Year 10 January Revision

Question 1

Define militarism

Answer 1

The term militarism means that the army and military forces are given a high profile by the government.

Question 2

How long did the war last?

Answer 2

Four years

Question 2

Name the countries in the triple entente

Answer 2

Britain, Russia and France

Question 4

Name the countries in the dual alliance

Answer 4

Germany, Austria and Hungary

Question 5

Name the countries in the triple alliance

Answer 5

Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy

Question 6

Define imperialism

Answer 6

Imperialism is when a country takes over new land or countries and make them subject to their rule.

Question 7

Define Nationalism

Answer 7

Nationalism means being a strong supporter of the right and interests of one’s country

Question 8

How many people fought in it?

Answer 8

More than 65 million

Question 9

What diseased caused 1/3 of the military deaths?

Answer 9

The Spanish flu

Question 10

Define recruitment

Answer 10

The action of enlisting new people in the armed forces.

Question 11

Define conscription

Answer 11

Compulsory enlistment fir state service, typically into the armed forces.

Question 12

When was the RFC set up?

Answer 12

1912

Question 13

Give a couple reasons as to why some men joined the army

Answer 13

Some felt it was their duty, a sense of patriotism, an adventure, friends and comradery, neglecting the label of coward, army pay

Question 14

What was the busiest time of the day?

Answer 14

Night time

Question 15

Who did the Battle of Somme involve?

Answer 15

The British, French and German armies.

Question 16

When was the Battle of Somme?

Answer 16

1st of July 1916 - 18th November 1916

Question 17

Where did the Battle of Somme take place?

Answer 17

Northern France

Question 18

Why did the Battle of Somme take place?

Answer 18

The aim of Battle was to break the German line and push it back in an effort to gain territory.

Question 19

What were the results of the Battle of Somme?

Answer 19

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died. The German line was pushed back, however only a short distance.

Question 20

When was zero hour?

Answer 20

7:30

Question 21

What does over the top mean?

Answer 21

This was when a soldier left his trench and went over the parapet into no man’s land.

Question 22

What was no man’s land?

Answer 22

This was the name given to the land unoccupied between the opposing trenches on the battlefield.

Question 23

What did attrition mean?

Answer 23

It meant to wear the enemy down through constant attack.

Question 24

What was the vehicle which ruled out most of the use of cavalry?

Answer 24

Tanks

Question 25

What happened to the tanks on the battlefield?

Answer 25

They were either destroyed by shells, broke down or got stuck in ditches.

Question 26

What was each soldier equipped with?

Answer 26

A bayonet, a rifle and a light field gun

Question 27

Who was first to use gas?

Answer 27

The Germans

Question 28

How many soldiers died from gas poisoning? (Roughly)

Answer 28

About 6000

Question 29

Why did Hitler hate the Jews?

Answer 29

He was obsessed with the idea of racial superiority. He believed that the German people were Aryans, the master race and superior to all the other races.

Question 30

How would a gas attack start?

Answer 30

They would fire it in a shell.

Question 31

What do we need in source writing

Answer 31

Examples

Question 32

What was the RFC for?

Answer 32

It was vital for observing movements and find targets for artillery.

Question 33

Define alliances

Answer 33

The term alliances is an agreement between two or more countries to give each other help when needed

Question 34

What were dogfights?

Answer 34

They were when ‘ace’ pilot would twist and turn to to get an enemy in sights for a machine gun blast.

Question 35

Who was the archduke

Answer 35

Austrian Frank Ferdinand

Question 36

Which countries suffered the most?

Answer 36

Serbia and Turkey

Question 37

How many military men died?

Answer 37

Nearly 10 million

Question 38

What happened after the war?

Answer 38

There was a deadly pandemic

Question 39

Name some economic impacts,

Answer 39

The price of food doubled Destruction of land Countries in debt

Question 40

What were 3 things that the treaty said against Germany?

Answer 40

Germany must not start another war Germany must pay war damage Germany’s borders were to be changed to reduce its influence.

Question 41

Name 7 groups that were prosecuted by the Nazis

Answer 41

``` Political opponents Jehovah’s Witnesses Homosexuals Jews Gypsies The Disabled Slavs ```

Question 42

Who were the three leaders?

Answer 42

Georges Clemenceau David Lloyd George Woodrow Wilson

Question 43

Describe an ‘aryan’

Answer 43

Tall, athletic, blue eyes and blonde

Question 44

Define the term Holocaust

Answer 44

It refers to the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis during World War II

Question 45

What did he believe that Jewish business men were doing?

Answer 45

Plotting to take over the world

Question 46

What happened in April 1933?

Answer 46

Boycott of Jewish shops introduced, Jews banned from government jobs.

Question 47

What does question 3 of source work always end with

Answer 47

We must check our facts

Question 48

What were signed in September 1935?

Answer 48

The Nuremberg Laws

Question 49

Name 3 discriminations against Jews

Answer 49

Passports frozen No money Forced to live in ghettos

Question 50

What happened during the Night of Broken Glass

Answer 50

Synagogues and houses burnt down and Jewish shops destroyed

Question 51

How many Jews died between 1942 and 1945

Answer 51

Four and a half million

Question 52

When did the war fully start

Answer 52

28th of July 1914 when Austro-Hungaria declared war on Serbia before all the allied countries came to give help.

Question 53

Name 3 ways the Nazis made the Jews think they were going to be ok

Answer 53

They sometimes give out pretty postcards to be sent home There was light music playing They were told that they would be deloused

Question 54

When did the assassin kill the archduke and his wife

Answer 54

28 June 1914

Question 55

How many Jews in total were murdered by the Nazis?

Answer 55

6 million

Question 56

Give 5 reasons of why the war began

Answer 56

``` Religion Alliance Invasion Land Power ```

Question 57

Give the 4 steps to Genocide

Answer 57

1. Identify the stereotype 2. Disassociate the stereotype from anything positive 3. Associate the stereotype with negative ideas 4. Escalate the seriousness of the negative associations

Question 58

How many civilian deaths were there?

Answer 58

About 21 million

Question 59

What was the ‘final solution’ to the Jewish problem

Answer 59

It meant full extermination of Jews in Europe

Question 60

Name 4 concentration camps

Answer 60

Auschwitz Belzec Treblinka Wolzek

Question 61

Describe what Zyclon B was

Answer 61

It was a crystallised prussic acid which was dropped into the death chamber from a small opening

Question 62

What did they start to use the RFC for?

Answer 62

Bombing

Question 63

Who was the man who killed the archduke

Answer 63

Gavrilo Princip

Question 64

Where and when did the German leaders meet?

Answer 64

In Wannsee (a suburb in Berlin) in January 1942