Trenches
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Vocabulary
100
Trenches were usually clean and easy to live in.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
100
The Allied Powers were winning at the beginning of WWI.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
100
Machine guns could fire how many bullets per minute?
600
100
The highlighted continent.
Europe
100
Neither side winning
Stalemate
200
This disease was common in trenches due to the wet ground.
Trench foot
200
Most people expected the war to last
only a few months
200
How did poisonous gases effect soldiers in the war?
If a soldier was not wearing his mask, the gas would cause his lungs to collapse.
200
Name of pink country alliance
Central Powers
200
German submarine
U-boat
300
The two most common pests found in trenches were
rats and lice
300
The year that saw 1 million soldiers killed
1916
300
If poisonous gases were banned from being used, why did both sides use them?
Because no one was winning and they decided to use whatever they could to win.
300
Name of orange country alliance
Allied Powers
300
Austria-Hungary/Germany alliance
Central Powers
400
The area between enemy trenches was called
No-Man's-Land
400
What was the British Navy's plan to defeat Germany?
Stop ships from bringing supplies to Germany and to bomb their ships with underwater mines
400
What two uses did airplanes have during WWI?
Spying on the enemy and shooting down into trenches
400
Name of the battle field between Germany and France
Western Front
400
Fighting from deep ditches used as protection from gunfire
Trench warfare
500
Why were trenches not made in straight lines?
So enemy fighters could not shoot straight down a trench and kill everyone inside.
500
How did the Germans get around the British Navy's plan?
Germany began using submarines (U-boats) to attack British (and neutral) ships.
500
How did new weapons actually make WWI go slower instead of quicker?
These new weapons had not been used in battles before and no one really knew how to use them effectively.
500
Based on this map, why did WWI last longer than expected?
Germany was fighting on both sides of its country, against France and Russia
500
How does this political cartoon show a web of alliances?
Every country is forced to defend their allies, bringing them into World War I.