Fighting WWI Fast & Curious

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

• A British naval strategy to blockade German ports during World War I
• A German military strategy to quickly defeat France and then turn to fight Russia in World War I
• A French plan to invade Germany from the west during World War I
• A Russian military tactic to defend against German invasion during World War I

Which factor did NOT lead to a stalemate (Neither side could move forward and take the other's trench) in trench warfare in World War I?

• Machine Guns killing anyone who left their trenches

• Barbed Wire making running across No Man's Land difficult

• Poison Gas being used to kill enemies in their trenches

• Different military tactics used by the French and the Germans

Answer explanation

Military technology was advancing so rapidly that it was constantly being used to advance in trench warfare, but quickly sparked innovations to counter those advancements, like gas masks being developed to counteract poison gas!

Which country's navy contained U-Boats, an early version of submarines?

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary

• France

• United Kingdom

Answer explanation

German U-Boats (short for Unterseeboot, because they're boats that go under the sea) terrorized British and French naval vessels for most of the war.

Which best describes fighting on the Western Front?

• Rapid movement of troops

• Long-term stalemates fought in trenches

• Quickly changing territory fought in trenches

• Minimal combat, as most fighting was on the Eastern Front

Answer explanation

Most of the Western Front sat in stalemate for months or years at a time, fought in muddy trenches, where armies may fight for months to only gain a few hundred yards of territory.

How did the failure of the German Schlieffen Plan to quickly defeat France affect the future course of the war?

• It led to Germany fighting on two fronts against the French and Russians.

• It had no impact on the future course of the war
• It resulted in a quick victory for Germany
• It led to a peaceful resolution between Germany and France

Answer explanation

Because Germany could not quickly conquer France before Russia's military was ready, the Germans had to fight both the French on the Western Front

How did U-Boat attacks affect battle on land?

• U-Boats were amphibious and they terrorized the land

• U-Boats were actually tanks

• U-Boats attacked ships carrying supplies to support the war effort

• U-Boats launched rockets from the sea to the land

Answer explanation

U-Boats were early submarines and specialized in naval combat, sinking transport and supply ships, harming the Allied war effort

Groups of merchant ships protected by warships are called...

• herd
• squadron
• convoy
• fleet

Answer explanation

Allied Nations nations made convoys to protect merchant ships from U-Boats by protecting the merchant ships with military vessels.

Which is not a way the Eastern Front was different from the Western Front?

• The trench warfare on the Eastern front was more gruesome

• There was no trench warfare on the Eastern Front, so Battle lines shifted over large areas

• Armies suffered much higher casualties in the Eastern Front

• Germany was primarily fighting Russia instead of France on the Eastern Front

Answer explanation

The Eastern front featured mostly Germany versus Russia in very spread out, higher-casualty engagements.

What were the major features of war in the Middle East?

• Arab Nationalists supported by the British revolted against the Ottoman Empire using Guerilla War

• Britain and France launched full scale invasions of the Ottoman Empire

• Lots of Trench warfare

• The Ottoman Empire brought the war to Europe instead of fighting in the Middle East

Answer explanation

Arab Nationalists supported by the British revolted against the Ottoman Empire using Guerilla War. The Ottoman Empire fought essentially for its own survival for most of the war.

What was the result of war in the Middle East

• The Ottoman Empire expanded its territory

• The Ottoman Empire lost much of its land to the Arabs

• The Ottoman Empire collapsed entirely during the war

• There was no substantial change of territory

Answer explanation

Thanks to support from the British, Arab nationalists were able to claim a lot of land from the Ottoman Empire, leading to its downfall shortly after the war.