Key Battles
Definitions
Weapons
Places and People
Issues at Home
100
The battle where Canadians earned a reputation for being tough.
What is Ypres?
100
This is the term for when the soldiers left the trenches during an attack.
What is "going over the top"?
100
This large weapon was first introduced during WW1.
What is the tank?
100
The death of the important person was the spark that started the war.
Who was the archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand?
100
These Canadians worked in factories during the war, replacing the skilled men who were off at war.
Who are women?
200
Battle where 91% of the Newfoundland regiment were killed in one day.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
200
This is the area between the trenches of the opposing armies.
What is no-man's land?
200
These are the two types of gases used as weapons in WW1.
What are mustard and chlorine?
200

Famous Sniper in the Canadian Army

Francis Pegahmagabow

200
This city was hit by one of the biggest disasters in Canadian history.
What is Halifax?
300
The battle where artillery was used for more than a month before the attack.
What is the Battle of Passchedaele?
300
This refers to bits of exploded shells that killed and injured many soldiers.
What is schrapnel?
300
These weapons were used to "soften" the enemy's defences before a planned attack by soldiers on foot.
What are artillery?
300
The battlefields of the western front were mainly in these two countries.
What are France and Belgium?
300
This was the unfair practice of raising prices to extreme amounts so as to take advantage of people in need.
What is profiteering?
400
This ridge became a symbol of Canadian pride and war achievement.
What is Vimy Ridge?
400
This is a very serious disease that soldiers who couldn't keep their feet dry often got.
What is trench foot?
400
These are mid-air battles between enemy planes.
What are dogfights?
400
He is the Canadian minister of militia who insisted that Canada fight as a unit called the Canadian Corps.
Who was Sam Hughes?
400
These were sold by the Canadian government in order to raise money for the war effort.
What were Victory Bonds?
500
This failed plan resulted in a stalemate at the start of WW1.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
500
This organization sent care packages to soldiers at war, including nearly 500 000 package sent to Allied prisoners of war.
What is the Canadian Red Cross?
500

Designed to protect the ships at anchor in the Bedford Basin

Submarine Nets

500
He was the prime minister that brought in conscription during WW1.
Who was Robert Borden?
500
These two taxes were introduced in Canada during WW1 and are still being charged today.
What are corporate and income taxes?
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