<p> PARTICIPATION NAME ______PER ___ /20 MODERN MARVELS: World War I Technology DIRECTIONS: Give the best answers possible. Use of clear bullet point information is appropriate.</p><p>1. How did the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION influence World War I technology? Explain.</p><p>2. How did MILITARY ALLIANCES (military friendships) bring nations to war? What countries were allied together in groups? Explain.</p><p>3. What was the “spark” that ignited World War I? </p><p>4. Where was the WESTERN FRONT located? About how many miles did it stretch? ______miles</p><p>LOCATION:</p><p>5. Why was the development of the TANK directly influenced by trench warfare? </p><p>6. How was the French development of the tank different from the British? Give three (3) concrete examples.</p><p>(1) ______</p><p>(2) ______</p><p>(3) ______</p><p>7. Why was the zeppelin considered a waste of money and dangerous?</p><p>8. What were some problems with early planes?</p><p>9. What did the first pilots use as weapons? </p><p>10. What was one of the biggest challenges for the pilots?</p><p>11. What was the first country to use Fokker’s interrupter gear? ______</p><p>12. During WWI, what was really the best use for the plane? As well as its most dangerous weapon? </p><p>13. How many rounds could an early machine gun fire in one minute? ______rounds 14. How heavy was the machine gun (Maxim gun)? ______pounds</p><p>15. Why were TRENCH MORTARS so useful? Explain.</p><p>16. How were trench mortars and machine guns used together, effectively? Explain.</p><p>17. What was the first use of chemical warfare?</p><p>18. Describe the first gas mask that was used:</p><p>19. Why was wearing/using a gas mask hard for the soldiers?</p><p>20. How was mustard gas different from chlorine gas? MUSTARD GAS CHLORINE GAS</p><p>21. What was used to raise and lower submarines in the water?</p><p>22. Why did the submarines use two (2) different types of engines? (Diesel engine & electric motor)</p><p>23. Why was Germany so involved with the use of the submarine (German “u-boat”)? </p><p>24. How many Allied ships were sunk by German u-boats? ______ships sunk</p><p>25. What was the primary weapon of the submarine/u-boat?</p><p>26. What did Germany start to do with their submarines that angered neutral nations like the United States?</p><p>27. How did the United States help with the war effort?</p><p>28. IN YOUR OWN OPINION: What was the most influential of these new technological developments in World War I? Why? EXPLAIN.</p>