This Wednesday is Anzac day, a special day to remember all those that have fought and died for New Zealand. Take this quiz to see how much you know about ANZAC day.
ANZAC QUIZ
Once you have answered your 4 questions for homework, post one of your most interesting answers for everyone else to read. You must post a comment before Monday, Week 2.
How Long Were The World Wars?
ReplyDeleteWW1 Started 1914 And Ended 1918 ( 4 Years )
WW2 Started 1939 And Ended 1945 ( 6 Years )
Sam.
why is the colour of the red?
ReplyDeleteit is the blood of the shed for the fallen soldiers. Jade
why did they make anzac biscuits?
ReplyDeleteThey made anzac biscits to send over to the people at war and because they lasted longer.
matt
Deletehow many men went to war?
ReplyDelete200,000 and only 79,000 came back.ryan
How old did you have to be to go to war?
ReplyDeleteyou had to be between 14 an 30 years. Sophie
How did they chooes the men to go to war?
ReplyDeletesomw volentereand and and some were forced and alot frouded there age to go and you had to be 18. Eve
QUESTION:
ReplyDeleteHow many people died in World War 1?
ANSWER:
There was approximately more than 20 million people that died.
500,000 of them were Americans, 12 million of the Americans were civilians. 1,700,000 Germans died and 4,200,000 Germans were wounded. 1,300,000 of the French died and 4,200,000 were wounded.
-Jaeger
QUESTION:
ReplyDeleteWhat type of gun did the anzac use?
ANSWER:
They used the 303 Calibre Lee Enfield Rifle.
Andrew Tang Lam
World War 2 started in September 1939, when Hitler wanted to take over Europe. Greer
ReplyDeleteWhat did women do during the war?
ReplyDeleteMostly nursing the injerd.
BEN!!!
Question:
ReplyDeleteWho started the Gallipoli war?
Answer:
The allies because the wanted to capture the capital of turkey Istanbul.Ella
The day that A.N.Z.A.C day first evey started was the 25th of apirl 1916 and at that time A.N.Z.A.C meant someone who fought at Gallipoli and later it came to mean any Australian or New Zealander who fought or served in the First World War. During the Second World War, ANZAC Day1 became a day on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time were remembered.
ReplyDeleteBrayden
How did ww2 start?
ReplyDeleteAfter ww1 ended in 1918,Germany had to give up land and was banned from haveing armed forces. The second world war stared by Germany in an unprovokea attack on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland.
Alice:)
How many ANZACs were killed at Gallipoli?
ReplyDeleteThe estmated nuber of ANZACs killed at Gillipoli is around 11,000 soldiers.
Kirsten.
Why did WW1 Start?
ReplyDeleteThe causes are complicated. Germany invaded Belgium in August of 1914 and Britain had promised to protect Them.
Mitchell.
How many people died in world war 2?
ReplyDeleteAround 50-70 million people.
Sophia.
WW1 started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian guy. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia, Serbia's friend, declared war on Austria. Germany, Austria-Hungary's friend declared war on Russia. Britain and France, Russia's friends, declared war on Germany. Then things get crazy.
ReplyDeleteCaleb y
Why did N.Z. need to join the war?
ReplyDeleteNew Zealand was a dominion of Great Britain, so they had to join any conflict when asked to.
- james w
why do poppies grow near ANZAC day:
ReplyDeleteThe poppies grew in the fields in France and Flanders and often flowered in the midst of the trenches of World War I. They came to symbolise Remembrance Day, November 11, which was often called Poppy Day in the UK. Anna!!!!
Are there different colour poppies?
ReplyDeleteYes there are a lot of different colour poppies.Yellow,white,orange,pink,peach,baby blue,purple and near blacks.
Madi.
How many people died in world war 2
ReplyDeletethe answer is 60 million people or 2.5% of the worlds population.
Alex.w
How many POW's (Prisoner Of War) were New Zealanders in both World Wars?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: WW1 500
WW2 8000 1 person in 200 of NZ's population at the time was in captivity.
Eli
Q. How many New Zealanders died in World War 2?
ReplyDeleteA. Over 4000 New Zealanders died in World War 2. Also over 60,000,000 people died in World War 2. Jordy :)
P.S It is also almost 3% of the worlds population. Jordy :)
ReplyDeleteQ. How many people died in the war?
ReplyDeleteIn WW1 roughly 9,911,000 people diedwhich is more than double the population of New Zealand. In WW2 over 60 million people died which was more then 2.5 percent of the population of the world. By Caleb Fraser =)
when was war?
ReplyDelete1915 April 25th
Tori