Midterm Flashcards
In what month of 1914 did WWI begin?
August
Who was the tsar of Russia during the war?
Nicholas II
Who was assassinated in June 1914?
Franz Ferdinand
King Peter and the city of Belgrade remind you of what Allied country?
Serbia
As a direct result of what was was the German Empire created?
Franco-Prussian War
In what country was Bosnia located in 1914?
Austria
What country was to be invaded as part of the Schlieffen Plan but not of the Moltke Plan?
Holland
How many armies were deployed on the Right Wing of Germany’s Western Front?
Five
What two countries signed the “Re-insurance treaty?”
Germany and Russia
What is the correct way to describe the government of 1914 France?
Third Republic
What was the most populous country in Europe in 1914?
Russia
Who succeeded Queen Victoria to the British throne?
Edward VII
What was the largest state within the German Empire?
Prussia
What was the capitol city of the Dual Empire?
Vienna
What was the name of the German royal dynasty?
Hohenzollern
What is meant by the idea of a “black swan”?
an unpredictable event
Who is the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914?
Franz Joseph
Which country’s war contingency plan was Plan XVII?
France
What does the phrase Schlacht ohne Morgen mean?
battle without a tomorrow
On what date in 1914 did the Sarajevo assassination take place?
June 28
The word “allies” describes one side in the Great War, the site which included France and Britain. By what term is the other side known?
Central Powers
Russia and Serbia shared what non-Indo-European ethnicity?
Slav
What was the name of the 1914 city known today as Instanbul
Constantinople
Who was Conrad von Hotzendorf?
Austrian Chief of Staff
What is the central claim of the Fischer Thesis
German culpability
Who was the German chancellor in 1914
Betthmann-Hollweg
Name the four countries bordering Serbia in 1914
Greece, Albainia, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria
What three states signed the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria, Italy
In what way is history a social science?
Its claims are obtained by evicence which can’t be falsified. (proved wrong if wrong)
What were the two French provinces occupied by Germany in 1871?
Alsace and Lorraine
What is the proper name during the war of the country casually referred to as Turkey?
the Ottoman Empire
What country experienced a revolution in the year 1905?
Russia
What is the body of water that lies to the east of the Italian coast?
Adriatic
What French word describes the cult of the offensive in its most emotionally charged and spirited patriotic aspect?
elan
What is the typical form of 19th century land transportation after canals and before the automobile
railroads
At what battle were soldiers transported to the battlefront by taxis?
Marne
What was the most northern part of the Western Front called?
Flanders
What is the name of the field unit composed of several (typically four) companies?
battalion
In what country was Ypres located?
Belgium
General Putnik reminds you of what Allied country?
Serbia
What country’s soldiers initially gave battle in bright blue coats and bright red trousers?
France
What were the FIRST two countries invaded by German in 1914?
Belgium and Luxembourg
In what month in 1914 did the first battle of the Marne take place?
September
The Christmas Truce
Actually happened and was reported by the newspapers
Which “wing” of the German armies was supposed to remain on the defensive in the Schlieffen Plan?
The Left
On whose side was Italy in 1914?
Neutral
Which Russian general in all likeliehood committed suicide following defeat at Tannenburg?
Samsanov
What was the name of the first Belgian fort attacked by Germany?
Liege
In the expression “We are shackled to a corpse” - to what does the corpse refer to?
Austria
What river flows through the center of both Vienna and Budapest
Danube
During the retreat from what place in Belgium did British soldiers claim to see guardian angels in the sky holding back the pursuing Germans?
Mons
What was the actual military objective in the series of battles we call “The Race to the Sea?”
outflank the enemy
In World War I, what was the name of the army unit composed of several divisions?
Corps
Who was the C-in-C of the B.E.F. in 1914?
French
What was the name of the greatest German battle triumph of 1914?
Tannenberg
Following the Battle of the Marne, to what east-west river did the Germans retreat and there make a stand?
Aisne
Who was the ruler of Belgium at the start of the war
King Albert
Which military unit is next smaller than a battalion
Company
With which military unit did most ordinary individual soldiers identify?
the battalion
Who were the “Old Contemptibles”?
British “regulars” who survived ordeals of 1914.
Who emerged from the attack on Liege as the most acclaimed German leader?
Ludendorff
Who was General von Kluck
general commanding Germany’s 1st army
Who was in charge (C-in-C) of the French Armies of 1914?
Joffre
Who was Rennenkampf?
general commanding the Russian 1st army
Who commanded the so-called “taxi army”
Gallien
What was teh difference between the trenches in Flanders and those further south in Picardy?
Picardy tended to be deeper
The cause of trench foot was
water in the trench
The cause of trench fever was
scratching lice-caused itches
Which of the following actions was longest in duration
Offensive
What caused by far the most WW1 trench wounds?
artillery
What was the purpose of the flair pistol?
to illuminate no-mans land during night patrol
How were artillery wounds different from bullet wounds?
artillery wounds tended to be more mutilating
What was the purpose of a patrol?
reconnaissance
What caused gas gangrene??
tetanus infection
Which of the following caused most damage to barbed wire?
H.E.
Which of the following was the closest to the front lines?
regimental aid post
What flower grew most abundantly in the churned up sod of trench areas
poppy
What was a V.A.D.
Nurse
What was a green envelope?
domestic correspondence
Of the following cities situated along the Western Front, which was in Belgium?
Ypres
How long was the contested distance of the Western Front?
350 miles
Who was Robert Service
War poet
Which side in all likelihood initiated the Christmas truce?
Germans
What was the capitol city of the Ottoman Empire in 1914?
Constantinople
What was an R.M.O.
Regimental Medical Officer
Who wrote “Flanders in Fields”
Dr. John McRae
What were the trench wooden walkways called?
duckboards
If dead cows or horses suddenly exploded, what condition had they developed?
gas gangrene
What was a Toc H?
British serviceman club, like American YMCA
What were O.R.s?
Other ranks, not officers or even NCOs
What was the most common use for grease in the trenches?
treatment to prevent trench foot
What was a row of sandbags called that protected the front line trenches from the rear?
parados
What was the machonochie?
tinned stew
What was a howitzer
a shell with a looping trajectory
What was the crime committed by the British nurse executed in 1915
Using her position to help allied soldiers escape Belgium
Which allied power had more enemies directly bordering its territory than any other allied power?
Russia
In what order were the allied forces lined up NORTH TO SOUTH along the Western Front in 1915?
Belgian. British, French
What color postal envelope was distributed for domestic mail, notes to sweethearts, and the like?
green
Which was by far the smallest caliber?
German rifle
Who was the British prime minister at the beginning of 1915?
HH Asquith
What german chemist engineered the first use of poison gas in the war?
Fritz Haber
At what battle was gas first introduced into war
2nd Ypres
Why did Italy join the war?
It wanted territory
Who was the first chief of the Ministry of Munitions in Britain?
David Lloyd George
During what years did the Germans direct their major offensives against the Western Front?
Odd years
What was the name of the Cunard luxury passenger ship sunk of the coast of Ireland?
Lusitania
What was the French word for the ordinary French infantry soldier?
poilu
What term described the sand=bagged barrier atop the firing line facing the enemy
parapet
What was the rank of the lowest ranked commissioned officer
lieutenant
What was the first chemical poison used in the war?
chlorine
What was the full name of the British nurse executed by Germans in Oct 1915?
Edith Cavell
After what bird were the Munitonettes called?
canaries
At what battle did the British retaliate with gas?
Loos
What was the name of the campaign Germany won at the expense of Russians in 1915
Gorlice-Tarnow
