Western Front-Keywords

Question 1

Battalion

Answer 1

A large body of troops, forming part of a brigade

Question 2

Trench

Answer 2

Long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived all day and night

Question 3

Artillery

Answer 3

Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land

Question 4

Shrapnel

Answer 4

Fragments of a bomb, shell or other object thrown out by an explosion

Question 5

Triage

Answer 5

The system of splitting the wounded into groups according to who needed the most urgent attention

Question 6

Evacuation

Answer 6

In this context, meaning the clearing of a body (dead or alive) from the battle ground to seek medical attention

Question 7

Antiseptic

Answer 7

A type of surgery that kills germs in wounds

Question 8

Aseptic

Answer 8

A type of surgery that prevents germs reaching wounds

Question 9

Blood transfusion

Answer 9

An injection of a volume of blood, previously taken from a healthy person, into a patient

Question 10

Chlorine Gas

Answer 10

A biological weapon first used by the Germans at the Second Battle Of Ypres

Question 11

Trench Foot

Answer 11

A painful condition of the feet caused by cold, deep water and mud of the trench

Question 12

Infection

Answer 12

The process of infecting or state of being infected

Question 13

Terrain

Answer 13

The type of ground (hilly, muddy,flat, easy to walk on)