WW1

Question 1

when did WW1 start?

Answer 1

1914

Question 2

When did WW1 end?

Answer 2

1918

Question 3

What is the Armistice?

Answer 3

Ceasefire

Question 4

What was the Western Front?

Answer 4

Border between France and Germany

Question 5

Where was the Western Front located?

Answer 5

Between France and Berlin.

Question 6

Define long term cause.

Answer 6

Reasons that built up to a war but never fully pushed over the edge.

Question 7

What is the meaning of Nationalism?

Answer 7

believing your country is the best.

Question 8

What is the meaning of Imperialism?

Answer 8

practise of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations. - building an empire.

Question 9

What is the meaning of Militarism?

Answer 9

belief that a country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it when necessary.

Question 10

What is the meaning of Alliances?

Answer 10

a union or association formed for mutual benefit.,

Question 11

Which countries are in the Triple Entente?

Answer 11

France, Britain, Russia/USA

Question 12

Which countries were in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 12

Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary

Question 13

Define short term cause.

Answer 13

The cause that sets the war into motion.

Question 14

Who was assassinated by Princip?

Answer 14

Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand

Question 15

When did the assassination take place?

Answer 15

28th June 1914

Question 16

Where did the assassination take place?

Answer 16

Bosnia, Serbia.

Question 17

How did luck play a part in the assassination?

Answer 17

Princip failed the first time but by chance he came across the Arch-Duke and was able to fulfil the assassination.

Question 18

What did the assassination trigger?

Answer 18

WW1

Question 19

What is propaganda?

Answer 19

spreading of false information through media, posters,.

Question 20

What were recruitment posters?

Answer 20

a form of propaganda used to try and recruit teenagers to be soldiers.

Question 21

Give three reasons why men enlisted in the armed forces in 1914.

Answer 21

Propaganda, Pals Battalion, Patriotism.

Question 22

What countries of the Empire did Britain recruit men from?

Answer 22

Jamaica, Canada, Australia

Question 23

What was a conscientious objector?

Answer 23

an individual who claimed the right to not perform military service.

Question 24

Was every soldier treated equally?

Answer 24

No.

Question 25

What was a trench?

Answer 25

A dug traverse where soldiers spent most of their time.

Question 26

What were the different features of a trench?

Answer 26

dug out, parapet, duckboard, communications trench, frontline trench, support trench, reserve trench, artillery emplacements, latrines.

Question 27

What was unusual about the way trenches were built?

Answer 27

they were in a traverse.

Question 28

What was no man's land?

Answer 28

space in between the two enemy trenches were most deaths would happen.

Question 29

What were the four trenches in the trench system?

Answer 29

Frontlines, support, reserve and communications.

Question 30

What were some of the hazards of living and working in a trench?

Answer 30

infection, death, rats

Question 31

What was stand to?

Answer 31

soldiers stand in the trench for a set amount of time.

Question 32

What was morning hate?

Answer 32

a soldier would fire one shot into the morning mist to ensure their safety at dawn.

Question 33

What were some of the soldiers' jobs when not fighting?

Answer 33

digging latrines, fixing sandbag walls, repairing trenches, pumping out flooded sections, tending to the injured.

Question 34

How would soldiers spend their leisure time?

Answer 34

writing letters, reading letters, playing cards

Question 35

What was censorship?

Answer 35

when parts of media or letters were scribbled out or erased to ensure that no information regarding the reality of war or pending tactics was leaked.

Question 36

Why were letters home censored?

Answer 36

To prevent any important information from being leaked.

Question 37

How did the Industrial Revolution help develop weapons of WW1?

Answer 37

It allowed weapons to be developed in a wider quantity and at a faster rate.

Question 38

What was the knife at the end of the rifle called?

Answer 38

bayonet

Question 39

What was the three gases used in WW1?

Answer 39

chlorine, mustard, phosgene

Question 40

What weapon was used for the first time in the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 40

Tanks

Question 41

How many bullets could a machine gun fire a minute?

Answer 41

600 rounds

Question 42

When did the Battle of the Somme start?

Answer 42

1st July -18th November 1916

Question 43

Who was the Battle between?

Answer 43

Britain and Germany.

Question 44

Who was the General in charge of the British Army?

Answer 44

Sir Douglas Haig.

Question 45

How long did the British troops bomb the Germans before the Battle?

Answer 45

7 days.

Question 46

What were the British soldiers ordered to do on the first day of battle?

Answer 46

Walk towards the German trenches in the dark with no equipment.

Question 47

What were they carrying?

Answer 47

sticks.

Question 48

How many soldiers died on the first day?

Answer 48

57,000 British Troops.

Question 49

What mistakes led to so many deaths?

Answer 49

Haig refused to re-evaluate his tactics and made the soldiers repeat the same plan every night resulting in hundreds of thousands of British casualties.

Question 50

What diseases could be caught in the trenches?

Answer 50

Trench foot, cholera, trench disease.

Question 51

What was shrapnel?

Answer 51

Debris from exploded bombs.