ww1

Question 1

Why was ww1 so devastating?

Answer 1

Scientists and inventors worked tirelessly:

- tanks improved over time - no-mans land western front

Question 2

_______ location of most battles

Answer 2

trenches

Question 3

where did trench warfare take place

Answer 3

Western Front

Question 4

what did trench warfare border

Answer 4

France, belgium, and germany

Question 5

landscape was very _________

Answer 5

flat

Question 6

why would you build a trench?

Answer 6

trenched were dug to protect themselves from enemy gunfire and artillery

Question 7

bad thing about trenches?

Answer 7

no protection from gunfire

Question 8

what is a dugout

Answer 8

protective hole dug in the ground

Question 9

no-mans land?????

Answer 9

area between trenches

Question 10

describe the appearance of trenches

Answer 10

barbed wire, huge craters

Question 11

what was bad about no-mans land

Answer 11

NO PROTECTION

Question 12

what would happen if you tried to cross no-mans land??

Answer 12

death

Question 13

what was no-mans land reduced to??

Answer 13

barren field

Question 14

stale-mate

Answer 14

where neither side can advance

Question 15

when where tanks made

Answer 15

1916

Question 16

who where tanks used by

Answer 16

allies

Question 17

why where tanks hard to use

Answer 17

the where hard to steer

Question 18

why were tanks unreliable

Answer 18

broke down on battlefield

Question 19

what happened over time with tanks

Answer 19

became very effective
used regularly in battle
helped break thro german front lines

Question 20

airplanes helped collect ________ about the enemy

Answer 20

intelligence

Question 21

what could planes drop on cities and troops

Answer 21

bombs

Question 22

what where mounted on planes (dog fights)

Answer 22

machine guns

Question 23

what 3 things did both allies and central powers want in a plane

Answer 23

Fast
easy to maneuver
stronger

Question 24

who invented vickers gun

Answer 24

british

Question 25

how many bullets per minute can a vickers gun shoot

Answer 25

500

Question 26

how many men did it take to operate a machine gun

Answer 26

6

Question 27

where machines were placed along western front

Answer 27

machine guns

Question 28

who first used chlorine gas and in what yr

Answer 28

germans 1915

Question 29

how long did it take for mustered gas to go into effect

Answer 29

12 hours

Question 30

about how long would death from mustered gas take

Answer 30

5 weeks

Question 31

what are some effects of these harmful gases

Answer 31

affect eyesight- blindness
affect lungs suffocation
affect skin- rashes and burning
affect nose- burning

Question 32

what type of psychological effects did war have on soldiers.

Answer 32

soldiers were always worried about being gased.

Question 33

what made chemical weapons almost useless

Answer 33

gas masks

Question 34

which animals wore gas masks

Answer 34

horses, mules, and dogs

Question 35

what type of guns were used for battles at sea?

Answer 35

long range guns

Question 36

u-boats where used…..

Answer 36

by germans

Question 37

u-boats could…..

Answer 37

sneak up on allies and attack with torpedoes