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Who Wants To Get a
Top Grade in History?
Unit : Cooperation and Conflict
1890s – 1930s
By A. Finemess
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1 What Alliance system did the UK join?
A The Triple Alliance
B The Dual alliance
C The Triple Entente
D None
2 Of which group was Gavrilo
Princip a member?
A The Left Hand
B The Right Hand
C The Red Hand
D The Black Hand
3 Which country did Germany invade in
August 1914?
A Belgium
B France
C Russia
D Austria
4 Who prepared the German war plan
used in 1914?
A Von Schliemann
B Von Schliecher
C Von Sciessen
D Von Schlieffen
5 Who was the Prime Minister in 1914?
A Ramsay Macdonald
B David Lloyd George
C Herbert Asquith
D Wilhelm II
6 The Kaiser famously described the
British army in France in 1914 as …?
A Disreputable
B Contemptible
C Disgusting
D Disastrous
7 Trench fever was spread by …
A Rats
B Flies
C Water
D Lice
8 Who commanded the British Army in
France for most of WW1?
A John French
B Douglas Haig
C John Gough
D Edmund Blackadder
9 Women munitions workers’ faces
often turned …
A Green
B Red
C Purple
D Yellow
10 Where did British troops attack on
July 1 1916?
A Verdun
B The Somme
C Paaschendael
D Vimy Ridge
11 Whale oil was used to try to
prevent …?
A Trench foot
B Trench fever
C Trench flatulence
D Trench collapse
12 Most casualties were caused by ...?
A Machine gun fire
B Rifle fire
C Gas
D Shell fire
13 Which was NOT a type of poison
gas used on the western front?
A Mustard
B Chlorine
C Pepper
D Phosgene
14 Poison gas was usually …?
A Lighter than air
B Colourless
C Heavier than air
D Undetectable
15 How many British soldiers were
shot by the British army?
A
B 25
C 750
D 300
16 Which weapon was first used at the Battle
of the Somme, September 1916?
A Flame thrower
B Bomber aircraft
C Poison Gas
D Tank
17 Where did a British attack sink into a
sea of mud?
A The Ancre
C Paaschendael
B The Somme
D Loos
18 Which weapon was used by
Germany for ‘unrestricted’ warfare?
A Gas
B Submarines
C Battle ships
D Aircraft
19 Which was NOT used to overcome
the threat of food shortages?
A Convoys
C Rationing
B Propaganda
D Executions