Causes/Enlistment
What was the minimum age a man had to be to enlist in the Australian army during WW1?
18
What does ANZAC stand for?
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
What does 'shell-shock' mean?
A psychological condition caused by the trauma of constant bombardment and combat — today we'd call it PTSD
What new types of jobs did women take on in Australia during WW1 while men were away? (list 2)
Any of: factory work, nursing, farming, tram conductors, office work, munitions production
What was Article 231
the war guilt clause - blamed Germany for the war
Which event directly triggered the outbreak of WW1 in 1914?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo
What country's soldiers were the ANZAC troops fighting against at Gallipoli? (Use the correct term)
The Ottoman Empire
Explain what 'no man's land' was and why it was so deadly.
The ground between opposing trenches — exposed to machine gun fire, barbed wire, artillery, and mud, making it nearly impossible to cross safely
Australia voted on conscription twice during WW1. What was the outcome of both referendums?
Voted no twice
Name a solution designed to help bring about international peace that originated from the Paris Peace Conference
League of Nations
Name the two main alliance blocs that went to war and at least two countries in each.
The Allied Powers (The Entente) - France, Russia, Germany
What did the ANZACs eat and drink at Gallipoli
Rations - hard ANZAC wafer biscuits, bully beef and black tea
Name one new weapon or technology used for the first time on the Western Front in WW1.
Any one: poison gas, tanks, aircraft, machine guns, barbed wire, artillery barrages, flamethrowers
Who was the Australian Prime Minister who strongly supported conscription
Billy Hughes
In what year and city was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
1919, in the Palace of Versailles, Paris, France
Name the 4 main causes of WW1
Militarism
Imperialism
Alliances
Nationalism
On what date did Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli?
25 April 1915 (ANZAC Day)
Name 2 diseases present in trenches
Trench foot, dysentry, typhoid, cholera
- Australian people weren’t convinced that Australia was at risk
- felt they had done their fair share to help
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, what was the size of the German army limited to?
100,000 men
Approximately how many Australians enlisted to serve in WW1 out of a population of around 5 million?
Approximately 416,000 Australians enlisted
How long was the Gallipoli campaign?
8 months (259 days)
How long did the Battle of Hamel last for?
93 minutes
When fear of enemy aliens spread during WW1, name 1 thing that was renamed in Australia
Frankfurt - savloy / hot dog
German shepherd - alsatian
How much are the reparations that were demanded from Germany worth in today's currency?
$450 billion