WW I Tech - History Channel Video

When neither side advanced on the Western Front was known as a

• deadlock

• stalemate

• tie

What industrial innovation allowed these new weapons to be mass produced for the belligerents?

• Watt's steam engine

• U.S. Steel Company

• assembly line

Which country was the 1st to put tanks into the field of battle?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

Which of the following countries created a faster, lighter and more maneuverable tank?

• Russia

• Germany

• France

How did the crew of an observation balloon communicate with the crew on the ground?

• waited until they got back on the ground

• dropped hand written notes out of the balloon

• used telegraph lines that connected them to the ground

( ) completed the first bombing run over the country of ( ).

• France, Austria-Hungary

• Germany, England

• Germany, Russia

What contribution did Dutch inventor, Tony Fokker make to the rise of airplane technology?

• interrupter gear

• lighter but stronger wings

• creation of a 12-cylinder, 400 Horsepower engine

Which of the following countries developed the Fokker D7 with a Mercedes engine, the best of all airplanes during WW I?

• Russia

• Great Britain

• United States

• Germany

Where was the machine gun developed?

• Germany

• United States

• Great Britain

• Russia

Which of the following almost won the war for the Central Powers prior to America entering the war?

• bombing of Paris using the Paris Gun

• German use of chemical weapons on the trenches

• German strategic sinking of supply ships