PARTICIPATION NAME ______PER ___ /20 MODERN MARVELS: World War I Technology DIRECTIONS: Give the best answers possible. Use of clear bullet point information is appropriate.

1. How did the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION influence World War I technology? Explain.

2. How did MILITARY ALLIANCES (military friendships) bring nations to war? What countries were allied together in groups? Explain.

3. What was the “spark” that ignited World War I?

4. Where was the WESTERN FRONT located? About how many miles did it stretch? ______miles

LOCATION:

5. Why was the development of the TANK directly influenced by trench warfare?

6. How was the French development of the tank different from the British? Give three (3) concrete examples.

(1) ______

(2) ______

(3) ______

7. Why was the zeppelin considered a waste of money and dangerous?

8. What were some problems with early planes?

9. What did the first pilots use as weapons?

10. What was one of the biggest challenges for the pilots?

11. What was the first country to use Fokker’s interrupter gear? ______

12. During WWI, what was really the best use for the plane? As well as its most dangerous weapon?

13. How many rounds could an early machine gun fire in one minute? ______rounds 14. How heavy was the machine gun (Maxim gun)? ______pounds

15. Why were TRENCH MORTARS so useful? Explain.

16. How were trench mortars and machine guns used together, effectively? Explain.

17. What was the first use of chemical warfare?

18. Describe the first gas mask that was used:

19. Why was wearing/using a gas mask hard for the soldiers?

20. How was mustard gas different from chlorine gas? MUSTARD GAS CHLORINE GAS

21. What was used to raise and lower submarines in the water?

22. Why did the submarines use two (2) different types of engines? (Diesel engine & electric motor)

23. Why was Germany so involved with the use of the submarine (German “u-boat”)?

24. How many Allied ships were sunk by German u-boats? ______ships sunk

25. What was the primary weapon of the submarine/u-boat?

26. What did Germany start to do with their submarines that angered neutral nations like the United States?

27. How did the United States help with the war effort?

28. IN YOUR OWN OPINION: What was the most influential of these new technological developments in World War I? Why? EXPLAIN.