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World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The First World War 3 (Questions)

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Battles and trenches were common in the First World War. In History, legend has it that on Christmas Day 1915 British and German soldiers left their trenches for a friendly game of football - a truce that was very short-lived. What did they use as the ball?

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What was the first major battle of the war?

[ ]	Mons
[ ]	The Somme
[ ]	Verdun
[ ]	Ypres

The letters BEF stood for what?

[ ]	Branch of the Elite Forces
[ ]	Bravest Elite Fighters
[ ]	Brigade of Experienced Footsoldiers
[ ]	British Expeditionary Force

Which river near Paris saw a battle of September 1914?

[ ]	Garonne
[ ]	Marne
[ ]	Oise
[ ]	Seine

What was the main method of fighting throughout the war?

[ ]	Airborne warfare
[ ]	Cavalry raids
[ ]	Nuclear warfare
[ ]	Trench warfare

There was stalemate at which battle of late 1914?

[ ]	Brest-Litovsk
[ ]	Loos
[ ]	Passchendaele
[ ]	Ypres

What was not a feature of the trenches?

[ ]	Barbed wire defenses
[ ]	Deep, heavy mud
[ ]	Rats and disease
[ ]	Warm dry dormitories

Land between opposing trenches was known as.....?

[ ]	Death valley
[ ]	No man's land
[ ]	The pit of peril
[ ]	The wasteland

Ypres was the site of how many battles?

[ ]	2
[ ]	3
[ ]	4
[ ]	5

What did it mean to 'go over the top'?

[ ]	Climb hills for lookout points
[ ]	Ignore an officer's orders
[ ]	Leave the trenches to attack the enemy
[ ]	Use madness as an excuse to be sent home

10.

What weapon was used for the first time at the 2nd Battle of Ypres?

[ ]	Grenades
[ ]	Machine guns
[ ]	Poison gas
[ ]	Tanks

World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The First World War 3 (Answers)

What was the first major battle of the war?

[x]	Mons
[ ]	The Somme
[ ]	Verdun
[ ]	Ypres

In Belgium - it slowed down the German advance

The letters BEF stood for what?

[ ]	Branch of the Elite Forces
[ ]	Bravest Elite Fighters
[ ]	Brigade of Experienced Footsoldiers
[x]	British Expeditionary Force

They were the first British troops at the front line

Which river near Paris saw a battle of September 1914?

[ ]	Garonne
[x]	Marne
[ ]	Oise
[ ]	Seine

The Germans were forced to retreat

What was the main method of fighting throughout the war?

[ ]	Airborne warfare
[ ]	Cavalry raids
[ ]	Nuclear warfare
[x]	Trench warfare

Trenches were dug from Belgium to Switzerland

There was stalemate at which battle of late 1914?

[ ]	Brest-Litovsk
[ ]	Loos
[ ]	Passchendaele
[x]	Ypres

What was not a feature of the trenches?

[ ]	Barbed wire defenses
[ ]	Deep, heavy mud
[ ]	Rats and disease
[x]	Warm dry dormitories

An infection called trench foot could result in amputation

Land between opposing trenches was known as.....?

[ ]	Death valley
[x]	No man's land
[ ]	The pit of peril
[ ]	The wasteland

Ypres was the site of how many battles?

[ ]	2
[x]	3
[ ]	4
[ ]	5

Ypres is a Belgian town near the French border

What did it mean to 'go over the top'?

[ ]	Climb hills for lookout points
[ ]	Ignore an officer's orders
[x]	Leave the trenches to attack the enemy
[ ]	Use madness as an excuse to be sent home

Soldiers were instantly cut down by enemy gunfire

10.

What weapon was used for the first time at the 2nd Battle of Ypres?

[ ]	Grenades
[ ]	Machine guns
[x]	Poison gas
[ ]	Tanks

Used first by the Germans but others retaliated with it