history 8,9,10

Question 1

What was the battle of the somme?

Answer 1

It was an attack by the British on the Germans.

Question 2

What was the battle of the somme intended to do?

Answer 2

Break stalemate

Question 3

Why were shells a bad tactic

Answer 3

Only 2 out of 3 shells would actually work

Question 4

How many soldiers died?

Answer 4

20,000

Question 5

How many soldiers were injured?

Answer 5

40,000

Question 6

When did the Kaiser abdicate?

Answer 6

9th November 1918

Question 7

Therefore, when did the war end?

Answer 7

11th November 1918

Question 8

Who were the men who met to decide Germany’s fate

Answer 8

Georges Clemenceau- France, Woodrow Wilson- USA, David Lloyd George- UK

Question 9

How many men were the German army limited to

Answer 9

100,000 men

Question 10

How much did Germany pay for damage reparations?

Answer 10

£6.6billion

Question 11

How many soldiers died from WW1 in all countries

Answer 11

8.5 million

Question 12

Which countries had violent revolutions

Answer 12

Germany,Austria and Russia

Question 13

How many homes were lost due to bombing

Answer 13

750,000

Question 14

What were 2 new countries that formed after the war

Answer 14

Poland and Czechoslovakia