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🪖 Life in the Trenches – Year 9
History · Year 9 (KS3) — daily life, disease, new weapons and the Somme on the Western Front in WW1
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On the Western Front, what was 'no man's land'?
A neutral country that stayed out of the war
The ground between the two sides' front-line trenches
The area behind the lines where soldiers rested
The deep dugouts where officers slept
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What was the main cause of trench foot?
Lice living in the seams of uniforms
Breathing in chlorine gas during attacks
Bites from rats living in the dugouts
Standing for long periods in cold, wet mud
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In which year did the famous, widespread Christmas truce take place on the Western Front?
1917
1914
1916
1915
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Lice were common in the trenches. Which illness did they spread?
Scurvy
Trench foot
Malaria
Trench fever
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Why were trenches dug in a zigzag pattern rather than in straight lines?
To confuse enemy pilots flying overhead
To give soldiers more room to sleep
To limit blast damage and stop enemies firing along them
To make it easier to drain away rainwater
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Which gas, first used by Germany in 1917, caused painful blisters on the skin and in the lungs?
Tear gas
Mustard gas
Chlorine gas
Phosgene gas
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Many soldiers suffered from shell shock. Which modern condition do many of its symptoms most closely match?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Epilepsy
Asthma
Dementia
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British tanks were used in battle for the first time in September 1916. During which battle?
The Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Verdun
The First Battle of Ypres
The Battle of the Somme
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Before the Somme, British guns shelled German lines for about a week. Why did this fail to destroy the German defences?
The Germans had abandoned their trenches beforehand
The shelling was called off early because of snow
The British ran out of shells after one day
Germans sheltered in deep dugouts and wire was left uncut
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On 1 July 1916, British troops went over the top at the Somme. Roughly how many British casualties were there that day?
About 600
About 250,000
About 57,000
About 6,000
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