WW1

Question 1

When did WW1 start?

Answer 1

1-4 August 1914

Question 2

When did ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli?

Answer 2

25 April 1915

Question 3

When were troops evacuated from Gallipoli?

Answer 3

December 1915

Question 4

When was the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 4

July - November 1916

Question 5

What was the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 5

A major British offence, where they tried to break the stalemate on the Western Front

Question 6

When did Australia hold its first conscription referendum?

Answer 6

October 1916

Question 7

When did USA enter the war?

Answer 7

April 1917

Question 8

When was the Australian Light Horse charge at Beersheba?

Answer 8

October 1917

Question 9

When did Australian troops recapture the town of Villers-Bretonnes?

Answer 9

April 1918

Question 10

When did the allied offensive (triple alliance) on the Western Front result in ceasefire?

Answer 10

11 November 1918

Question 11

When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 11

June 1919

Question 12

Where did Australian troops fight on the Western Front?

Answer 12

• Battle of the Somme (Northern France)
• Battle of Ypres (Belgium)
• Battle of Fromelles
• Battle of Hamel
• Battle of Amiens

Question 13

What infested the trenches during summer?

Answer 13

Rats, lice & flies

Question 14

What did soldiers get from wet conditions?

Answer 14

Trench Foot

Question 15

What did soldiers catch?

Answer 15

Disease and illness

Question 16

What was there a lack of in the trenches?

Answer 16

Food, water & clothing

Question 17

What were the trenches like?

Answer 17

Contained dead bodies and smelt horrible

Question 18

Nationalism?

Answer 18

Sense of pride and live for ones nation

Question 19

Imperialism?

Answer 19

The process of acquiring and administering colonies for financial and strategic reasons (Australia by Britain)

Question 20

Colonialism?

Answer 20

Policy or practice acquiring full or partial control over another country

Question 21

Reparations?

Answer 21

pay back / revenge (aggression)

Question 22

Armistice?

Answer 22

the ceasefire on 11th November 1918 - Remembrance Day is also known as Armistice Day

Question 23

Stalemate?

Answer 23

Position counting as a draw

Question 24

Propaganda?

Answer 24

Encouraging men to join war

Question 25

What tactics were used in WW1?

Answer 25

• Guns & Artillery
• Gas
• Tanks
• Aircraft
• Communication

Question 26

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 26

Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy

Question 27

Who was in the Triple Entente?

Answer 27

Britain, France & Russia

Question 28

What do you put in source analysis’?

Answer 28

• What do I see? What does this tell me?
• ADAMANT
• How reliable / useful is this source to a historian studying: battles, women, attitudes, etc.?
• What facts do I know?

Question 29

What is ADAMANT?

Answer 29

A - author (who made it)

D - date (when was it made)

A - audience (who was it made for)

M - message (what does it tell us / what does it contain)

A - agenda (why was it made, any bias)

N - nature (what type of source is it, what is it, letter, email, etc)

T - techniques (what techniques were used to make it, how does author show their POV)

Question 30

When was Frans Ferdinand and his wife assassinated?

Answer 30

28 June 1914

Question 31

Where did Australian Troops fight in WW1?

Answer 31

• Middle East
• Gallipoli
• Western Front (France & Belgium)