Key Battles
Trench Warfare
Weapons
Places and People
Misc.
100
The battle where Canadians gave chemical warfare for the first time.
What is Ypres?
100
This is the term for when the soldiers left the trenches during an attack.
What is "over the top"?
100
This large weapon was first introduced during WW1 to break the stalemate.
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
This strategy developed by a Canadian general saw armies use artillery in a new and innovative way.
What is the "Creeping barage"?
200
This is the area between the trenches of the opposing armies.
What is no-man's land?
200
Name one of the two types of gases used as weapons in WW1.
What are mustard and chlorine?
200
Canada belonged to this group of countries, which included Britain, France, and Russia.
What is the Triple Alliance
200
What was the treaty called that ended WWI?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
The battle where artillery was used for more than a month before the attack.
What is the Battle of Passchedaele?
300
This country had the most amount of deaths during WWI.
What is Russia?
300
(Double Jeopardy) These weapons were used to "soften" the enemy's defenses 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
What was the purpose of this poster?
What is to recruit soldiers?
400
(Double Jeopardy) 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
This new technology made it difficult for soldiers to move through no mans land?
What is barbed wire?
400
This insurance salesman from Victoria B.C. introduced new tactics that helped Canadians take Vimy Ridge in a day?
Who was Arthur Currie?
400
These were sold by the Canadian government in order to raise money for the war effort.
What were Victory Bonds?
500
The weapon that was so destructive it a main reason for the stalemate that caused trench warfare?
What is the machine gun?
500
Name at least two major problems soldiers faced while living in the trenches.
What are rats, lice, disease, mud, shell shock, boredom, etc.?
500
This new form of communication allowed people to communicate over large distances.
What is the radio?
500
He was the prime minister that brought in conscription during WW1.
Who was Robert Borden?
500
Which countries were considered the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace conference?
Who were the USA, Britain and France?