Unit 6 WWI Test Review

In what war was trench warfare the primary method of fighting?

• World War II

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• World War I

• Vietnam War

What was the land between two enemy trenches called?

• Danger region

• Kill zone

• No man's land

• Death valley

• Fighting area

What is the problem shown that troops suffered from?

• Gangrene
• Cold feet
• Trench foot
• Elephantiasis 

What pattern were trenches dug in?

• Straight lines

• Zig zags

• Criss cross

• H-shape

What did the trench rats feed on?

• Food stolen from sleeping soldiers

• Flesh of corpses

• Leather equipment

• All of the above

Trench foot could be prevented by

• keeping feet dry and/or covered in whale-oil grease

• soaking socks in an antibacterial solution before putting them on

• nothing...it had no known method of prevention

• wearing steel-toed combat boots

What was Shell Shock?

• When you get sand in your eye, on the beach

• Mental damage caused by the horrors of war

• Getting hit by a shell in the face

• Bombs which were made of shells, typically thrown over by the Germans

Why were Trenches dug?

• protection from machine gun fire

• protection from airplanes

• protection from the Calvary

• protection from grenades

Why were Tanks introduced in WW1?

• To get around broken roads

• to break through structures

• to break the stalemate and get through "no mans land over broken roads

• to shoot from far away

Where was trench warfare primarily used?

• Western Front

• Eastern Front