The First World War and the Peace Settlement quiz: trench warfare, why the Allies won and the Treaty of Versailles (N(A)-Level Humanities, History elective) quiz

Because both sides ran out of soldiers in 1914

Because machine guns, barbed wire and artillery made defence far stronger than attack

Because there were no weapons available

Because both sides agreed to stop fighting

A quick, decisive battle

A peace treaty

Wearing down the enemy through continuous losses over time

A type of aircraft

Because the trenches were comfortable

Because the war had already ended

Because there was no enemy on the other side

Because attackers had to cross open ground swept by machine guns and artillery

It brought fresh troops, money and supplies just as Germany was exhausting itself

It forced the Allies to surrender

It had no effect on the war

It ended the naval blockade of Germany

By providing Germany with extra food

By cutting off imports so that Germany ran short of food and raw materials

By ending the war immediately

By giving Germany new colonies

The crossbow

The cannon of the Napoleonic Wars

The tank

The longbow

It captured Paris and won the war

It ended the naval blockade

It was never launched

It failed and left the German army exhausted and open to Allied counter-attack

Because the factors reinforced each other: the blockade weakened Germany, American entry tipped the balance, and new tactics broke through

Because only one factor mattered

Because no factors mattered

Because the factors had nothing to do with one another

At Yalta in 1945

At Versailles in 1919

At Vienna in 1815

At Munich in 1938

A clause praising Germany's conduct in the war

A clause cancelling all reparations

A clause forcing Germany to accept the blame for causing the war

A clause giving Germany new territory

Money Germany received from the Allies

A reward for Germany's army

New colonies for Germany

Heavy payments Germany was forced to make to the Allies for war damage

Germany's army was strictly limited, it could have no air force, and the Rhineland was demilitarised

Germany could build as large an army as it wished

Germany was given nuclear weapons

Germany was allowed to keep all its colonies

Because Germany helped write every term

Because Germany was forced to sign without any real negotiation

Because the treaty was very generous to Germany

Because Germany was never asked to sign

It had no effect on later events

It created the United Nations

The resentment it caused became a grievance the Nazis used to win support and a cause of the Second World War

It started the Cold War

Listing the terms with no judgement

Avoiding any conclusion

Writing only about trench warfare

Weighing which term mattered most and reaching a justified judgement