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Australians at War: World War 1 Flashcards

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What were the MAIN causes of WWI?

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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

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What event triggered WWI?

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The assassination of the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian assassin

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What is militarism?

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The belief that strong armed forces, discipline and obedience will solve political and social problems.

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What were the two main alliances in WWI?

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Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy.

Triple Entente: Britain, France, Russia.

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What is imperialism?

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Where one country possesses, governs or controls other countries beyond its own borders.

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What is nationalism?

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The promotion of the interests of one’s own nation above all others.

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What was the Schlieffen plan?

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Germany’s military plan to defeat France and Russia

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How did Recruitment Posters encourage Australians to join the war?

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Portraying war as an adventure
Making the viewer feel guilty
Nationalistic beliefs of their country
Desire to win the war

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Where did Australia fight in WWI?

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Gallipoli
Western Front
Egypt
Palestine
Lebanon
Syria
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What was the plan of the Gallipoli Campaign?

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Move British and French battleships through the Dardanelles and attack Turkey’s capital, Constantinople

Force Turkey out of the war and open up a supply route for Britain’s ally, Russia

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What was the supposed benefit of the Gallipoli campaign?

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The plan offered the additional advantage of opening up a new front from which to attack Germany’s other main ally, Austria–Hungary.

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Why did the Gallipoli campaign fail?

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The British and Anzacs did not predict the large firepower the Turkish had waiting for them and were stuck on the hillside making no ground.

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What were the reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front?

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Failure of the Schlieffen Plan
Nature of Modern Warfare
Role of the Machine Gun

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Why were machine guns such a crucial weapon in WWI?

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It destroyed the dominance of horsed cavalry.
Forced infantry underground for protection.
Caused huge front-line casualties.

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What were the main factors of life in the trenches during WWI?

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Physical conditions of the trenches
Sickness and disease
The psychological effects of the trenches

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What were the physical conditions of the trenches?

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Mud
Malnutrition
Hardwork
Cold and Wet
Noisy and Dangerous
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What diseases occurred in the trenches?

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Trench foot
Dysentery
Frostbite
Tuberculosis
Venereal Disease
Lice
18
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What were the psychological effects of the trenches?

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Sight and stench of death
Uncomfortable and dirty
Boring
Shell shock

19
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What was the homefront?

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Where the families and the rest of society were facing life without the thousands of men and women who had been sent to the war. The home country of the nation.

20
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What was conscription?

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It is the compulsory enlistment of people into national military service.

21
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Why did people vote for conscription?

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They wanted to win the war
They felt bad that their family members went to war and others didn’t
They wanted to show their loyalty to the mother country

22
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Why did people vote against conscription?

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It was cruel and inhumane
People deserved to have a choice
Others already volunteered

23
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What were the role of women during WWI?

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Denied the opportunity to contribute directly to the nation’s war work, women discovered that knitting ‘one for the boys’ they found a closer identification with his life and thus with the nation’s sacrifice.

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What were ‘enemy aliens’ in WWI?

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Enemy aliens were people who were enemies of the country in the war but lived in that country.

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What were the main races of ‘enemy aliens’ during WWI?

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Germans, along with a small number of Austro-Hungarians and a tiny group of Turks and Bulgarians.

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