259 DAYS: NEW ZEALAND AT GALLIPOLI

WORKSHEET QUESTIONS FOR

240 DAYS: NEW ZEALAND AT GALLIPOLI

1. Animals:

Q1 What sign was often used to mark donkeys used for carrying wounded men?

Q2
Why were donkeys preferred to horses for carrying wounded men?

Q3
Who do most of the work in looking after the animals, and where did these men come from?

Q4
Why were horses used for jobs such as carrying dispatch riders?

Q5 Why did the men use steep, narrow gullies as resting places for the animals?

2. ANZAC Cove:

Q1 How many paces long is the beach at Anzac Cove?

Q2 How many paces deep is the beach (from water's edge to the bank)?

Q3 What is the name of the land jutting out at the southern end of Anzac Cove?

Q4
What is the name of the very end of Hell Spit?

Q5
How high is the hill at Anzac Cove?

3. Attack on Chunuk Bair:

Q1 What did the New Zealand soldiers use to try to identify each other in the darkness?

Q2 What 3 great problems happened to the Canterbury Battalion even before they got to the staring point?

Q3 Why did Colonel Malone of the Wellington Battalion refuse the order to charge to the top of Chunuk Bair in the daylight on 7 August?

Q4 When the British New Army at 8:00 p.m. on 9 August relieved them, how long had the New Zealanders held the summit of Chunuk Bair?

Q5 Why did the New Zealand soldiers feel so angry and bitter towards their officers after the loss of Chunuk Bair?

4. Canakkale:

Q1
Which side of the Dardanelles Straits is Canakkale on?

Q2
On what date did the British Navy attack the forts in Dardanelles?

Q3 What is the name of the town just over the Dardanelles Strait from Canakkale?

Q4
Which side of the Dardanelles Straits is Gallipoli on?

Q5
What memorial is right in the middle of the main street of Canakkale?

5. Cemeteries:

Q1
Where did the name "The Sphinx" come from?

Q2
What does every cemetery have?

Q3 What is the name of the next cemetery just north of Ari Burnu Point?

Q4
What is the name of the Australian Memorial?

Q5
Who cares for the cemeteries at Gallipoli?

6. Chunuk Bair:

Q1
What memorials are on the very top of Chunuk Bair today?

Q2
What are the special words on the New Zealand Memorial?

Q3 What is the name of the ridge that runs up to Chunuk Bair from down near Ocean Beach?

Q4 What is the name of the point on the beach you that can see from Chunuk Bair?

Q5 How are the names of the dead New Zealanders remembered on Chunk Bair?

7. Daily Life:

Q1
Why were blankets usually spread over the entrance to dugouts?

Q2
Why did many dugouts have sandbags in front of them?

Q3
Why did the soldiers try to cut off most of their hair?

Q4
Where did most drinking water for the soldiers come from?

Q5
Why did soldiers in the trenches have to keep a constant watch?

8. Diary of Private Frederick Scarborough:

Q1 What were the two main reasons Frederick gives for putting his name on the Army list?

Q2
Frederick went down to the beach several times during the day on 25 April.

Why did he do this?

Q3
1. What was the date Frederick at last can leave the firing line after 25 April?

2. By then, how many days had he been in the firing line without a rest?

Q4
On 3 June Frederick was in a dreadful fight. Many wounded men surrounded him.

What was he able to do for them?

Q5 What wound does Frederick get on 7 August which meant he had to get back to a first aid dressing station?

9. The Dog:

Q1
Where did the dog seem to live and sleep?

Q2
Where might the dog have come from originally?

Q3
How did the road above the beach get built?

Q4 What is the Turkish name for the point at the northern end of Anzac Cove?

Q5
How long and how wide is the beach at Anzac Cove?

10. Equipment:

Q1 Which Anzac country's soldiers' hat had a red band around it, and which country’s soldiers wore the hat folded up at the side?

Q2
Why did the Australians destroy the gun barrel before they left Gallipoli?

Q3 What time did the Australian soldier’s watch stop on 25 April as he jumped into the water?

