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World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The First World War 6 (Questions)

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Many soldiers suffered from shell shock in the First World War. History tells us that at the outbreak of the First World War, the German army executed a modified version of the Schlieffen Plan, designed to quickly attack France through Belgium before turning southwards to encircle the French army on the German border.

1. 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
2. Lloyd George used what idea to get food into Britain?
[ ] Conscripts
[ ] Convoys
[ ] Envoys
[ ] Reconnaissance
3. 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
4. Who was British Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front?
[ ] Earl Haig
[ ] Earl Kitchener
[ ] Earl Mountbatten
[ ] Earl Thompson
5. War destroyed what system in Germany and Russia?
[ ] Education system
[ ] Healthcare system
[ ] System of monarchy
[ ] Transport system
6. Who took power in Russia in 1917?
[ ] Lenin
[ ] Molotov
[ ] Stalin
[ ] Tolstoy
7. Lloyd George introduced what, to deal with food shortages?
[ ] Allotments
[ ] Cookery classes
[ ] Mini-supermarkets
[ ] Rationing
8. 1917 saw a large-scale mutiny by which army?
[ ] Belgian
[ ] French
[ ] German
[ ] Italian
9. Soldiers' mental illness caused by war was called what?
[ ] Combat confusion
[ ] Fight fright
[ ] Shell shock
[ ] Trench terror
10. The final ceasefire in 1918 was called what?
[ ] Aramis
[ ] Armament
[ ] Armistead
[ ] Armistice
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World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The First World War 6 (Answers)
1. 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
2. Lloyd George used what idea to get food into Britain?
[ ] Conscripts
[x] Convoys
[ ] Envoys
[ ] Reconnaissance
Ships were protected by armed naval escorts
3. 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
4. Who was British Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front?
[x] Earl Haig
[ ] Earl Kitchener
[ ] Earl Mountbatten
[ ] Earl Thompson
5. War destroyed what system in Germany and Russia?
[ ] Education system
[ ] Healthcare system
[x] System of monarchy
[ ] Transport system
6. Who took power in Russia in 1917?
[x] Lenin
[ ] Molotov
[ ] Stalin
[ ] Tolstoy
7. Lloyd George introduced what, to deal with food shortages?
[ ] Allotments
[ ] Cookery classes
[ ] Mini-supermarkets
[x] Rationing
8. 1917 saw a large-scale mutiny by which army?
[ ] Belgian
[x] French
[ ] German
[ ] Italian
Many of the men had simply had enough!
9. Soldiers' mental illness caused by war was called what?
[ ] Combat confusion
[ ] Fight fright
[x] Shell shock
[ ] Trench terror
10. The final ceasefire in 1918 was called what?
[ ] Aramis
[ ] Armament
[ ] Armistead
[x] Armistice
We still have Armistice Sunday or Remembrance Sunday each November
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