Year 6

Why were so many lives lost on the Western Front?

Year 6

Why were so many lives lost on the Western Front?

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be learning about the major events of the First World War, including trench warfare, the Battle of the Somme, and why America joined the war.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is the name given to the group of countries in south-eastern Europe?
Correct answer: Balkans
Scandanavia
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Q2.
Who was the British foreign secretary at the beginning of World War One?
David Lloyd George
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Otto Von Bismark
Correct answer: Sir Edward Grey
Q3.
What does the A in MAIN stand for?
Correct answer: Alliances
Allied attacks
Appeasement
Attrition
Q4.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to which country?
Correct answer: Austria-Hungary
Bosnia
Prussia
Serbia
Q5.
When is Bismark usually said to have unified Germany?
1812
Correct answer: 1871
1914
1918

5 Questions

Q1.
Where was the Western Front?
Correct answer: Between France and Germany.
Between Germany and Austrio-Hungary.
Between Russia and Germany.
Between the United Kingdom and France.
Q2.
Which of these weapons were used in WWI? Tick four answers.
Fighter Jet
Correct answer: Mark V Tank
Missiles
Correct answer: Paris Gun
Correct answer: Type 93 U Boat
Correct answer: Vickers Machine Gun
Q3.
What was the name of the passenger ship sunk by Germany?
RMS Louisana
RMS Luisitana
Correct answer: RMS Lusitania
RMS Lustinia
Q4.
What event caused Britain to enter the war?
Correct answer: Germany invading Belgium.
Germany sending Russia an ultimatum.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The unification of Germany.
Q5.
When did Germany sign the armistice agreement with the Allied Powers?
11th August 1917
11th August 1918
11th November 1915
Correct answer: 11th November 1918