Major Battles
The battle where Canadians were exposed to a gas attack
What is Ypres
Cause that pulled all countries into the war
Alliances
The Act that gave the Canadian government complete control over the economy and suspended citizens' rights.
What was the War Measures Act
The disease soldiers got from standing in water in trenches.
Trench foot
The weapon that forced troops to dig trenches to hide for cover and fight a defensive battle.
What is the machine gun
Battle where Canadians fought with valor and took the hill. A proud and nation-building moment
What is Vimy Ridge
Cause in which military interests dominate government policy
What is Militarism
The city in Canada where an explosion destroyed the harbor
What is Halifax
What is No Man's Land
The technology that was developed to help soldiers cross no man's land.
What is the tank
Battle in which many men died in the mud...huge quagmires drowned horses
What is passchendaele
The three countries of the Triple Entente
The Canadian government used posters, films, and speeches to encourage enlistment, support for the war, and resource conservation. This effort is known as what?
What is propaganda
Soldiers in trenches often ate these canned meat rations.
What is Bully Beef
Canadians used this to combat heavy losses of ships due to submarine attacks
What are convoys
The number of Canadian soldiers killed in the Somme.
What is 20 000.
Name the two individuals involved in the 'spark that ignited' the war.
Franz Ferdinand/Gavrilo Princip
This policy, introduced by the Canadian government in 1917, required men aged 20 to 45 to enlist for military service
What is conscription
Name of the stomach ailment that was rampant in trenches.
What is Dissentry?
Type of gas used that caused the skin to blister.
Who is General Aurthur Currie
The cause that references this statement 'the sun never sets on the British Empire'
What is Imperialism
This Act gave the vote to all Canadian women related to servicemen
Trenches were protected by this material that stretched across the ground to slow down the enemy
What is barbed wire.
What were groups of German submarine called?
What are Wolf Packs