Midterm Flashcards
1
Q
In what month of 1914 did WWI begin?
A
August
2
Q
Who was the tsar of Russia during the war?
A
Nicholas II
3
Q
Who was assassinated in June 1914?
A
Franz Ferdinand
4
Q
King Peter and the city of Belgrade remind you of what Allied country?
A
Serbia
5
Q
As a direct result of what was was the German Empire created?
A
Franco-Prussian War
6
Q
In what country was Bosnia located in 1914?
A
Austria
7
Q
What country was to be invaded as part of the Schlieffen Plan but not of the Moltke Plan?
A
Holland
8
Q
How many armies were deployed on the Right Wing of Germany’s Western Front?
A
Five
9
Q
What two countries signed the “Re-insurance treaty?”
A
Germany and Russia
10
Q
What is the correct way to describe the government of 1914 France?
A
Third Republic
11
Q
What was the most populous country in Europe in 1914?
A
Russia
12
Q
Who succeeded Queen Victoria to the British throne?
A
Edward VII
13
Q
What was the largest state within the German Empire?
A
Prussia
14
Q
What was the capitol city of the Dual Empire?
A
Vienna
15
Q
What was the name of the German royal dynasty?
A
Hohenzollern
16
Q
What is meant by the idea of a “black swan”?
A
an unpredictable event
17
Q
Who is the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914?
A
Franz Joseph
18
Q
Which country’s war contingency plan was Plan XVII?
A
France
19
Q
What does the phrase Schlacht ohne Morgen mean?
A
battle without a tomorrow
20
Q
On what date in 1914 did the Sarajevo assassination take place?
A
June 28
21
Q
The word “allies” describes one side in the Great War, the site which included France and Britain. By what term is the other side known?
A
Central Powers
22
Q
Russia and Serbia shared what non-Indo-European ethnicity?
A
Slav
23
Q
What was the name of the 1914 city known today as Instanbul
A
Constantinople
24
Q
Who was Conrad von Hotzendorf?
A
Austrian Chief of Staff
25
What is the central claim of the Fischer Thesis
German culpability
26
Who was the German chancellor in 1914
Betthmann-Hollweg
27
Name the four countries bordering Serbia in 1914
Greece, Albainia, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria
28
What three states signed the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria, Italy
29
In what way is history a social science?
Its claims are obtained by evicence which can't be falsified. (proved wrong if wrong)
30
What were the two French provinces occupied by Germany in 1871?
Alsace and Lorraine
31
What is the proper name during the war of the country casually referred to as Turkey?
the Ottoman Empire
32
What country experienced a revolution in the year 1905?
Russia
33
What is the body of water that lies to the east of the Italian coast?
Adriatic
34
What French word describes the cult of the offensive in its most emotionally charged and spirited patriotic aspect?
elan
35
What is the typical form of 19th century land transportation after canals and before the automobile
railroads
36
At what battle were soldiers transported to the battlefront by taxis?
Marne
37
What was the most northern part of the Western Front called?
Flanders
38
What is the name of the field unit composed of several (typically four) companies?
battalion
39
In what country was Ypres located?
Belgium
40
General Putnik reminds you of what Allied country?
Serbia
41
What country's soldiers initially gave battle in bright blue coats and bright red trousers?
France
42
What were the FIRST two countries invaded by German in 1914?
Belgium and Luxembourg
43
In what month in 1914 did the first battle of the Marne take place?
September
44
The Christmas Truce
Actually happened and was reported by the newspapers
45
Which "wing" of the German armies was supposed to remain on the defensive in the Schlieffen Plan?
The Left
46
On whose side was Italy in 1914?
Neutral
47
Which Russian general in all likeliehood committed suicide following defeat at Tannenburg?
Samsanov
48
What was the name of the first Belgian fort attacked by Germany?
Liege
49
In the expression "We are shackled to a corpse" - to what does the corpse refer to?
Austria
50
What river flows through the center of both Vienna and Budapest
Danube
51
During the retreat from what place in Belgium did British soldiers claim to see guardian angels in the sky holding back the pursuing Germans?
Mons
52
What was the actual military objective in the series of battles we call "The Race to the Sea?"
outflank the enemy
53
In World War I, what was the name of the army unit composed of several divisions?