Q4 What was one of the ways the Anzacs used to make the Turks think they were still there during the withdrawal on 20 December 1915.

Q5 Why would the walls of the ammunition storage locker need to be very thick?

11. Famous People:

Q1 What was the name of the commander of the New Zealanders who finally captured Chunuk Bair, where was he from, and how was he killed?

Q2 Who was the person who first came up with the idea for an attack on the Turks at Gallipoli, and what was his job?

Q3 Who was the soldier who was given the responsibility for planning the attack on 25 April 1915, and who gave him that order?

Q4 What was the name of the only New Zealand soldier to be awarded a Victoria Cross at Gallipoli, what was he doing to earn the award, and what did he say about being given the medal?

Q5 What was the name of the soldier in charge of the New Zealanders at Gallipoli, what did the soldiers think of him, and why did they think that way?

12. Gaba Tepe Museum:

Q1 What was the name the British called the beach the Anzacs were supposed to land on?

Q2
What are two things on display outside the museum at Gaba Tepe?

Q3 What land point luckily saved the landing beach from being seen by the guns at Gaba Tepe?

Q4 Where did the name Gaba Tepe come from?

Q5 The town of Eceabat is close to the Gaba Tepe Museum. What was Eceabat called in 1915?

13. Gallipoli Town:

Q1
What is the main work activity today in Gallipoli?

Q2
Where is one of the main places fishermen sell their fish?

Q3
Where do the young soldiers come from who visit Gallipoli occasionally?

Q4 What do some local businesses in Gallipoli do to attract Australian and New Zealand visitors?

Q5
Besides cars and trucks, what else is often used for local transport?

14. Gallipoli 1915 and 1999:

Q1
How did the soldiers get from the large transport ships to the beach?

Q2 What did the soldiers build to try to improve the speed of the landing when the men got to the beach?

Q3 How did water supplies get to Gallipoli, and where did it come from?

Q4
Why were supplies heaped up on the beach at Anzac Cove?

Q5
What were the names given to the gullies each side of The Sphinx?

Life in 1999:

15. People

Q1
What is on the outside of the round bread?

Q2
Which side of the road do cars drive on in Turkey?

Q3
How does the bread seller work out how much to charge for his bread?

Q4 Why do women in Turkey often wear a scarf over their head and long skirts?

Q5 How do many New Zealanders today find the attitude of the Turkish people towards us?

Life in 1999:

16. Places

Q1
What is the old name for Istanbul?

Q2 What is the name of the shipping channel, which goes up to Russia?

Q3 What is the name of the beautiful large Moslem mosque in the centre of Istanbul?

Q4 What is the name of the building, which used to be a Christian Church building?

Q5
What is the name of very old market place in Istanbul?

17. Maps:

Q1
Where were the feint (pretend) attacks made on 25 April?

Q2
What names were given to the landing beaches?

Q3 What was the name of the hill right beside the Salt Lake in the Suvla Bay Sector?

Q4 What was the most northern of the places captured, and held, by the Anzacs in the Anzac Sector?

Q5 What was the name of the village the British kept trying to capture in the Cape Helles Sector?

18. Medical:

Q1
Where were two of the places hospital ships took wounded soldiers?

Q2
Why did some men get no help at all when they were wounded?

Q3
Why was being a stretcher-bearer such a difficult and dangerous job?

Q4
What did stretcher-bearers often have to identify their jobs?

Q5
Why were some soldiers buried above the ground?

19. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk:

Q1
What was the probable year of birth for Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?

Q2
Who gave him the name "Kemal", and what does it mean?

Q3
Who gave him the name "Ataturk", and what does it mean?

Q4
How long was he President of Turkey for?

Q5
What was the date of his death?

20. Our Boys At The Front 1914:

Q1
Who was in charge of the New Zealand Medical Corps to Samoa?

Q2
Who was in charge of the Auckland Mounted Rifles in the Main Body?

Q3
Who was in charge of the Auckland Infantry Battalion?

Q4
Who was in charge of the Wellington Infantry Regiment?

Q5
Who was in charge of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment?

21. Place Names:

Q1
Why was The Great Sap built?

