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Routt WWII Tech: Submarines

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WWII Submarines could _____ targets while WWI subs could only lie in wait.

a)

Observe

b)

Listen to

c)

Torpedo

d)

Pursue

2.

In what year did a German sub sink a UK passenger liner killing 117 people?

a)

1937

b)

1939

c)

1941

d)

1944

3.

What was the name of the UK passenger liner sunk by a German submarine just after the beginning of WWII killing 117 people.

a)

Titanic

b)

Athens

c)

Lusitania

d)

Athenia

4.

Who is credited with inventing the first navigable submarine?

a)

CJ Drebbel

b)

Adolph Hitler

c)

Ferdinand von Zepplin

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.

The inventor of the first navigable submarine was from what country?

a)

United States

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

the Netherlands

6.

A brief history of Submarine Warfare: Which submarine played a small role in the US Civil War?

a)

CSS Hunley

b)

the Athenia

c)

the Merrimack

d)

the Monitor

7.

History of Sub Warfare: During WW1 German subs attacked and sank ships of neutral countries that were supplying _____.

a)

the Russians

b)

the Allies

c)

the United States

d)

Germany

8.

Who deployed the CSS Hunley during the US Civil War?

a)

the Union (North)

b)

the Confederacy (South)

c)

the United Kingdom (UK)

d)

Germany

9.

What caused neutral countries to join the Allies against Germany during WW ONE?

a)

Allied Sub attacks against neutral countries supplying the Germans.

b)

German Sub attacks against neutral countries supplying the Allies.

c)

Allied naval attacks against German subs.

d)

German air attacks against Allied subs.

10.

What gas is needed for the submarine crew to inhale?

a)

Carbon monoxide

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Methane

11.

What gas is needed for the submarine engines to operate?

a)

Carbon monoxide

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Methane

12.

What waste gas is produced when the submarine engines operate?

a)

Carbon Tetra-chloride

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Methane

13.

What waste gas is exhaled by the submarine crew and must be removed for the air supply?

a)

Carbon monoxide

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Methane

14.

Gas exchange occurs when the submarine surfaces or with the use of what device?

a)

Snorkle

b)

Periscope

c)

Diving Bell

d)

Smoke Stack

15.

What kind of engines did WW TWO submarines use?

a)

Gasoline

b)

Propane

c)

Diesel

d)

Gas or Propane

16.

The submarines' propellers were actually driven by _____ which were _____ by the engines.

a)

Torpedos/Loaded

b)

Steam Engines/Powered

c)

Jets/Powered

d)

Batteries/Charged

17.

WW ONE Submarines could only _____ targets while WWII subs could pursue their targets.

a)

Observe

b)

Ambush

c)

Pursue

d)

Torpedo

18.

In 1942 German Submarines began attacking merchant ships along the Eastern Seaboard of which country?

a)

United States

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

France

d)

Italy

19.

During WWII, the Japanese sometimes used _____ submarines that could be deployed from ships.

a)

Miniature

b)

Nuclear

c)

Gigantic

d)

American

20.

Five _____ mini-subs were used during the Dec 7, 1941 attack on _____.

a)

Japanese/Pearl Harbor

b)

US/Hiroshima

c)

Allied/Normandy

d)

German/US Eastern Seaboard

21.

After WWII, Submarines became _____-powered.

a)

Solar/Steam

b)

Diesel

c)

Nuclear

d)

Hydro/Geothermal

22.

Nuclear Subs _____ Diesel Subs.

a)

...are Less Expensive than...

b)

...are Larger than...

c)

...are Quieter than...

d)

...predate...

23.

During the cold war, Nuclear Submarines were deployed by...

a)

the US

b)

all the Allies (US included)

c)

Soviet Union (Russia)

d)

All of these

24.

Nuclear submarines are still deployed today by the US, Allies, Russia, and _____.

a)

China

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

South Korea

25.

Which Axis Powers deployed submarines during WWII?

a)

Germany and Japan

b)

Germany and Italy

c)

Germany Only

d)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

26.

Which Allied Powers deployed submarines during WWII?

a)

US and UK

b)

US and France

c)

US Only

d)

US, UK, and, France

27.

Where is U505?

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean

d)

Chicago

28.

The US capyutred U505 from which Axis Power?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

Russia