Corps
54
Who was the C-in-C of the B.E.F. in 1914?
French
55
What was the name of the greatest German battle triumph of 1914?
Tannenberg
56
Following the Battle of the Marne, to what east-west river did the Germans retreat and there make a stand?
Aisne
57
Who was the ruler of Belgium at the start of the war
King Albert
58
Which military unit is next smaller than a battalion
Company
59
With which military unit did most ordinary individual soldiers identify?
the battalion
60
Who were the "Old Contemptibles"?
British "regulars" who survived ordeals of 1914.
61
Who emerged from the attack on Liege as the most acclaimed German leader?
Ludendorff
62
Who was General von Kluck
general commanding Germany's 1st army
63
Who was in charge (C-in-C) of the French Armies of 1914?
Joffre
64
Who was Rennenkampf?
general commanding the Russian 1st army
65
Who commanded the so-called "taxi army"
Gallien
66
What was teh difference between the trenches in Flanders and those further south in Picardy?
Picardy tended to be deeper
67
The cause of trench foot was
water in the trench
68
The cause of trench fever was
scratching lice-caused itches
69
Which of the following actions was longest in duration
Offensive
70
What caused by far the most WW1 trench wounds?
artillery
71
What was the purpose of the flair pistol?
to illuminate no-mans land during night patrol
72
How were artillery wounds different from bullet wounds?
artillery wounds tended to be more mutilating
73
What was the purpose of a patrol?
reconnaissance
74
What caused gas gangrene??
tetanus infection
75
Which of the following caused most damage to barbed wire?
H.E.
76
Which of the following was the closest to the front lines?
regimental aid post
77
What flower grew most abundantly in the churned up sod of trench areas
poppy
78
What was a V.A.D.
Nurse
79
What was a green envelope?
domestic correspondence
80
Of the following cities situated along the Western Front, which was in Belgium?
Ypres
81
How long was the contested distance of the Western Front?
350 miles
82
Who was Robert Service
War poet
83
Which side in all likelihood initiated the Christmas truce?
Germans
84
What was the capitol city of the Ottoman Empire in 1914?
Constantinople
85
What was an R.M.O.
Regimental Medical Officer
86
Who wrote "Flanders in Fields"
Dr. John McRae
87
What were the trench wooden walkways called?
duckboards
88
If dead cows or horses suddenly exploded, what condition had they developed?
gas gangrene
89
What was a Toc H?
British serviceman club, like American YMCA
90
What were O.R.s?
Other ranks, not officers or even NCOs
91
What was the most common use for grease in the trenches?
treatment to prevent trench foot
92
What was a row of sandbags called that protected the front line trenches from the rear?
parados
93
What was the machonochie?
tinned stew
94
What was a howitzer
a shell with a looping trajectory
95
What was the crime committed by the British nurse executed in 1915
Using her position to help allied soldiers escape Belgium
96
Which allied power had more enemies directly bordering its territory than any other allied power?
Russia
97
In what order were the allied forces lined up NORTH TO SOUTH along the Western Front in 1915?
Belgian. British, French
98
What color postal envelope was distributed for domestic mail, notes to sweethearts, and the like?
green
99
Which was by far the smallest caliber?
German rifle
100
Who was the British prime minister at the beginning of 1915?
HH Asquith
101
What german chemist engineered the first use of poison gas in the war?
Fritz Haber
102
At what battle was gas first introduced into war
2nd Ypres
103
Why did Italy join the war?
It wanted territory
104
Who was the first chief of the Ministry of Munitions in Britain?
David Lloyd George
105
During what years did the Germans direct their major offensives against the Western Front?
Odd years
106
What was the name of the Cunard luxury passenger ship sunk of the coast of Ireland?
Lusitania
107
What was the French word for the ordinary French infantry soldier?
poilu
108
What term described the sand=bagged barrier atop the firing line facing the enemy
parapet
109
What was the rank of the lowest ranked commissioned officer
lieutenant
110
What was the first chemical poison used in the war?
chlorine
111
What was the full name of the British nurse executed by Germans in Oct 1915?
Edith Cavell
112
After what bird were the Munitonettes called?
canaries
113
At what battle did the British retaliate with gas?
Loos
114
What was the name of the campaign Germany won at the expense of Russians in 1915
Gorlice-Tarnow
