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100

The name given to the line of trenches that ran from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border.

What is the Western Front?

100

Name of the concept that requires all resources to be used on the war effort.

What is total war?

100

Alexie Romanov was plagued by this disease

What is haemophilia?

100

The major city in South Vietnam that the French heavily modernised

What is Saigon?

100

The name given to artifacts and relics in the study of history

What are primary sources?

200

The name given to the alliance formed by the Central Powers

What is the Triple Alliance?

200

Class of women known for engaging in charity work and care packages during the war.

Who were the upper class?

200

The name of Nicholas II's secret police

What is the Okhrana?

200

The name of a booby trap specifically designed to impale French soldiers.

What are Punji sticks?

200

Responding to information about the creator, origin, date, purpose, motive, target audience and content

What is perspective?

300

The name given to Germany's last line of defence

What is the Hindenburg line?

300

Name given to women who worked in munitions factories and contracted jaundice from chemical exposure.

Who were the canaries?

300

Defining word to describe the leadership of Nicholas II.

What is weak leadership?

300

This justification was used to encourage the acceptance of colonial expansionism and conquest

What is the civilising mission? What is the white man's burden?

300

The directive term that asks you to make a clear judgement of measure and include a 'however' or 'despite' argument

What is 'to what extent'?

400

In 1916 this important change was introduced to the BEF

What is conscription?

400

Name of the law/act that gave the British government emergency powers during wartime.

What is the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA)?

400

The name given to a tightly controlled, small, elitist and loyal political group that didn't believe in mass membership

Who were the Bolsheviks?

400

Announced on the 2nd September 1945

What is Ho's declaration of Independence?

400

The element missing from a value question when you have discussed content, context, perspective and limitations

What is the type of source?

500

Number of soldiers killed on the first day of the Somme campaign.

Who is 20 000 men?

500

The name of the recruiting officer who replaced Lord Kitchener in 1915.

Who is Lord Derby?

500

Referred to by Nicholas during the revolution as a "fatty" who didn't know what he was on about.

Who is Rodzianko?

500

Known as the 55 days of hell, launched on March 13 1954

What is Dien Bien Phu?

500

The language needed to effectively produce a successful argument

What is high modality language?