World War One

Question 1

When did the victim of thy murder mystery of Sarajevo die?

Answer 1

11:30AM on the 28th June 1914

Question 2

Who was the murderer of the murder mystery of Sarajevo?

Answer 2

Gavrillo Princip

Question 3

How was the murder carried out in the murder mystery of Sarajevo?

Answer 3

Gavrilo Princip missed when he threw the bomb at the car. Sophie and Franz sped into the town hall, then they came out and shot Sophie in the stomach and the Archduke in the throat.

Question 4

What was the name of the gang that Gavrilo Princip was in

Answer 4

The Black Hand Gang

Question 5

Why was Franz Ferdinand murdered?

Answer 5

Gavrillo Princip was a member of the Black Hand Gang. The Black Hang Gang wanted Bosnia to be a part of Serbia, however Hungary ruled over Bosnia (Hungary was part of the Triple Alliance). If the Black Hand Gang murdered Franz Ferdinand, it would frighten Hungary and persuade them to give Bosnia to Serbia

Question 6

How was Kaiser Wilhelm II described?

Answer 6

Unstable, unpredictable

Question 7

What were Kaiser Wilhelm’s physical deformities, and how were these treated?

Answer 7

Torture - Metal brace, forced to ride a horse

Question 8

Where did Kaiser Wilhelm find his true home and family?

Answer 8

At the army

Question 9

When did he become Kaiser and at what age?

Answer 9

In 1888 at 29 years old

Question 10

Which two countries had overtaken Britain in the development of new technology?

Answer 10

Germany and USA

Question 11

What three examples are given of this technology?

Answer 11

Motor cycles, aircraft and new guns

Question 12

What was Germany’s reaction to the launch of the British “dreadnought” in 1906?

Answer 12

Germany’s reaction was to build 4 dreadnoughts

Question 13

What did Kaiser and the others in Germany believe that war would do for their country?

Answer 13

Kaiser believed that the war would create an Empire and be an extremely strong empire by taking over others

Question 14

How had Germany avoided war since 1871?

Answer 14

Through Alliances and Treaties

Question 15

What happened when Wilhelm allowed his treaty with Russia to lapse?

Answer 15

Germany, France and Great Britain created an Alliance

Question 16

Who was left as Germany’s only ally?

Answer 16

Austria-Hungary

Question 17

How much had Serbia grown in size since 1912, and with whose help?

Answer 17

Doubled it’s size

Question 18

What was the aim of Gavrilo Princip and the terrorist group known as the Black Hand?

Answer 18

To force Austria to give up Bosnia from the Triple Alliance

Question 19

What did Princip do on 28th June 1914?

Answer 19

Murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 20

What was Austria’s reaction to the murder of Ferdinand?

Answer 20

Create a war attacking Serbia

Question 21

How did the Tsar react when Austria attacked Serbia on 29th July?

Answer 21

The Tsar helped their ally Serbia

Question 22

Who declared war on whom and when?

Answer 22

August 1st: Germany declared war on Russia
August 3rd: Germany declared war on France
August 4th: Britain declared war on Germany

Question 23

What was The Schlieffen Plan and when was it created?

Answer 23

It was created in 1905 and the plan was:
To prevent war on two front
6 weeks to defeat France before Russia could mobilize
“Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve”
Turning wheel flanking movement

Question 24

Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail?

Answer 24

Attacking Belgium would bring in GB
Using 90% of German army to attack Franc meant that if Russia mobilized quickly, Germany would be vulnerable
French might be defending the Belgian border rather than the German border so could up German advance.
Counting a swift defeat of France, but the army might put put more of a fight, rivers which could be hard for 1 million men to cross quickly
Counted on Belgium not fighting back so crossing it in 3 days, however they took 3 weeks in Belgium

Question 25

When did the soldiers think the war would be over by?

Answer 25

Christmas

Question 26

What did soldiers think of to give them courage?

Answer 26

The soldiers thought of Christmas cheer and food

Question 27

Why did Germany face war on two fronts?

Answer 27

France and Russia were allies

Question 28

Why did Germany believe that Britain would not enter the war?

Answer 28

Britain’s military was mainly naval power and would take long

Question 29

Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail in the East how did the Germans alter the arrangements?

Answer 29

The plan was altered as they moved soldiers from the North to the South

Question 30

What happened at the Battle of Tannenburg?

Answer 30

Germans defeated Russians in Germany - First battle between Russians and Germans

Question 31

What happened at the Battle of the Marne?

Answer 31

The German forces hesitated and all attempts to attack failed

Question 32

How was the trench warfare split?

Answer 32

Trench… No Mans Land… Trench

Question 33

Who was the victim in the murder mystery in Sarajevo, 1914?

Answer 33

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 34

What should an essay contain?

Answer 34

PEEEE
POINT
EVIDENCE 
EXPLAIN
EVIDENCE
EXPLAIN

Question 35

What was Kitchener’s message on his poster?

Answer 35

He wanted 100000 men to join the army and fight for a peaceful life

Question 36

Why might Kitchener’s poser encouraged people to join up in 1914?

Answer 36

Kitchener was a general and the eyes and the pointed finer always follow you (The eye contact intimidates others to join)

Question 37

What material is the poster?

Answer 37

A drawing on the poster, from World War One and the poster contains helpful propaganda

Question 38

What was censorship?

Answer 38

When certain information or ideas are removed from a piece of writing. Letters home were censored to remove information that might be useful to the enemy or was critical of the army or government or might lower morale back home. All letters home had to pass through a censor’s office where they were read before they were posted to Britain