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A. Define, Describe, or Identify:

1. Allies – , , Serbia, and Britain, fighting together during World War I. (p. 63)

2. Central Powers – , Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, fighting together during World War I. (p. 63)

3. U-boats – German submarines. (p. 63)

4. Escadrille – a small squadron of planes. (p. 65)

5. Machine – an automatic rifle that uses belt-fed ammunition. (p. 67)

6. Stalemate – a situation in which further action is blocked. (p. 71)

7. Appropriate – to set aside for a specific use. (p. 71)

8. Strategic – designed to strike at the sources of an enemy's military, economic, or political power. (p. 72)

9. Zeppelin – a German dirigible with a rigid frame used for observation and bombing raids. (p. 73)

10. Dogfight – a between fighter planes. (p. 74)

11. Strafe – to attack with a from a low-flying aircraft. (p. 75)

B. Matching:

Match the definition in Column A with the name in Column B. You may use each name only once.

Column A Column B

__f__ 1. He was America’s “ace of aces” during World War I. (p. 62) a. b. Franz Ferdinand __b__ 2. His assassination touched off World c. Eugene Bullard War I. (p. 63) d. Raoul Lufbery e. __d__ 3. He was the most famous pilot of the f. . (p. 66) g. Frank Luke h. Billy Mitchell __g__ 4. A “wild card” who had trouble following i. Army discipline, he shot down 15 balloons j. Hap Arnold and three in 17 days. (p. 68)

__c__ 5. He was the only African-American pilot during World War I. (p. 69)

__i_ _ 6. The scarlet planes he commanded led to his nickname “the Red Baron.” (p. 70)

__j__ 7. He was a strong advocate for enlisted men as pilots in the US armed forces. (p. 72)

__a__ 8. He bolted an automatic rifle to his plane so he could shoot straight through the propeller. (p. 74)

__e__ 9. He built an interrupting gear on a plane that would keep its gun from firing when the propeller was in the way. (p. 74)

__h__ 10. He was an advocate for an independent US air force. (p. 78)

C. Fill in the Blanks:

1. Eddie Rickenbacker was the only surviving pilot of World War I to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor during his lifetime. (p. 62 )

2. Despite the contributions of brave pilots on both sides, most World War I were fought on land or at sea. (p. 63)

3. Soon after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Russia, France, Serbia, and Britain were at war against Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. (p. 63)

4. In early 1917, Germany once again targeted all American ships headed toward Britain. (p. 63)

5. As commander of the 94th Squadron, Eddie Rickenbacker did two important things for his men. He got them equipped with parachutes. And he figured out how to keep an ’s machine gun from jamming. (p. 67)

6. Because of his affection for his adopted country of France, Eugene Bullard agreed to help when the French government asked him to spy on Germans living in France. (p. 70)

7. A motto emerged by the end of World War I: “If you control the air, you cannot be beaten; if you lose the air, you cannot win.” (p. 72)

8. In the Battle of Saint Mihiel in France finally turned the tide in favor of the Allies. (p. 74)

9. The four-day Battle of Saint Mihiel established the role of mass movements of air power during wartime. (p. 75)

10. The of World War I needed three qualities: they had to be lightweight, fast, and maneuverable. (p. 77)

D. Crossword Puzzle:

Across

4. A situation in which further action is blocked. STALEMATE. (p. 71)

5. Russia, France, Serbia, and Britain, during World War I. ALLIES. (p. 63)

6. A small squadron of planes. ESCADRILLE. (p. 65)

9. Designed to strike at the sources of an enemy's military, economic, or political power. STRATEGIC. (p. 72)

11. German submarine. U-BOAT. (p. 63)

12. To attack with a machine gun from a low-flying aircraft. STRAFE. (p. 75)

13. The name of the Lafayette Escadrille honored the ______de Lafayette. MARQUIS (p. 65)

14. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, in World War I. CENTRALPOWERS. (p. 63)

Down

1. Eddie Rickenbacker started out as a ______driver. RACECAR (p. 66)

2. An automatic rifle that uses belt-fed ammunition. MACHINEGUN (p. 67)

3. A German dirigible with a rigid frame used for observation and bombing raids. ZEPPELIN (p. 73)

7. A battle between fighter planes. DOGFIGHT (p. 74)

8. To set aside for a specific use. APPROPRIATE (p. 71)

10. A kind of German . ALBATROS (p. 68)

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Created with EclipseCrossword — www.eclipsecrossword.com E. True/False:

Put a T in the blank if the sentence is true and an F if it is false.

__T__1. It was harder for a German to qualify as an “ace” pilot than for an American, French, or British pilot. (p. 62)

__T__2. Early in 1917, British intelligence discovered a telegram from Germany promising it could have , Arizona, and New Mexico if the Mexicans joined World War I on the German side. (p. 63)

__F__3. The Marquis de Lafayette, for whom the Lafayette Escadrille was named, was a quirky French nobleman who took up aviation to settle an old score he had with the Red Baron of Germany. (p. 65)

__F__4. Eugene Bullard returned from World War I to start up an airline for African- Americans, who were otherwise barred at the time from flying .(p. 70)

__T__5. Even by the end of the World War I, all American pilots were still flying British or French planes. (p. 71)

__F__6. Brig Gen James Allen was an early advocate of using aircraft not just for aerial reconnaissance but to deliver bombs. (p. 72)

__F__7. The first aircraft to drop bombs on Britain was a German zeppelin in 1917. (p. 73)

__T__8. Unlike American and other Allied aviation units, the British Royal Flying was independent of its country’s infantry. (p. 73)

__T__9. Average aircraft speeds went from 64 mph to 130 mph between 1914 and 1918. (p. 76-77)

__F__10. Brig Gen Billy Mitchell had great support from his Airmen because he had been flying since he was 16. (p. 78)