World War 1

Question 1

Allied Powers (Triple Enetente)

Answer 1

An alliance between a number of countries including Britain, France & Russia. They fought against the Central Powers in WWI.

Question 2

Central Powers (Triple Alliance)

Answer 2

The Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy. They fought against the Allied Powers in WWI.

Question 3

Conscript

Answer 3

A person who is enlisted to the army whether they want to join or not.

Question 4

Dreadnought

Answer 4

Dreadnoughts were large and heavily armoured battleships.

Question 5

Eastern Front

Answer 5

The Eastern Front during World War I was fought in Eastern Europe between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria on one side and Russia and Romania on the other side.

Question 6

Front Line

Answer 6

The front line was the point at which the armies of each side met. This is where most of the fighting took place.

Question 7

Kaiser

Answer 7

The Kaiser was the German Emperor.

Question 8

Mobilise

Answer 8

To mobilise is to gather and prepare an army for war.

Question 9

No Man’s Land

Answer 9

The area between the front lines of two enemy armies was called No Man’s Land.

Question 10

Outflank

Answer 10

To move around the side of an enemy in battle.

Question 11

Pacifist

Answer 11

Someone who is against war and fighting for any reason.

Question 12

Pals Battalions

Answer 12

The Pals battalions were units in the British Army that grouped men who were friends and had enlisted together.

Question 13

Propaganda

Answer 13

Information used and distributed to present one side of an issue.

Question 14

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 14

A strategy that Germany had for fighting a war on two fronts: one against France and one against Russia.

Question 15

Tsar

Answer 15

The leader of Imperial Russia, derived from the latin word ‘Caesar.’

Question 16

Trench Warfare

Answer 16

A type of land warfare where each side digs long lines of trenches for protection. Much of the western front during World War I was fought for years using trench warfare.

Question 17

U-boat

Answer 17

The name for German submarines which comes from the German word “Unterseeboat.”

Question 18

Western Front

Answer 18

The region of fighting that took place in Western Europe between Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side and France, Britain, and (later) the United States on the other.