hass test

Why did many Australians enlist at WW1

B) Out of loyalty to Britain and a sense of adventure

What shows the July Crisis in WW1

B) Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia →Russia mobilised their troops to fight →Germany declared war on Russia and France →Germany invaded Belgium and Britain declared war

What happened after Austria declared a war on Serbia

A) Russia backed Serbia and prepared for war

Why did both sides dig trenches on the Western Front

C) To protect soldiers and hold the ground they had

What is ‘no man’s land’

D) The land between two opposing trench lines

Which conditions was caused by long periods of standing in cold, wet trenches

C) Trench foot

What made poison gas feared in WW1

A) It could blind, burn, choke, and spread unpredictably

Why did new technology help prolong the war

C) It made defence stronger than attack

What was the main purpose of Germany's 'Schlieffen Plan'?

B) To avoid a two-front war, by defeating France quickly first

Which date did ANZAC troops land in Gallipoli

C) 25th April 1915

What was the main aim of the Gallipoli campaign

D) To open the Dardanelles and support Russia

Why did the Allied naval attack on Gallipoli fail before the landings began?

B) The Dardanelles were protected by sea mines and Turkish guns

Why was the Western Front so significant in World War I?

C) It became the main theatre of war in Europe and the clearest example of stalemate and attrition

Define MANIA

Militarism- to invest in a strong military that defends national interests

Alliance- if one country in an alliance goes to war, so must all countries

Nationalism- Great pride for ones nation and exclusion of other nations

Imperialism- to expand a nations influence either diplomacy or military force

Assassination- the murder of an important person, usually a politician

What are the examples of MANIA

Militarism- Germanys Naval laws in 1898 and 1900

Alliance- the Triple Entente of 1907

Nationalism- the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Black Hand

Imperialism- The First Moroccan Crisis of 1905

Assassination- the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary

Describe the conditions for soldiers in the trenches on the Western Front

artillery fire, extreme weather, and constant fear of sudden death.

Give two reasons why the battle of somme was significant

-It Was the Bloodiest Conflict in British Military History

-It Marked the First Operational Use of the Tank