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WW1 Trenches/Weapons

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was not a new weapon/technology during WWI?
a)
airplanes
b)
machine guns
c)
atomic bomb
d)
poison gas
2.
Which weapon was used to launch torpedoes from under the water?
a)
long range artillery
b)
submarine
c)
depth charge
d)
machine gun
3.
Which weapon was used to fire a large amount of bullets very quickly?
a)
machine gun
b)
tank
c)
long range artillery
d)
airplane
4.

Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War One?

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

Atomic Bomb

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

No-Man's Land

5.
During WWI, soldier who suffered mental breakdowns were said to have
a)
Trench fever
b)
Dysentery
c)
PTSD
d)
Shell Shock
6.
This soldier is trying to protect himself from 
a)
Trench rats
b)
Dysentery
c)
Trench mouth
d)
Poison gas
7.

The land between the trenches was known as...

a)

No Man's Land

b)

No One's Land

c)

No Soldier Land

d)

No Trench Zone

8.

What WW1 weapon is this?

a)

Poison Gas

b)

Artillery

c)

Flamethrower

d)

None of the above

9.
What is the problem shown that troops suffered from?
a)
Gangrene
b)
Cold feet
c)
Trench foot
d)
Elephantiasis 
10.

What pattern were trenches dug in?

a)

Straight lines

b)

Zig zags

c)

Criss cross

d)

H-shape

11.

Trench fever, characterized by shooting pains and high fever, was carried by

a)

Trench rats

b)

Trench lice

c)

Bacteria in dirty water

d)

Bacteria in dirty clothes

12.

What was No Man's Land?

a)

The area behind the trenches

b)

The homefront

c)

The area in between the trenches

d)

The Trenches

13.

What did the trench rats feed on?

a)

Food stolen from sleeping soldiers

b)

Flesh of corpses

c)

All of the above

14.

Trench foot could be prevented by

a)

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

b)

soaking socks in an antibacterial solution before putting them on

c)

nothing...it had no known method of prevention

d)

wearing steel-toed combat boots

15.

What year did the war start?

a)

1914

b)

1918

c)

1913

d)

1912

16.

The cause that started WW1 was the death of who?

a)

Prince Henry of Whales

b)

Archbishop Lorenzo

c)

Princess Sophia

d)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

17.
This is where soldiers fought from during WW1.  They ate here, slept here, and some even died here.  These were dug for safty.
a)
Trenches
b)
No man's Land
c)
Ditches
d)
Tunnels