Lesson 2

Question 1

How can life in the trenches best be described?

Answer 1

• horrid
- both sides dig long trenches that faces each other— ran for miles
- occasionally, one side would attempt to cross “no man’s land”, the area between trenches
- trench warfare extended WWI by four years

Question 2

Describe the new weapons introduced during WWI

Answer 2

• machine gun - used by both sides
• chemical weapons - mustard gas, chlorine gas
• tanks
• airplanes
• submarines/U boats - BIGGEST impact in WWI

Question 3

Explain why Russia was so poor equipped for the modern warfare of WWI

Answer 3

• Russia was not industrialized; short on supplies

Question 4

Discuss the significance of the Battle of Gallipoli

Answer 4

• ottoman troops trapped allies on the beaches of the Gallipolli peninsula
- more than 200k casualties in 10 months

Question 5

Which group of people did the ottomans kill in barbarous forced marches?

Answer 5

• Armenians