’s nation is superior to another

Question 9

Which event is often cited as the catalyst for the start of WWI?

Answer 9

The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Question 10

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 10

A 19 year old Serbian nationalist who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 11

The black hand

Answer 11

A group of sebaian nationalists who assassinated Franz Ferdinand

Question 12

The July crisis

Answer 12

A 1 month period of bluff, threats and negotiations between key European powers. (Austria-Hungary and Serbia)

Question 13

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 13

Germany’s plan for war that was based on the following assumptions:
1. Russia would take at least 6 weeks to get its army ready for war
2. Fance would be easily defeated in 6 weeks
3. Belgium would not resist any German attacks
4. Britain would remain neutral

Question 14

Australian attitude towards the war before 1914

Answer 14

Believed to be a short and glorious affair

Question 15

Australian attitude towards the war after 1917

Answer 15

Embraced with the harsh reality and high death tolls of war

Question 16

Triple Entente

Answer 16

France, Britain and Russia

Question 17

Triple alliance

Answer 17

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 18

Trench Warfare

Answer 18

Where both sides dig trenches deep enough that they could hide in them.

Question 19

How would trench warfare progress?

Answer 19

Each side would shell the other side to force them to retreat so that they could cross no mans land. The enemy side would emerge from their bunkers and open machine gun fire on the people crossing no man’s land

Question 20

Fronts of WWI

Answer 20

• Eastern
• Western
• Alpine (The Alps)

Question 21

3 bad experiences that trench soldiers experienced

Answer 21

• Trench Foot
• Animals
• Shellshock (PTSD)

Question 22

Trench foot

Answer 22

A fungal infection aquired by standing for long periods in wet, muddy water. Serious cases could require amputation.

Question 23

Animals in the trenches

Answer 23

• Rats that grew to the size of cats
• Fleas and lice that spread many diseases such as trench fever

Question 24

Shellshock

Answer 24

PTSD - fighting conditions produced feelings of hopelessness manifesting as various mental symptoms

Question 25

Reasons for conscription

Answer 25

• Australia’s duty to support Britain
• Equality of Sacrifice
• Voluntary recruitment had failed
• Protect Autsralia’s reputation
• Other allies had already introduced conscription.

Question 26

Reasons against conscription

Answer 26

• No person had the right to send another to be wounded
• Not enough farmers would be left over
• Working class would bear the burden
• Too many australian deaths already
• Conscription would harm and divide Australia

Question 27

Political parties for conscription

Answer 27

All but Labor

Question 28

Political parties against conscription

Answer 28

Labor

Question 29

Enlistment rates throughout the war

Answer 29

Going downwards

Question 30

ANZAC day commemerates ____

Answer 30

The massive loss of life in WWI (esp. Galipoli)

Question 31

Rememberance Day commemerates____

Answer 31

Sacrifices made in all wars

Question 32

Australian War Memorial

Answer 32

Australia’s national memorial to all who have died or participated in the wars of Australia

Question 33

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Answer 33

A tomb of a soldier found without his ID tags and was the only corpse bought home from WWI

Question 34

War Precautions Act

Answer 34

An act that put restrictions on the lives of people of German descent. They had to report weekly to local police, pledge their alleigence to australia, and inform the authorities of any change of adress.

Question 35

Internment camps

Answer 35

A prison camp set up to confine mostly people of German or Austro-Hungarian descent.

Question 36

Central powers during WWI

Answer 36

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman empire

Question 37

Allies during WWI

Answer 37

France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and Japan