WEAPONS OF WWI

Name:______Period______

Directions: Go to the website then click on WEAPONRY on the left side. Once there, click on the right to find each weapon listed below to answer the questions.

  1. Grenades

Primary uses in WWI: (List 3 uses for this weapon.)

  1. What different types of this weapon were available for use in WWI? (List 3)
  1. What overall impact did the use of this weapon have on the war?
  1. Sketch an example of this weapon.
  1. Machine Guns

Primary uses in WWI: (List 3 uses for this weapon.)

  1. What different types of this weapon were available for use in WWI? (List 3)
  1. What overall impact did the use of this weapon have on the war
  1. Sketch an example of this weapon.
  1. Tanks

Primary uses in WWI: (List 3 uses for this weapon.)

  1. What different types of this weapon were available for use in WWI? (List 3)
  1. What overall impact did the use of this weapon have on the war?
  1. Sketch an example of this weapon.
  1. Poison Gas

Primary uses in WWI: (List 3 uses for this weapon.)

  1. What different types of this weapon were available for use in WWI? (List 3)
  1. What overall impact did the use of this weapon have on the war?
  1. Sketch an example of this weapon.

Go to:

Click on Trench Warfare on the middle right.

1)What is a parapet? How effective was theparapet in the trenches? Explain.

2) Describe the effects of trench fever and how soldiers contract the disease.

3) What is trench foot and how is it cured?

4) Besides trench foot and trench fever, what other problems did soldiers face living in the trenches?

5) Describe the odors of life in the trenches.

Go to the following site (note: blank spaces are underscores)

Answer the following questions from the reading;

  1. Why did Mr. Lake not tell anyone he was sick on his trip to France?
  1. What does that say about his and other soldiers’ character at the time?
  1. Why did Private Lake’s captain tell him not to salute him at their first meeting?
  1. How did the men in WWI “take out” enemy machine gun nests? (3 ways)

From the video or the reading;

  1. What happened to Private lakes friend as they sat on a bank?
  1. Where was the sniper?
  1. What was the accepted way to deal with snipers in WWI?
  1. Do you think that should be acceptable today? Explain.