Q2
What is the proper, Turkish name for Gallipoli?

Q3
What place was thought to be the most dangerous spot at Gallipoli?

Q4
How did the Wellington Terraces get their name?

Q5
What was the name Istanbul was called in 1915?

22. Planning for Attacks at Gallipoli!

Q1
What were the 2 main reasons for the British wanting to attack Turkey?

Q2
How was the first main attack to be carried out?

Q3
When did the first main attack take place?

Q4
Why did the first main attack fail?

Q5
Why were the New Zealand and Australian soldiers used in the land attack?

23. Rhododendron Ridge:

Q1 What is the name of the point near the top of Rhododendron Ridge, which the New Zealanders captured in the attack on Chunuk Bair and then kept?

Q2 What did the men call the little piece of flat land down the side of Rhododendron Ridge, right near the top of Chunuk Bair?

Q3
What was the date the men first captured Rhododendron Ridge?

Q4
How did the New Zealanders get onto the bottom of Rhododendron Ridge?

Q5 What hill did the New Zealanders have to climb first before they got onto Rhododendron Ridge?

24. Statistics:

Q1
How many New Zealanders served at Gallipoli?

Q2 How many New Zealanders were killed at Gallipoli, and what percentage is that?

Q3 How many New Zealanders were wounded at Gallipoli, and what percentage is that of those who survived?

Q4 What was the total strength of the New Zealanders (including 5th Reinforcement) at the beginning of the battle for Chunuk Bair?

Q5 How many casualties (killed and wounded) did New Zealand suffer during the battle for Chunuk Bair, and what percentage is that?

25. Suvla Bay:

Q1
How is the Salt Lake formed?

Q2
Why did the men mark hospital tents with a red cross?

Q3
Why did the British have to go up to Suvla Bay by boat?

Q4
Why did the British soldiers sit down and wait for two days at Suvla Bay?

Q5 What did the Turkish soldiers do while the British were sitting down resting?

Timelines:

26. COUNTDOWN TO WORLD WAR ONE

Q1
When did New Zealand declare war on Germany?

Q2
What country did Archduke Franz Ferdinand come from?

Q3
What country was Archduke Franz Ferdinand in when he was killed?

Q4 What date did the New Zealand Expeditionary Force sail from Wellington?

Q5 What date did the New Zealand Government offer Britain a force from New Zealand?

Timelines:

27. COUNTDOWN TO LANDING AT GALLIPOLI

Q1 On what date did Britain and France first shell forts on the Gallipoli Peninsula?

Q2
On what date did Britain declare war on Turkey?

Q3 On what date did New Zealand soldiers begin arriving at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt?

Q4 On what date was the major British and French Navy attack on the forts in the Dardanelles when they were first defeated?

Q5 On what date did the Anzacs begin leaving Mudros Harbour for Gallipoli?

Timelines

28. EVENTS AT GALLIPOLI

Q1
On what date were the last soldiers withdrawn from Anzac Cove?

Q2
On what date was the Armistice to bury the dead held?

Q3
On what date did the Wellington Battalion capture Chunuk Bair?

Q4
On what date did the Great Blizzard begin?

Q5 On what date were the British soldiers, who had relieved the New Zealanders, driven from Chunuk Bair?

29. Transports:

Q1 How many ships were used to take the Main Body of men from New Zealand to Egypt in 1914?

Q2
What were the names of the 3 largest ships in the convoy?

Q3 How many ships were used to take the New Zealanders and Australians from Alexandria in Egypt to Gallipoli in Turkey?

Q4
Australians joined the New Zealanders for this part of the voyage.

How many of the ships had Australians on?

Q5 Which ship had the Headquarters of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade aboard?

30. Trenches:

Q1 Why are there so many logs on the sides of the trenches when they weren't there in 1915?

Q2
Why aren't the trenches very deep?

Q3 Why were there not many Turkish defenders on the top of Chunk Bair when the New Zealanders at last arrived at the summit?

Q4
Why did the trenches never run in a straight line?

Q5 Why didn't the Wellington Battalion make a better effort at improving the trenches around Chunuk Bair when they finally got up there?

