Begining Of WW I

Question 0

Where did trench warfare start?

Answer 0

France

Question 1

Trench warfare?

Answer 1

A series of paths or ditches below the ground

Question 2

What was trench warfare used for?

Answer 2

• protection and communication

- soldiered eat, sleep, and live in them

Question 3

Were trench clean?

Answer 3

Filled with rats, lice, and disease

Question 4

No mans land?

Answer 4

The area of land between trench son each side

- no trees no grass just dirt

Question 5

Why was no mans land scary?

Answer 5

Much or the land was blown up so soldiers were easily spotted
- barbed wire everywhere

Question 6

Soldiered only protection

Answer 6

Helmet and riffle

Question 7

Armies goal

Answer 7

To capture another trench

Question 8

Statement

Answer 8

A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat another

Question 9

Machine gun?

Answer 9

• fires 100 shells per minute

- made it impossible to cross “no mans land”

Question 10

Downside to machine guns

Answer 10

They got jammed a lot

Question 11

Artillery gun

Answer 11

Shot shells up to 10 miles away

Question 12

Downsides to artillery guns?

Answer 12

Accuracy was a problem

Question 13

Grenades

Answer 13

-explosive device designed to be thrown by hand

Question 14

What is the goal of a grenade?

Answer 14

To get it in the enemies trench

Question 15

What are downsides to grenades?

Answer 15

They wouldn’t fire or would fire before thrown

Question 16

Poison gas

Answer 16

Germany began to throw canisters of poison gas

Question 17

What were the effects of poison gas?

Answer 17

Blindness, choking, agonizing burns and blisters, suffocation

Question 18

Downside to poison gas?

Answer 18

If you are attacking the enemy and wind was blowing toward you the gas would backfire and hit you

Question 19

Armored tanks

Answer 19

Armored box that drive with steel treads to get through barbed wire

Question 20

Downside to armored tanks?

Answer 20

• They could on,y move three miles per hour
• broke down often
• men are inside the engine, thus may die from fumes

Question 21

Zeppelin

Answer 21

Large gas filled balloon used to see enemies position

Question 22

Downside to zeppelins?

Answer 22

Filled with helium and helium is extremely flammable

Question 23

U-boats

Answer 23

Submarine developed by Germans to roam the Atlantic and sink merchant ships that were transferring supplies

Question 24

Downsides to u-boats?

Answer 24

None!

Question 25

Airplanes

Answer 25

First time machine guns were used in battle and machine guns were attached

Question 26

Downside to airplanes

Answer 26

Planes weren't well made and couldn't withstand many attacks

Question 27

Dogfight

Answer 27

Battle in the air