Warfare

Question 1

What is a kaiser?

Answer 1

A German emperor

Question 2

What is imperialism?

Answer 2

Controlling other countries (colonising)

Question 3

What is nationalism

Answer 3

Believing your country is superior to others

Question 4

Arms race

Answer 4

Competition between countries for the development of weapons

Question 5

Alliance

Answer 5

An agreement between countries that benefits each of them

Question 6

Encirclement

Answer 6

The fear of being surrounded

Question 7

Annex

Answer 7

Seeing an area of land and making it part of your country.

Question 8

Name 3 countries in the Balkan’s

Answer 8

Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Herzegovina, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

Question 9

‘Blank cheque’

Answer 9

To offer to help someone no matter what

Question 10

Mobilisation

Answer 10

Preparing and organising troops for active service

Question 11

Trench

Answer 11

A dugout in the ground troops used to fight each other in

Question 12

War of attrition

Answer 12

where each side gradually tries to wear each other down.

Question 13

Western front

Answer 13

The zone of fighting that stretched from Switzerland to the English Channel.

Question 14

Battalion

Answer 14

A fighting unit of 10,000 men.

Question 15

Bayonet

Answer 15

A sword attached to the end of a rifle

Question 16

Salient

Answer 16

A bulge in a line, like a ‘U’ shape in an otherwise straight line

Question 17

Segregated

Answer 17

Separated; usually used to refer to different racial groups.

Question 18

Press ganged

Answer 18

Being forced to work

Question 19

Shell shock

Answer 19

Psychological disturbance caused by exposure to war. Now known as ptsd

Question 20

Bombardment

Answer 20

A continued attack with shells, intended to destroy trench defences,

Question 21

What is artillery

Answer 21

Large guns

Question 22

Creeping artillery barrage

Answer 22

Artillery barrage moving forwards in small stages just ahead of the advancing infantry.

Question 23

Infantry

Answer 23

Soldiers on foot

Question 24

Morale

Answer 24

Confidence and enthusiasm of group

Question 25

Mutiny

Answer 25

Resisting army or naval leaders

Question 26

Victoria cross

Answer 26

Highest award given to soldiers of war

Question 27

Who was Franz Ferdinand

Answer 27

He was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary

Question 28

Who killed Franz Ferdinand

Answer 28

The black hand gang

Question 29

Who where the black hand gang

Answer 29

Rogue members of the Serbian government

Question 30

When was Franz Ferdinand killed

Answer 30

28th of June 1914

Question 31

Where and how was he killed

Answer 31

With a shotgun while being driven in a open top limo

Question 32

3 conditions for soldiers in the trenches

Answer 32

Diseases spread quickly, muddy, many rats

Question 33

What are often forgotten armies

Answer 33

Armies of people who were not white and British

Question 34

What nationality person shot the first bullet of ww1

Answer 34

An African

Question 35

How many non white people fought in ww1?

Answer 35

More than 4 million

Question 36

What percentage of press ganged Africans died?

Answer 36

20 percent

Question 37

Out of a million, how many died of famine

Answer 37

One third

Question 38

What date did the battle of Somme start

Answer 38

1st of July 1916

Question 39

What time did the battle of Somme start

Answer 39

Seven thirty in the morning

Question 40

What did the British do that thought would help in the battle of Somme

Answer 40

Explode a massive mine in the battlefield

Question 41

Why was the mine exploded by Britain bad In the battle of Somme?

Answer 41

It left a place for Germans to hide

Question 42

How many people died on the first day of the battle of somme

Answer 42

57,000 people died

Question 43

Who controlled the battle of Somme?

Answer 43

General haig

Question 44

What was general haig before the battle

Answer 44

Very cocky

Question 45

What did people refer general haig to

Answer 45

‘The butcher of the Somme’

Question 46

What did some people say the soldiers of ww1 where

Answer 46

Soldiers led by donkeys

Question 47

Why did England fight Germany in the battle of Somme

Answer 47

To distract Germany’s men from breaking into france