Year 9 Practice

1.

1 point

What is the main message of Source A?

That surfing was not as much fun as fighting in the war

That Australian men should enlist in the war

That Australia was under threat from Germany

That Australia was about to lose the war

2.

1 point

Which section of the trench provided men with the best protection from Trench Foot?

Bayonets

The Firing Step

Duckboards

Dry Socks

3.

1 point

Which three countries make up the Triple Entente?

Russia, France and Great Britain

France, Russia and Australia

Turkey, Germany and Austria-Hungary

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

4.

1 point

Australian men faced peer pressure to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force

True

False

5.

1 point

Sandbags provided protection from bullets as well as support for the trench structure.

True

False

6.

1 point

Poison Gas was the most dangerous weapon used during World War I

True

False

7.

1 point

Source C provides evidence that

All Australian women supported the war effort

Women were allowed to assist with secretarial duties in the war

The Red Cross was the main group that coordinated nurses

Australian women enlisted as nurses during World War I

8.

1 point

What was the name of the sea channel that Australia was trying to open up by landing at Gallipoli?

The Mediteranean Sea

The Bass Strait

The North Passage

The Dardanelles

9.

1 point

Aboriginal men did not fight during World War I

True

False

10.

1 point

Gallipoli was the first time Australia had fought as a nation

True

False

11.

1 point

The Alliance System was one of the reasons why World War I began

True

False

12.

1 point

Which country was Australia trying to assist by landing troops at Gallipoli?

Serbia

Turkey

Britain

Russia

13.

1 point

What year did World War I begin?

1911

1914

1915

1918

14.

1 point

The Australian government immediately offered support to Great Britain at the start of the war

True

False

15.

1 point

Which weapon is depicted in Source B?

An artillery gun

A machine gun

A flamethrower

A poison gas cannister

16.

1 point

What date did the Anzacs land at Gallipoli?

25 March 1914

25 April 1915

1 January 1915

25 April 1914

17.

1 point

Why might an historian be likely to find a soldier's diary entry a reliable account of events?

He was an eyewitness to the events he describes

He would be writing with the motive of describing events accurately

He recorded events directly after he witnessed them

All of the above

18.

1 point

Australian soldiers trained in Egypt before departing for Gallipoli

True

False

19.

1 point

The two main battles fought at Gallipoli by the Anzacs were at:

Lone Pine and the Nek

The Somme and Anzac Cove

Lone Pine and Chapel Hill

Disaster Hill and Oak Tree Field

20.

1 point

The machine gun was a weapon used for attack rather than defence

True

False