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Formal political, military or economic agreements between two or more nations
What are alliances?
A painful disease caused by keeping the feet cold, damp, and cramped in muddy trenches for a long time
What is trench foot?
An operation set up in Canada but owned by an American company
What is a branch plant?
A group of leaders who campaigned for women's suffrage in Canada
Who are the Famous Five?
The largest general strike in Canadian history occurred in this city in May 1919
What is Winnipeg?
The policy of extending the power of one country over other countries through military force or economic control
What is imperialism?
The land separating Allied and German trenches
What is No Man's Land?
Canada's chief trading partner in 1925
What are the United States of America?
A treaty that was signed between Canada and the United States in 1923, without the support of Britain
What is the Halibut Treaty?
A rise in prices and drop in the buying power of money
What is inflation?
This event in Austria-Hungary is seen as the catalyst for World War I
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The first battle to use chlorine gas as a weapon
What is the Battle of Ypres?
A manufacturing process that allowed products to be made more quickly and cheaply
What is an assembly line?
The last time that the Governor General opposed the request of a sitting Prime Minister in Canada
What is the King-Byng Crisis?
The Famous Five appealed to the highest court in the British Empire in this case
Using a military force to defend or promote a country’s interest
What is militarism?
Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces
What is conscription?
The name of the historic automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1920s
What is the Ford Model T?
An international organization created after WWI to keep world peace and prevent future wars
What is the League of Nations?
The name of Ms. Kaur's new school
What is York Memorial Collegiate Institute?
Excessive pride in one’s own nation
What is nationalism?
The name of the peace agreement between the Allies and Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The process of people moving from farms and rural areas to towns and cities
What is urbanization?
Some historians call this “Canada’s declaration of independence”
What is the Statute of Westminster?
The name of the Canadian scientist who discovered insulin
Who is Frederick Banting?