31. Turkish Memorials:

Q1 What does the inscription on the headstone to the Unknown Turkish Soldier say?

Q2
How was Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's life saved during the battles?

Q3
What is the statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk looking at?

Q4 What is beside the statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on the summit of Chunuk Bair?

Q5 Why did the Turks think it was so important for them to keep control of the hilltops?

32. Turkish Point of View:

Q1 If the British had kept up their Navy attack on the 18 March, what might the Turks have done?

Q2 Who did the Turkish people think saved them by arriving at just the right time?

Q3 If the British had been able to get through to Constantinople and destroy the ammunition supplies there, what did the Turks think might have happened?

Q4
How did some people in Turkey feel about being in the war at that time?

Q5
What did the Turks think about the tricks the Anzacs used at Gallipoli?

33. Why Did New Zealand Get Involved?

Q1
What feelings did many New Zealanders have towards Britain in 1914?

Q2
What feelings did many New Zealand men have about going off to war?

Q3
What were two of the names many New Zealanders called Britain in 1914?

Q4
What did "to do their bit" mean?

Q5
What sort of attitude did some British generals have towards the New Zealand army?

Q1	What sign was often used to mark donkeys used for carrying wounded men?
Q2	Why were donkeys preferred to horses for carrying wounded men?
Q3	Who do most of the work in looking after the animals, and where did these men come from?
Q4	Why were horses used for jobs such as carrying dispatch riders?
Q5	Why did the men use steep, narrow gullies as resting places for the animals?

Q1	How many paces long is the beach at Anzac Cove?
Q2	How many paces deep is the beach (from water's edge to the bank)?
Q3	What is the name of the land jutting out at the southern end of Anzac Cove?
Q4	What is the name of the very end of Hell Spit?
Q5	How high is the hill at Anzac Cove?

Q1	What did the New Zealand soldiers use to try to identify each other in the darkness?
Q2	What 3 great problems happened to the Canterbury Battalion even before they got to the staring point?
Q3	Why did Colonel Malone of the Wellington Battalion refuse the order to charge to the top of Chunuk Bair in the daylight on 7 August?
Q4	When the British New Army at 8:00 p.m. on 9 August relieved them, how long had the New Zealanders held the summit of Chunuk Bair?
Q5	Why did the New Zealand soldiers feel so angry and bitter towards their officers after the loss of Chunuk Bair?

Q1	Which side of the Dardanelles Straits is Canakkale on?
Q2	On what date did the British Navy attack the forts in Dardanelles?
Q3	What is the name of the town just over the Dardanelles Strait from Canakkale?
Q4	Which side of the Dardanelles Straits is Gallipoli on?
Q5	What memorial is right in the middle of the main street of Canakkale?

Q1	Where did the name "The Sphinx" come from?
Q2	What does every cemetery have?
Q3	What is the name of the next cemetery just north of Ari Burnu Point?
Q4	What is the name of the Australian Memorial?
Q5	Who cares for the cemeteries at Gallipoli?

Q1	What memorials are on the very top of Chunuk Bair today?
Q2	What are the special words on the New Zealand Memorial?
Q3	What is the name of the ridge that runs up to Chunuk Bair from down near Ocean Beach?
Q4	What is the name of the point on the beach you that can see from Chunuk Bair?
Q5	How are the names of the dead New Zealanders remembered on Chunk Bair?

Q1	Why were blankets usually spread over the entrance to dugouts?
Q2	Why did many dugouts have sandbags in front of them?
Q3	Why did the soldiers try to cut off most of their hair?
Q4	Where did most drinking water for the soldiers come from?
Q5	Why did soldiers in the trenches have to keep a constant watch?

Q1	What were the two main reasons Frederick gives for putting his name on the Army list?
Q2	Frederick went down to the beach several times during the day on 25 April. Why did he do this?
Q3	1. What was the date Frederick at last can leave the firing line after 25 April? 2. By then, how many days had he been in the firing line without a rest?
Q4	On 3 June Frederick was in a dreadful fight. Many wounded men surrounded him. What was he able to do for them?
Q5	What wound does Frederick get on 7 August which meant he had to get back to a first aid dressing station?

