Author Question: During World War I, airplanes were used for all of the following EXCEPT A. reconnaissance. B. ... (Read 60 times)

danielfitts88 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

American casualties in World War I

A. numbered approximately 60,000.

B. were very low in all battles that U.S. troops participated in.

C. were comparable in number to those of the European powers.

D. were as likely to be from disease as from combat.

E. numbered approximately 350,000.

Question 2

During World War I, the new technologies of warfare

A. allowed the attack of the enemy without direct combat.

B. created logistical supply problems, which slowed many offensives.

C. All these answers are correct.

D. were largely responsible for the appalling level of casualties.

E. both created logistical problems, which slowed many offensives, and allowed the attack of the enemy without direct combat.

Question 3

In World War I, the American Expeditionary Force was commanded by

A. John J. Pershing.

B. George Marshall.

C. Leonard Wood.

D. Arthur MacArthur.

E. George Patton.

Question 4

During World War I, extensive systems of trenches were used by both sides

A. because trenches prevented tanks from reaching the soldiers' positions.

B. both because the destructive power of weapons meant soldiers could not live in the open field, and because trenches prevented tanks from reaching the soldiers' positions.

C. because newly improved weaponry made conventional field battles too destructive.

D. because soldiers were safer from poisonous mustard gas closer to the ground.

E. None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

During World War I, airplanes were used for all of the following EXCEPT

A. reconnaissance.

B. dogfights.

C. bombing the enemy.

D. attacking other aircraft.

E. transporting troops.