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History Quiz - The First World War 06 (Questions)

Find out how women’s wartime work in factories, farms, transport and nursing kept Britain going in World War One and helped change ideas about rights and voting.

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Fascinating Fact:

Women took on new roles in munitions factories, transport, nursing, and farming, which later helped arguments for greater rights and the vote.

In KS3 History, pupils explore how the First World War affected life on the home front. They learn how women’s work in wartime challenged old ideas about gender and supported later campaigns for political rights.

Key Terms

Home front: Life in the countries at war, away from the battlefields, including work, rationing, and government controls.
Munitions: Weapons, shells, bullets, and other military supplies made in factories to support armies in battle.
Suffrage: The right to vote in elections. Campaigners for women’s suffrage argued that wartime service showed women deserved a political voice.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What jobs did women do in Britain during the First World War?

Women in Britain worked in munitions factories, on buses and trams, on farms, in hospitals as nurses, and in many office jobs that men had done before the war.

How did women’s work in World War 1 help them gain the vote?

Women’s wartime work showed they could handle dangerous, skilled, and responsible jobs. This strengthened arguments in Parliament that women deserved a say in how the country was run.

What was the home front in World War 1?

The home front was life in the country at war, including factory work, farming, rationing, fundraising, and government controls that supported soldiers fighting overseas.

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Who became British Prime Minister in 1916 and changed the course of the war?

[ ]	Andrew Bonar Law
[ ]	David Lloyd George
[ ]	Henry Campbell-Bannerman
[ ]	Herbert Asquith

Lloyd George used what idea to get food into Britain?

[ ]	Conscripts
[ ]	Convoys
[ ]	Envoys
[ ]	Reconnaissance

Why was Germany suffering food shortages by 1918?

[ ]	A farmers' strike
[ ]	All the farmers had been killed in the war
[ ]	Allied blockade of German ports
[ ]	Heavy winter snowfalls

Who was British Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front?

[ ]	Earl Haig
[ ]	Earl Kitchener
[ ]	Earl Mountbatten
[ ]	Earl Thompson

War destroyed what system in Germany and Russia?

[ ]	Education system
[ ]	Healthcare system
[ ]	System of monarchy
[ ]	Transport system

Who took power in Russia in 1917?

[ ]	Lenin
[ ]	Molotov
[ ]	Stalin
[ ]	Tolstoy

Lloyd George introduced what, to deal with food shortages?

[ ]	Allotments
[ ]	Cookery classes
[ ]	Mini-supermarkets
[ ]	Rationing

1917 saw a large-scale mutiny by which army?

[ ]	Belgian
[ ]	French
[ ]	German
[ ]	Italian

Soldiers' mental illness caused by war was called what?

[ ]	Combat confusion
[ ]	Fight fright
[ ]	Shell shock
[ ]	Trench terror

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The final ceasefire in 1918 was called what?

[ ]	Aramis
[ ]	Armament
[ ]	Armistead
[ ]	Armistice

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History Quiz - The First World War 06 (Answers)

Who became British Prime Minister in 1916 and changed the course of the war?

[ ]	Andrew Bonar Law
[x]	David Lloyd George
[ ]	Henry Campbell-Bannerman
[ ]	Herbert Asquith

He was thought of as the man who won the war

Lloyd George used what idea to get food into Britain?

[ ]	Conscripts
[x]	Convoys
[ ]	Envoys
[ ]	Reconnaissance

Ships were protected by armed naval escorts

Why was Germany suffering food shortages by 1918?

[ ]	A farmers' strike
[ ]	All the farmers had been killed in the war
[x]	Allied blockade of German ports
[ ]	Heavy winter snowfalls

After the Battle of Jutland, the German navy stayed in port for most of the time so supply ships could not get past the British navy

Who was British Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front?

[x]	Earl Haig
[ ]	Earl Kitchener
[ ]	Earl Mountbatten
[ ]	Earl Thompson

He didn't have a good reputation as a military commander

War destroyed what system in Germany and Russia?

[ ]	Education system
[ ]	Healthcare system
[x]	System of monarchy
[ ]	Transport system

The Russian Revolution in 1917 overthrew the monarchy and put the Communist Party in control for just over 70 years

Who took power in Russia in 1917?

[x]	Lenin
[ ]	Molotov
[ ]	Stalin
[ ]	Tolstoy

He died in 1924 and the brutal Stalin took over

Lloyd George introduced what, to deal with food shortages?

[ ]	Allotments
[ ]	Cookery classes
[ ]	Mini-supermarkets
[x]	Rationing

Food and other commodities were rationed again in the Second World War

1917 saw a large-scale mutiny by which army?

[ ]	Belgian
[x]	French
[ ]	German
[ ]	Italian

Many of the men had simply had enough!