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New Weapons in World War I

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another name for horse soldiers?

a)

Infantry

b)

Marines

c)

Cavalry

d)

Cowboys

2.

How many bullets could a heavy machine gun fire in a minute?

a)

300

b)

400

c)

500

d)

600

3.

What was the original job done by airplanes during the war?

a)

Spy on the enemy

b)

Shoot down enemy planes

c)

Provide a moving target for the enemy

d)

Drop bombs on the enemy

4.

What name is given to an airplane like the one shown in the picture?

a)

Warplane

b)

Triplane

c)

monoplane

d)

Biplane

5.

What does the term U Boat stand for

a)

Underworld boat

b)

Undersea boat

c)

Undetected boat

d)

Underwater boat

6.

What was the name of the ship sunk by U 20 off the coast of Ireland in 1915?

a)

Lorraine

b)

Wanderer

c)

Lusitania

d)

Olympia

7.

If a WWI tank was armed with a 6 pounder gun, like the one shown in the picture, was it called 'male' or 'female' or something else?

a)

Male

b)

Female

c)

Boy

d)

Girl

8.

Using the evidence in the picture, which reason best explains why this tank has broken down?

a)

All the crew have been killed.

b)

It was too muddy to go any further.

c)

The engine failed.

d)

The caterpillar track had broken.

9.

In which battle did tanks have their first great success?

a)

Ypres

b)

The Somme

c)

Cambrai

d)

The Marne

10.

For all the new technology that was developed during the War, the Allies were only able to defeat the Germans once the USA joined in. What caused the USA to join the war in 1917?

a)

Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

Americans liked a fight

c)

Americans didn't like the Germans

d)

America had been invaded by the Germans