History module 2

Question 1

What is a militarism?

Answer 1

When countries spend huge amounts of money to upgrade their military. The army would use their forces aggressively to promote/defend their country.

Question 2

How many alliances to Europe split in to?

Answer 2

2 alliances

Question 3

Which countries in Europe at the time made up the Triple Entente?

Answer 3

Russia, Britain and France

Question 4

Which countries in Europe at the time formed the Triple alliance?

Answer 4

German, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 5

What is imperialism?

Answer 5

When a country conquers land to build up their country’s empire

Question 6

Who became known as the “allies” in 1915?

Answer 6

When Italy joined the Triple Entente (Russia, France and Britain)

Question 7

When and where did Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife get assassinated?

Answer 7

On the 28th of July 1914, in Sarajevo

Question 8

Which two countries (after Italy left) was known as the central powers?

Answer 8

Germany and Austria-Hungary

Question 9

How many countries in total joined World War One?

Answer 9

32

Question 10

How many deaths occurred in total in WW1?

Answer 10

9 million

Question 11

From 1915 which countries were involved in “the central powers”?

Answer 11

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria

Question 12

From 1917 which countries were involved in the “allies”?

Answer 12

France, Belgium, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Portugal, Japan and USA

Question 13

Which country opted out of the “allies” in 1917?

Answer 13

Russia

Question 14

Which countries were part of the western front and who were they trying to stop?

Answer 14

The western front was situated in France and Belgium (fought by Belgium, France and Britain), and they were trying to stop Germans advancing onto the northern French coastline

Question 15

How long were the trenches and which countries did it cross?

Answer 15

640 km and was stretched between the English channel and Switzerland

Question 16

What were Infantry soldiers?

Answer 16

Soldiers that fought the war on foot

Question 17

What was the geographical area between both sides of the enemy trenches?

Answer 17

No man’s land

Question 18

What was no man’s land filled with?

Answer 18

Bomb craters and rotting dead soldiers bodies

Question 19

What are some of the diseases that were picked up in the trenches?

Answer 19

Ulcers, boils, pneumonia, dysentery (bloody diarrhoea) and bronchitis

Question 20

What is trench foot?

Answer 20

When you have been in knee deep water and your foot swells up, and develops sores that can rot (if not treated properly)

Question 21

What weapons did they use?

Answer 21

Poison gas, Rifles, machine guns, grenades, tanks, artillery, fighter and bomber planes and flamethrowers

Question 22

What is a more updated name for shell-shock?

Answer 22

PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)

Question 23

Which countries in the (British empire) volunteered soldiers to fight for Britain?

Answer 23

Canada, India, Australia, Parts of Africa including South Africa, New Zealand and West Indies

Question 24

What is a Zeppelin?

Answer 24

An inflatable ship (germans used a lot)

Question 25

What does DORA stand for?

Answer 25

Defence Of the Realm Act

Question 26

Roughly, how many men fought in the 1t world war?

Answer 26

70 million

Question 27

How many soldiers fought for the British empire and how many died?

Answer 27

Eight million soldiers fought and about one million were killed (+ 2 million injured)

Question 28

What was Armistice day?

Answer 28

One the 11th month, on the 11th day and 11th hour guns were held down (technically the last shot was in Northern Africa on the 23rd)

Question 29

Who abdicated due to feeling he had lost control of his country (October and September 1918)?

Answer 29

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 30

What was the only thing that seemed to flourish after the war?

Answer 30

The poppy (which became a sort of symbol of life)

Question 31

Which teacher campaigned for the poppy to mark a remembrance day for all those soldiers who died for the war?

Answer 31

Moina micheal

Question 32

Which month of the year do people generally were poppies to remember the war dead?

Answer 32

November

Question 33

What does a purple poppy represent?

Answer 33

To remember the animals who help and died in the war?

Question 34

What does the white poppy stand for?

Answer 34

A symbol of ever lasting peace

Question 35

What does the black poppy represent?

Answer 35

All those black, African and Caribbean soldiers who contributed and fought in the war

Question 36

Which country's political leaders had a conference in January 1919 to discuss how to prevent any more wars?

Answer 36

USA, Britain and France and other winning countries

Question 37

Which countries were nicknamed the "Big three"?

Answer 37

USA, France and Britain

Question 38

Which country was not invited to peace talks?

Answer 38

Russia

Question 39

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 39

A big document stating Germany's punishments

Question 40

In terms of financial punishment, what did Germany have to contribute (in the Versailles treaty)?

Answer 40

Germany had to pay the war of which results in £6.6 billion and had to sign in the treaty that they started the war

Question 41

What was the League of Nations?

Answer 41

A club were international countries would meet up to discuss strategies to improve the world

Question 42

What did the Versailles treaty say about German army?

Answer 42

Only allowed 100,000 soldiers and 6 submarines. The German soldiers were not allowed to go near French borders

Question 43

What did Germany have to do in terms of the divide of its country (in the Versailles treaty)?

Answer 43

They have to give up small geographical areas of land up to neighbouring countries

Question 44

What did Germany have to hand over (colonies wise)?

Answer 44

Germany had to give Britain and France their colonies

Question 45

Where is the League of Nations headquarters?

Answer 45

Geneva, Switzerland