History Y9 WW1 Fact test

Question 1

What is the highest point of the sandbags at the front called

Answer 1

Parapet

Question 2

What is the soldiers gun called

Answer 2

Lee Enfield Rifle

Question 3

What does the soldier stand on

Answer 3

Duck boards

Question 4

What is underneath what the soldier stands on

Answer 4

Mud and water or sump

Question 5

What is the place which the soldier would sleep called

Answer 5

Dug out

Question 6

What does the soldier use to see over the sandbags

Answer 6

Wooden periscope

Question 7

What does the soldier rest his knee on

Answer 7

Fire step

Question 8

Why was cavalry ineffective

Answer 8

Too vulnerable to artillery and machine guns

Question 9

What was the largest cause of death

Answer 9

Artillery shell bombardments

Question 10

What was the key weapon in WW1

Answer 10

Artillery

Question 11

What 3 new things were implemented in battle in WW1

Answer 11

Trenches, Poison Gas and Tanks

Question 12

What was the new main tactic

Answer 12

The Infantry Charge

Question 13

What was effective against infantry charges

Answer 13

Machine Guns

Question 14

When was the first poison gas attack

Answer 14

April 1915

Question 15

What was the main significance of gas attacks

Answer 15

Psychological impact

Question 16

What went on the end of most rifles

Answer 16

Bayonet

Question 17

When was the front line most active

Answer 17

At Night

Question 18

How long was each company expected to spend on the front lines

Answer 18

6 Days

Question 19

What is the highest point of the sandbags at the back called

Answer 19

Parados

Question 20

What is behind the sandbags

Answer 20

Ammunition Shelf

Question 21

What materials would the support in the trench be made of

Answer 21

Wood or Iron

Question 22

How many bullets could a machine gun fire per second

Answer 22

8

Question 23

What was the first gas used in WW1

Answer 23

Chlorine

Question 24

What is the soldier that mines underneath the trenches called

Answer 24

Sapper

Question 25

What is a lot of artillery fire called

Answer 25

Barrage