AS 100 Ch 2 L1 WWI Aviation (2019)

Question 1

what country is the Lafayette escadrille located in?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 2

Which battle finally turned the tide in favor of the Allies?

Accepted Answer

Battleof St. Mihiel

Question 3

By the end of the war, what were American pilots flying?

Accepted Answer

British & French planes

Question 4

Who was the only surviving American pilot to receive the Medal of Honor?

Accepted Answer

Eddie Rickenbacher

Question 5

The scarlet planes he commanded earned him the nickname “the Red Baron.” Germany's Ace of Aces?

Accepted Answer

Manfred Von Richthofen

Question 6

What is a situation in which further action is blocked?

Accepted Answer

stalemate

Question 7

what did Rickenbacker make sure was in every one of his 94th Aero Squadron's aircraft?

Accepted Answer

parachute

Question 8

What is a battle between fighter planes?

Accepted Answer

dogfight

Question 9

What is the term for attacking with a machine gun from a low-flying aircraft?

Accepted Answer

strafe

Question 10

Who tried to join the US Army Air Service and later shot down 2 enemy aircraft?

Accepted Answer

Eugene Bullard

Question 11

Which Ace had 18 combat victories in only 17 days?

Accepted Answer

Frank Luke

Question 12

What is an escadrille?

Accepted Answer

a small squadron of planes

Question 13

How did World War I begin in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A Serb assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 14

Who vowed that the United States would remain neutral in the war?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 15

What type of aircraft came into its own with the birth of the dogfight?

Accepted Answer

Fighters

Question 16

What was the mascot of the Lafayette Escadrille?

Accepted Answer

A lion cub

Question 17

Which country required their “Aces” to shoot down at least 10 aircraft?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 18

Which of these countries was NOT one of the Allies during WWI

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 19

What is designed to strike at the sources of an enemy’s military, economic, or political power?

Accepted Answer

strategic

Question 20

who was the first to bolt a rifle to his plane?

Accepted Answer

Roland Garros

Question 21

He thought the future of aviation was an instrument of war: fought for independent air force?

Accepted Answer

Billy Mitchell

Question 22

When did the United States enter World War I?

Accepted Answer

April 1917

Question 23

What is a small squadron of planes?

Accepted Answer

Escadrille

Question 24

He first bolted an automatic rifle to his plane so he could shoot through the propeller?

Accepted Answer

Roland Garros

Question 25

Until World War I, most people thought the role of aircraft in combat was limited to what?

Accepted Answer

aerial reonnaissance

AS 100 Ch 2 L1 WWI Aviation (2019)

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