Terms
Trench Warfare
Battles/Weapons
Trench Life
Miscellaneous
100
What is it called when two or more countries make a promise to back each other up in war.
Alliance
100
What is the name for the trenches the soldiers rested in when they were not actively fighting?
Support Trenches
100
What is the name for the long knife on the end of the rifle?
Bayonet
100
Which rifle had a reputation for getting jammed in the mud?
Ross Rifle
100
When did the war end? (Month, day, year)
November 11, 1918
200
What is the word to describe strong patriotic feelings and love of one's nation?
Nationalism
200
This was the term used to refer to sneaking into the enemy's trench.
Trench Raid
200
This weapon was first used at the battle of Ypres.
Chlorine Gas
200
Soldiers in the trenches were crawling with these.
Lice
200
What were the names for the small underground room the soldiers lived in?
Dugouts
300
What is the name of the group that wanted to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand?
Black Hand
300
What was one of the nicknames given to the German soldiers by the Allied forces?
Jerries/Huns/Fritz
300
What did most battles start with?
Artillery barrage
300
This was a mental condition caused by exposure to constant shelling.
Shell Shock
300
Which country pulled out of the war because they were having a revolution?
Russia
400
What was the name for the land between the two opposing trenches?
No Mans' Land
400
Soldiers often hid in these while going across No Mans' Land.
Shell Crater
400
This weapon made it easier to cross No Mans' Land.
Tanks
400
What condition affected many soldiers' feet?
Trench Foot
400
Who shot Archduke Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip
500
What is the word used to describe a formal agreement to end the war?
Armistice
500
What is the name for a battle fought outside of the trenches?
Over the top
500
This was the first Allied victory of the war and it was an all-Canadian battle.
Vimy Ridge
500
What was the name given to the rats who lived in the trenches?
Corpse Rats
500
Who led the forces at Vimy Ridge, and later became commander of the Canadian troops?
Arthur Currie
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