The Great War

Question 1

Name the 6 great powers

Answer 1

• U.K.
• France
• Germany
• Russia
• Hungary-Austria
• Italy

Question 2

What does the m in mains mean

Answer 2

Militarism- having a big army

Question 3

What does the a in mains stand for

Answer 3

Alliances-allies, friends

Question 4

What does the i in mains stand for

Answer 4

Imperialism- having an empire

Question 5

What does the n in mains stand for

Answer 5

Nationalism- divides people into nations

Question 6

What does the s in mains stand for

Answer 6

Significant someone- Franz Ferdinand (Austria-Hungary)

Question 7

Leader of Germany in 1914

Answer 7

Wilhelm

Question 8

King of Britain in 1914

Answer 8

George v

Question 9

Russias tsar 1914

Answer 9

Tsar Nicholas ii

Question 10

Austria-Hungarys emperor 1914

Answer 10

Franz Joseph

Question 11

Who was Franz Ferdinand

Answer 11

Archduke of Austria

Question 12

When was Franz Ferdinand assassinated

Answer 12

28th June 1914

Question 13

Who were the black hand

Answer 13

The group that assassinated Franz Ferdinand

Question 14

Who was in the triple entente

Answer 14

Frame, uk and Russia

Question 15

Who was in the triple alliance

Answer 15

Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy

Question 16

4 stages that changed local war into world war

Answer 16

• Serbia asked russia for help
• Austria-Hungary asked Germany for help
• russia asked france to help Serbia
  4 triple entente and triple alliance were at war

Question 17

How did GB get involved and when

Answer 17

Germany had to go through Belgium

Belgium’s asked GB for help because they had an alliance and GB declared war on 4th august 1914

Question 18

What was the parapet

Answer 18

Front of the trench- protect with 2-3 ft of sandbags

Question 19

What was the parados

Answer 19

Back of trench

Question 20

What were duckboards

Answer 20

Wooden boards to walk along

Question 21

What was sump

Answer 21

Rubbish at trench bottom

Question 22

What 3 gasses were used

Answer 22

Mustard, chlorine and phosgene

Question 23

When was the battle of the Somme

Answer 23

July - November 1916

Question 24

When did the USA join the triple entente

Answer 24

April 1917

Question 25

When did russia pull out of WW1

Answer 25

February 1918

Question 26

When was the treaty of Versailles signed

Answer 26

June 28 1919

Question 27

When was the holocuast

Answer 27

1942-1935

Question 28

What was the holocuast

Answer 28

Mass scale death especially by fire

Question 29

What is genocide

Answer 29

Deliberate killing of a group of people

Question 30

What is the Aryan race

Answer 30

Superior german race, blue eyes blond hair

Question 31

What is social Darwinism

Answer 31

A form of racism (rank ordering races with aryans at the top and jews at the bottom)

Question 32

What was an extermination camp

Answer 32

A killing camp

Question 33

What was the Wannsee conference

Answer 33

The meeting to organise the holocaust

Question 34

3 reasons nazis hated jews

Answer 34

They caused Germany to lose ww1
They were planning to take over the world
They were inferior

Question 35

What were the 2 parts of the Nurembbourg laws

Answer 35

Jews lost all there civil rights

Jews could not marry aryans

Question 36

How did jews lives change

Answer 36

Expelled from schools

Sacked from jobs

Question 37

How were the jews transported to concentration camps

Answer 37

Cattle trucks

Question 38

What food did they eat (4)

Answer 38

Dry bread
vegetable soup
Sword fish
Whale meat

Question 39

What was Dachau

Answer 39

First concentration camp