Q1	Where did the dog seem to live and sleep?
Q2	Where might the dog have come from originally?
Q3	How did the road above the beach get built?
Q4	What is the Turkish name for the point at the northern end of Anzac Cove?
Q5	How long and how wide is the beach at Anzac Cove?

Q1	Which Anzac country's soldiers' hat had a red band around it, and which country’s soldiers wore the hat folded up at the side?
Q2	Why did the Australians destroy the gun barrel before they left Gallipoli?
Q3	What time did the Australian soldier’s watch stop on 25 April as he jumped into the water?
Q4	What was one of the ways the Anzacs used to make the Turks think they were still there during the withdrawal on 20 December 1915.
Q5	Why would the walls of the ammunition storage locker need to be very thick?

Q1	What was the name of the commander of the New Zealanders who finally captured Chunuk Bair, where was he from, and how was he killed?
Q2	Who was the person who first came up with the idea for an attack on the Turks at Gallipoli, and what was his job?
Q3	Who was the soldier who was given the responsibility for planning the attack on 25 April 1915, and who gave him that order?
Q4	What was the name of the only New Zealand soldier to be awarded a Victoria Cross at Gallipoli, what was he doing to earn the award, and what did he say about being given the medal?
Q5	What was the name of the soldier in charge of the New Zealanders at Gallipoli, what did the soldiers think of him, and why did they think that way?

Q1	What was the name the British called the beach the Anzacs were supposed to land on?
Q2	What are two things on display outside the museum at Gaba Tepe?
Q3	What land point luckily saved the landing beach from being seen by the guns at Gaba Tepe?
Q4	Where did the name Gaba Tepe come from?
Q5	The town of Eceabat is close to the Gaba Tepe Museum. What was Eceabat called in 1915?

Q1	What is the main work activity today in Gallipoli?
Q2	Where is one of the main places fishermen sell their fish?
Q3	Where do the young soldiers come from who visit Gallipoli occasionally?
Q4	What do some local businesses in Gallipoli do to attract Australian and New Zealand visitors?
Q5	Besides cars and trucks, what else is often used for local transport?

Q1	How did the soldiers get from the large transport ships to the beach?
Q2	What did the soldiers build to try to improve the speed of the landing when the men got to the beach?
Q3	How did water supplies get to Gallipoli, and where did it come from?
Q4	Why were supplies heaped up on the beach at Anzac Cove?
Q5	What were the names given to the gullies each side of The Sphinx?

Q1	What is on the outside of the round bread?
Q2	Which side of the road do cars drive on in Turkey?
Q3	How does the bread seller work out how much to charge for his bread?
Q4	Why do women in Turkey often wear a scarf over their head and long skirts?
Q5	How do many New Zealanders today find the attitude of the Turkish people towards us?

Q1	What is the old name for Istanbul?
Q2	What is the name of the shipping channel, which goes up to Russia?
Q3	What is the name of the beautiful large Moslem mosque in the centre of Istanbul?
Q4	What is the name of the building, which used to be a Christian Church building?
Q5	What is the name of very old market place in Istanbul?

Q1	Where were the feint (pretend) attacks made on 25 April?
Q2	What names were given to the landing beaches?
Q3	What was the name of the hill right beside the Salt Lake in the Suvla Bay Sector?
Q4	What was the most northern of the places captured, and held, by the Anzacs in the Anzac Sector?
Q5	What was the name of the village the British kept trying to capture in the Cape Helles Sector?

Q1	Where were two of the places hospital ships took wounded soldiers?
Q2	Why did some men get no help at all when they were wounded?
Q3	Why was being a stretcher-bearer such a difficult and dangerous job?
Q4	What did stretcher-bearers often have to identify their jobs?
Q5	Why were some soldiers buried above the ground?

Q1	What was the probable year of birth for Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?
Q2	Who gave him the name "Kemal", and what does it mean?
Q3	Who gave him the name "Ataturk", and what does it mean?
Q4	How long was he President of Turkey for?
Q5	What was the date of his death?

