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WorksheetsWWI Weapons
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Diskushandgranate
a)
Egg Grenade
b)
Disk Grenade
c)
Stick Grenade
d)
Ball/Pineapple Grenade
2.
A bolt action rifle can fire up to 15 rounds per minute.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The machine gun needed 4-6 men to operate it.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Large field cannons (called mortars) fired bullets.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Mustard gas was called this because it was yellow in color.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The first tanks didn't work because they fell into the trenches.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Airplanes were first used for spying work.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
A fight between two airplanes is called a catfight.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Chlorine, Mustard, Phosgene
a)
Artillery
b)
Gas
c)
tanks
d)
airplanes
10.
Originally mounted on Tripods:
a)
tanks
b)
mortars
c)
machine guns
11.
French thought Germans were using this as a "mask" to overtake their trenches:
a)
gas
b)
tanks
c)
artillery
d)
machine guns
12.
Lobbed shells into the air and then dropped down, preferably into trenches; created massive craters in no-man's land
a)
artillery
b)
flamethrowers
c)
mortars
d)
canons
13.
Stielhandgranate
a)
Egg Grenade
b)
Disk Grenade
c)
Stick Grenade
d)
Ball/Pineapple Grenade
14.
Not really effectively used in war until WW2:
a)
flamethrowers
b)
tanks
c)
machine guns
d)
poison gas
15.
Which weapon was used to fire a large amount of bullets very quickly?
a)
machine gun
b)
tank
c)
long range artillery
d)
airplane
16.
This was not originally designed to be used in war and wasn't originally used as "a weapon":
a)
Flamethrower
b)
gas
c)
airplane
d)
tank
17.
What is a zeppelin?
a)
large airships
b)
to protect yourself
18.
How much could a machine gun fire ?
a)
400-600
b)
60-70
c)
2-3
d)
50-70
19.
Eierhandgranate
a)
Egg Grenade
b)
Disk Grenade
c)
Stick Grenade
d)
Ball/Pineapple Grenade
20.
Poison Gas Mask:
a)
protects you from dangerous gases
b)
submarine
21.
Airplanes:
a)
Used for spying and reconnaissance
b)
fire a bomb
22.
Which of the following was not a new weapon/technology during WWI?
a)
airplanes
b)
machine guns
c)
atomic bomb
d)
poison gas
23.
Which weapon was used to bomb enemy trenches from a far distance?
a)
submarine
b)
long range artillery
c)
tank
d)
machine gun
24.
Which weapon was used to launch torpedoes from under the water?
a)
long range artillery
b)
submarine
c)
depth charge
d)
machine gun
25.
Which weapon was used to fire a large amount of bullets very quickly?
a)
machine gun
b)
tank
c)
long range artillery
d)
airplane
26.
Which weapon was mainly used to conduct surveillance (reconnaissance) missions?
a)
submarines
b)
tanks
c)
airplanes
d)
long range artillery
27.
Kugelhandgranate
a)
Egg Grenade
b)
Disk Grenade
c)
Stick Grenade
d)
Ball/Pineapple Grenade
28.
What weapon was used to mow down barbed wire around enemy trenches?
a)
tank
b)
submarine
c)
bayonette
d)
poison gas
29.
Did we have tanks in world war 1?
a)
True
b)
False
30.
who was the first to make chemicals weapons ?
a)
Britian
b)
Germany
c)
Paris
d)
All of the above
31.
Were weapons more destructive?
a)
yes
b)
no
32.
What type of advancements made machine guns, artillery, poison gas, airplanes, and submarines so deadly during WWI?
a)
Nationalism advancements
b)
technology advancements
c)
allied advancements
d)
war advancements
33.
The Zeppelins were German airships.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
This underwater ship was used by Germany to destroy allied shipping and saw a greater unrestricted use against British and French ships.
a)
U-Boat
b)
Model T
c)
Panzer
d)
Nuclear Submarine
35.
WWI was so deadly because...
a)
It lasted 4 years
b)
Germany would not give up
c)
New technology was used
d)
the Lusitania sunk
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