Name _______________________________ Period _____ Done _____ Mostly Done _____ Little Bit Done ______ Evolution of Warfare Worksheet Complete _____ PartiallyWar Done Answer the following questions about the Evolution of Warfare from the Spanish-American through _____ the Iraq War. Answers can be found in your textbooks or in your class discussion notes. The Spanish-American War p171-172 1. Define Cavalry in your own words. ______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Great War/World War I p192-193/205-208 1. Define Stalemate in your own words and how it applies to this war. __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. (a) Define Trench Warfare in your own words. (b) Why did this lead to a stalemate? a. ___________________________________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Define No Man’s Land in your own words. _______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. The Germans used a new naval weapon in great numbers for the first time. What was this new weapon? __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Name three new weapons (not including the one mentioned in question #4) used in World War I. a. ___________________________________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What was a large-scale attack in World War I was called? __________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What was the Allied strategy developed to combat the threat of German unrestricted submarine warfare? __________________________________________________________________________________ World War II p280/289-301/176,192 1. Tactics in World War II differed from World War I because of improvements in weapons and different locations of fighting. Explain what the following World War II tactics were. a. Blitzkrieg - ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ b. Island Hopping - ___________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ c. Invasion (Italy, Normandy, etc.) - _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. The following weapons were used for the first time in World War II. Tell “how” and “why” they were used. a. Aircraft Carriers – How - _____________________________________________________________ Why - _______________________________________________________________________________ b. Atomic Bombs – How - ______________________________________________________________ Why - _______________________________________________________________________________ c. Kamikaze – How - __________________________________________________________________ Why - _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What roll did Washington State play in the creation of the first atomic bombs? __________________________________________________________________________________ The Korean War p322-323 1. Why do you think there was so little change in the tactics and weapons between World War II and the Korean War? __________________________________________________________________________________ The Vietnam War p383-389 1. The Viet Cong used a strategy against the stronger Americans that allowed them to not get massacred. What was this kind of warfare called and describe it in five words or less? __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What were the American missions called (in the text) that were meant to root out and defeat the Viet Cong? __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What American war was similar to the Vietnam War in that a major world power was fighting against a much smaller, much lesser equipped force and yet struggled to be successful? __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was the purpose in using Agent Orange in Vietnam? Explain the purpose in one sentence. __________________________________________________________________________________ The War in Iraq p427 1. What are the rebel fighters in Iraq called (by the text) and how are they similar to the Viet Cong from Vietnam? __________________________________________________________________________________ Comparing Wars 1. Does where a war is fought have any impact on the tools (weaponry, vehicles, etc.) or tactics used? Why or why not? Yes/ No because … ______________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How and why have tactics changed in the wars mentioned in this unit? Give three changes and tell what caused the change in one sentence each. a. __________________________________________________________________________________ b. __________________________________________________________________________________ c. __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Certain new weapons (poison gas, atomic bombs, etc.) have been used in past wars but not since, why do you think this is so? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
