Starter quiz
- WWI was fought between which years?
- 1814 - 1818
- 1914 - 1918 ✓
- 1904 - 1908
- 2014 - 2018
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- Why did so many countries become involved in WWI?
- treaties ✓
- old agreements ✓
- they were neighbouring countries
- some countries hadn't been at war for a long time
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- Where did soldiers who fought with the British forces in WWI come from?
- Pakistan ✓
- India ✓
- South Africa ✓
- Australia ✓
- Germany
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- Which countries formed 'The Triple Alliance'?
- Great Britain, France and Russia
- Great Britain, Germany and Russia
- Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies ✓
- Austria-Hungary, France and Belgium
- Russia, Germany and France
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- Which countries formed 'The Triple Entente'?
- Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies
- Austria-Hungary, France and Belgium
- Germany, Great Britain and Russia
- Russia, Germany and France
- Great Britain, France and Russia ✓
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- Imperial soldiers were soldiers who were from countries in the...
- 'British Empire ' ✓
Exit quiz
- Where were the major battle fronts in WWI?
- Asia ✓
- Western Front ✓
- Africa ✓
- Eastern Front ✓
- Southern Front
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- During WWI, many soldiers died on both sides.
- True ✓
- False
- What things made life so hard for the soldiers living in trenches during WWI?
- 'trench foot' ✓
- constantly being wet and dirty ✓
- trenches full of rats and lice ✓
- not knowing when the enemy would attack ✓
- no way to communicate with loved ones
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- 'Shell shock' is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- True ✓
- False
- What shape were the trenches dug in?
- 'zig-zag' ✓
- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- front⇔a line where the opposing armies meet in battle ✓
- trench⇔a long, deep hole dug in the ground ✓
- 'No Man's Land'⇔the piece of land between the defensive trenches ✓
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Key learning points
- World War One had many fronts; battles were fought on the Western Front, the Eastern Front, in Africa and in Asia.
- The Western Front saw the use of trench warfare where the conditions were terrible, and many people suffered.
- In some battles, like the Somme in 1917, mass attacks led to thousands of dead or wounded soldiers in a day.
- Many soldiers wrote letters or kept diaries to record their experiences.
Common misconception
Pupils may think trenches were dug like long, straight ditches.
Trenches were dug in a zig zag shape for better protection.
Keywords
Front - a front refers to the line where opposing armies meet in battle
Trench - a trench is a long, deep hole dug in the ground, where soldiers fought from, lived in and used to shelter from the enemy
'no man's land' - the piece of land in between the defensive trenches of rival armies was called 'No Man's Land'
Morale - morale is a feeling of positivity about what is happening
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