Q1	Who was in charge of the New Zealand Medical Corps to Samoa?
Q2	Who was in charge of the Auckland Mounted Rifles in the Main Body?
Q3	Who was in charge of the Auckland Infantry Battalion?
Q4	Who was in charge of the Wellington Infantry Regiment?
Q5	Who was in charge of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment?

Q1	Why was The Great Sap built?
Q2	What is the proper, Turkish name for Gallipoli?
Q3	What place was thought to be the most dangerous spot at Gallipoli?
Q4	How did the Wellington Terraces get their name?
Q5	What was the name Istanbul was called in 1915?

Q1	What were the 2 main reasons for the British wanting to attack Turkey?
Q2	How was the first main attack to be carried out?
Q3	When did the first main attack take place?
Q4	Why did the first main attack fail?
Q5	Why were the New Zealand and Australian soldiers used in the land attack?

Q1	What is the name of the point near the top of Rhododendron Ridge, which the New Zealanders captured in the attack on Chunuk Bair and then kept?
Q2	What did the men call the little piece of flat land down the side of Rhododendron Ridge, right near the top of Chunuk Bair?
Q3	What was the date the men first captured Rhododendron Ridge?
Q4	How did the New Zealanders get onto the bottom of Rhododendron Ridge?
Q5	What hill did the New Zealanders have to climb first before they got onto Rhododendron Ridge?

Q1	How many New Zealanders served at Gallipoli?
Q2	How many New Zealanders were killed at Gallipoli, and what percentage is that?
Q3	How many New Zealanders were wounded at Gallipoli, and what percentage is that of those who survived?
Q4	What was the total strength of the New Zealanders (including 5th Reinforcement) at the beginning of the battle for Chunuk Bair?
Q5	How many casualties (killed and wounded) did New Zealand suffer during the battle for Chunuk Bair, and what percentage is that?

Q1	How is the Salt Lake formed?
Q2	Why did the men mark hospital tents with a red cross?
Q3	Why did the British have to go up to Suvla Bay by boat?
Q4	Why did the British soldiers sit down and wait for two days at Suvla Bay?
Q5	What did the Turkish soldiers do while the British were sitting down resting?

Q1	When did New Zealand declare war on Germany?
Q2	What country did Archduke Franz Ferdinand come from?
Q3	What country was Archduke Franz Ferdinand in when he was killed?
Q4	What date did the New Zealand Expeditionary Force sail from Wellington?
Q5	What date did the New Zealand Government offer Britain a force from New Zealand?

Q1	On what date did Britain and France first shell forts on the Gallipoli Peninsula?
Q2	On what date did Britain declare war on Turkey?
Q3	On what date did New Zealand soldiers begin arriving at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt?
Q4	On what date was the major British and French Navy attack on the forts in the Dardanelles when they were first defeated?
Q5	On what date did the Anzacs begin leaving Mudros Harbour for Gallipoli?

Q1	On what date were the last soldiers withdrawn from Anzac Cove?
Q2	On what date was the Armistice to bury the dead held?
Q3	On what date did the Wellington Battalion capture Chunuk Bair?
Q4	On what date did the Great Blizzard begin?
Q5	On what date were the British soldiers, who had relieved the New Zealanders, driven from Chunuk Bair?

Q1	How many ships were used to take the Main Body of men from New Zealand to Egypt in 1914?
Q2	What were the names of the 3 largest ships in the convoy?
Q3	How many ships were used to take the New Zealanders and Australians from Alexandria in Egypt to Gallipoli in Turkey?
Q4	Australians joined the New Zealanders for this part of the voyage. How many of the ships had Australians on?
Q5	Which ship had the Headquarters of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade aboard?

Q1	Why are there so many logs on the sides of the trenches when they weren't there in 1915?
Q2	Why aren't the trenches very deep?
Q3	Why were there not many Turkish defenders on the top of Chunk Bair when the New Zealanders at last arrived at the summit?
Q4	Why did the trenches never run in a straight line?
Q5	Why didn't the Wellington Battalion make a better effort at improving the trenches around Chunuk Bair when they finally got up there?