World War 1

Question 1

What was the name of the terrorist group responsible for assassinating the archduke and archduchess of the Austro-Hungarian empire

Answer 1

Black hand

Question 2

What were the nicknames for German soldiers

Answer 2

Huns

Question 3

What were the nicknames for British soldiers

Answer 3

Tommy

Question 4

What were the nicknames for American soldiers

Answer 4

Doughboys

Question 5

What Allied aircraft shot down more enemy aircraft than any other allied plane

Answer 5

Sopwith Camel

Question 6

What was the name of the top German fighter plane

Answer 6

Fokker

Question 7

Who was credited with shooting down the Red Baron

Answer 7

Captain Roy brown

Question 8

How many aircrafts did a pilot have to shoot down in order to be classified as an ace

Answer 8

At least 5

Question 9

What were the name of the two ships involved in the Halifax explosion

Answer 9

Mont-Blanc and Imo

Question 10

What was the cause for the United States joining the war effort

Answer 10

Germans sinking the Lusitania (British ship) started it

Question 11

Who was the prime minister during world war 1

Answer 11

Sir Robert Borden

Question 12

Who was the president of the United States during world war 1

Answer 12

Woodrow Wilson

Question 13

Name the two alliances prior to world war 1 and the three main countries that made up each

Answer 13

Triple alliance: Germany, Austro-Hungarian empire, Italy

Triple entente- Russia, Great Britain, France

Question 14

Approximately how many Canadians were killed during WW1

Answer 14

66 000

Question 15

5 ways women contributed to the war effort

Answer 15

Volunteered for British Red Cross, sold victory bonds, knitted socks and mittens, enlisted as nurses and served in the hospital, worked in the civil service

Question 16

Where was John McCrae born

Answer 16

Guelph

Question 17

Who was the inspiration for John McCraes poem

Answer 17

Alexis helmer

Question 18

When did Germany declare war on France

Answer 18

August 3rd 1914

Question 19

Who was Canada’s greatest ace war pilot. How many enemy aircraft did he shoot down

Answer 19

Billy bishop, 72

Question 20

What fraction of First Nations enlisted by the end of the war

Answer 20

One in three

Question 21

What was the Canadian city Kitchener formally known as prior to the war

Answer 21

Berlin

Question 22

What was the name of the initial German plan prior to world war 1

Answer 22

Schlieffen plan

Question 23

When did the battle of Vimy Ridge take place

Answer 23

April 9-12 1917

Question 24

Where is Flanders fields

Answer 24

Belgium

Question 25

Where was John McCraes first military experience

Answer 25

Boer war

Question 26

How many Canadians died at the battle of Somme

Answer 26

24 000

Question 27

How many Canadians eventually served in the war

Answer 27

600 000

Question 28

How many Canadian sailors would serve in the war

Answer 28

9 000

Question 29

What was the name of the gun Canadian troops used at the beginning of the war, what was its problem, and what was it replaced by

Answer 29

Ross riffle, always jammed in mud, leenfield

Question 30

Who were the big three at the Paris peace conference (treaty of Versailles)

Answer 30

U.S., France, Great Britain

Question 31

What date was known as "The Black Day of the German Army"

Answer 31

August 8, 1918 when our troops nearly broke through enemy troop

Question 32

What led to Russia's withdrawal in the war and when

Answer 32

Communists revolution in November 1917

Question 33

Where was the first major attack involving tanks

Answer 33

Battle of the Somme

Question 34

List 4 rules that Germany had to follow for the treaty of Versailles

Answer 34

Army reduced to 100 000 men, no airforce/submarines, accept the blame, pay reparations

Question 35

Define shrapnel

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Define trench foot

Answer 36

A painful condition of the foot caused by long immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue

Question 37

Define no mans land

Answer 37

The dangerous area between the trenches in the war

Question 38

Define creeping barrage

Answer 38

A trench-warfare strategy in which heavy gunfire was shot just in front of advancing troops

Question 39

Define front

Answer 39

The most forward line of a combat force

Question 40

Define dogfight

Answer 40

A close combat between military combat

Question 41

Define reconnaissance

Answer 41

Military observation of a region to locate an enemy of ascertain strategic features

Question 42

Define U-boat

Answer 42

A submarine of the German navy

Question 43

Define Parapet

Answer 43

A protective wall along the top of a trench or other place of concealment for troops

Question 44

Who was minister of militia for Canada during world war 1

Answer 44

Sir Samuel Hughes

Question 45

What role did Adolf hitler serve for the German army

Answer 45

Dispatch runner

Question 46

What was the name of the group that the pilots in fly boys flew for

Answer 46

Lafayette escadrille

Question 47

How many people served in the war, how many died

Answer 47

38 million | 17 million

Question 48

Purposes of the propaganda posters

Answer 48

Sell victory bonds | Recruit troops

Question 49

What were the 5 causes of world war 1

Answer 49

``` MANIA Militarism-belief in power of army Assassination-on archduke Nationalism-deep loyalty to homeland Imperialism-competition for colonies Alliances-banding of countries ```

Question 50

British army formation

Answer 50

``` Army Corps (2 or more) Devision (3 brigades) Brigades (4 battalions) Battalions (4 companies) Companies (4 platoons) Platoons ```

Question 51

When did the assassination take place and on who

Answer 51

Francis Ferdinand on June 1914

Question 52

Essay-life in the trenches

Answer 52

Structure of trenches-basic(zigzag pattern,6-7' feet deep, no mans land) conditions-horrid(full of water and mud, life,rats etc., trench foot) duties and lifestyle-the same(front line,support line,reserve line, rest, smells, wounds)

Question 53

When was Flanders field written

Answer 53

May 1915

Question 54

When was the battle of Vimy ridge

Answer 54

April 9-12 1917