History WW1

Question 1

Tripe Alliance

Answer 1

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 2

What dates was WW1 fought between?

Answer 2

1914 - 1918

Question 3

Triple Entente

Answer 3

Britain, France and Russia

Question 4

Why did Australian men enlist in WW1?

Answer 4

• Australians wanted to stand by Britain as most people were linked to Britain (The “Motherland”)
• Adventure and to travel world (free)
• Helping mates “Aussie mate ship”
• Shamed into going (feathers)
• Hating Germans (propaganda showed them as monsters
• Doing their duty

Question 5

Places Australians fought in WW1

Answer 5

1914: New Guinea, Naura + Soloman Islands as well as Egypt
1915: Gallipoli, Turkey
1916-18: Western Front (France + Belgium)
1916-18: Palestine

Question 6

Why did they land at Gallipoli?

Answer 6

Their boat was swept away from planned landing by ? current

Question 7

What issues did men face landing and fighting at Gallipoli?

Answer 7

1. They were exposed to enemy fire meaning nowhere was safe
2. bad weather
3. poor sanitation
4. stench living in close quarters
5. hundreds of soldiers died first day
6. swarms of flies
7. hard to land at Gallipoli (confusion)

Question 8

Describe Trench warfare

Answer 8

melted snow caused trenches to be muddy. Horses + men could fall in this mud and drown. Disease was common, lice, rats, dead bodies and bad stench. soldiers developed trench foot leading to amputations.

Question 9

War weapons used

Answer 9

Shells, gas, tanks, planes, barbed wire and machine guns

Question 10

Home front WW1

Answer 10

Women unable to fight but supported the war in other ways e.g. knitting socks, fund raising and making and sending food to troops. Germans atacked

Question 11

Conscription

Answer 11

compulsory enlistment in armed forces

Question 12

Propaganda

Answer 12

Biased information made by government

Question 13

What type of Propaganda was used in WW1?

Answer 13

Demonisation Propaganda to portray enemy forces as evil and build hatred to encourage enlistment

Question 14

Assassination

Answer 14

1914 the assassination of Hungary’s heir archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked the outbreak of WW1

Question 15

What was WW1 famous for?

Answer 15

trench warfare, new weapons gas e.t.c.

Question 16

Militarism

Answer 16

The race to build a strong army and weaponery for mass destruction

Question 17

Alliances

Answer 17

The agreement between nations to support each other

Question 18

Nationalism

Answer 18

The extreme pride in one’s own country

Question 19

Imperialism

Answer 19

taking over another country (rush to build empire/economy)

Question 20

New WW1

Answer 20

first war where advanced weaponry and military tactics were used

Question 21

Domino effect

Answer 21

1. Austria blamed Serbia for death and declares war against Serbia
2. Germany supports Austria
3. Russia supports Serbia
4. Germany declares war on Russia
5. France supports Russia
6. Germany declares war on France
7. Germany invades Belgium
8. Britain supports belgium and declares war on Germany

Question 22

Statistic

Answer 22

295,000 Australians fought on western front with 60,000 dying

Question 23

Conscription debate

Answer 23

Britain was requesting new recruits every month but aus PM was struggling to provided them so Bill hughes made conscription and was denied

Question 24

German trenches

Answer 24

German dug their trenches first and had better soil conditions as they built their trenches high. They had electricity, beds, toilets and concrete

Question 25

Censorship

Answer 25

Allows government to protect secrets/bad news and control publics opinion

Question 26

Women in WW1

Answer 26

- Government didn't allow women to assist war effort (they weren't needed) - Poorly paid - The war allowed women to take on new roles and responsibilities - they provided comfort boxes - made socks to prevent trench foot - womens pre war wages were half of mens pay for doing the same work

Question 27

Aboriginal men in WW1

Answer 27

In 1914 they were not regarded as citizens and were refused to fight because of their race

Question 28

Why did Aboriginal men want to fight in WW1

Answer 28

Adventure, pay was higher and wanted to prove they were as good as 'white' men

Question 29

Rules relaxed and roles: Aboriginal

Answer 29

Volunteers dropped so they allowed them to fight. By 1916 they were able to enlist but restricted to roles: drivers, stretch bearers, signallers

Question 30

Returning home: Aboriginal

Answer 30

Aboriginal men had to go back to reserves and missions and were still not seen as a citizen or equal

Question 31

Enemy 'aliens'

Answer 31

people or their blood relatives born in enemy nations e.g. germany

Question 32

Womens roles in WW1

Answer 32

Nurses and medical workers along with volunteer work for the soldiers + fundraising