This term is used to describe the rise in prices for goods and services that increases the cost of living and demand for higher wages
What is inflation
100
Forced enlistment in the armed forces of all fit men of certain ages
What is conscription
100
This term is used to describe a dictatorship in which the government uses intimidation, violence, and propaganda to rule all aspects of social and political life of its citizens
What is totalitarian state
100
Powerful German dictator
Who is Adolf Hitler
100
On April 10, 1917, Canadian troops capture hill 145, the highest point on the ridge. By April 12, they had taken "the pimple," the last German position.
What is Vimy Ridge
200
Massive strike by workers in Winnipeg in 1919
What is Winnipeg General Strike
200
The Triple Entente (also known as the Allies) consisted of these three countries
What is France, Britain and Russia
200
The mobilization of the entire resources of a nation for war is referred to
What is total war
200
This dictator of the Soviet Union and leader of the communist party focused on building industry and the military.
Who is Stalin
200
This battle was a terrible failure. 907 Canadian troops were killed, 600 wounded and 1946 were taken prisoner
What is Dieppe
300
The banning of the sale and consumption of alcohol
What is prohibition
300
One of the treaties that ended the First World War. This document laid out the terms of peace between Germany and the Allies.
What is Treaty of Versailles
300
A German war tactic, also called "lightening war" of surprise attacks by tanks and fighter planes
What is blitzkrieg
300
On Sept 8, 1939, this P.M. stated "So long as this government may be in power, no such measure [conscription] shall be enacted"
Who is Mackenzie King
300
Hitler launched "Operation Sea Lion" and ordered the Luftwaffe to bomb London and other British cities
What is Battle of Britain
400
A 1935 rail trip from Vancouver to Ottawa by unemployed men to protest conditions at employment relief camps
What is On-to-Ottawa Trek
400
Germany's plan to stage a two-front war with Russia in the east and France in the west
What is Schlieffen Plan
400
Japanese bombing of the U.S. naval base in Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941
What is Pearl Harbour
400
He had the longest unbroken tenure as P.M. and was Canada's First francophone P.M.
Who is Wilfred Laurier
400
The Allied supply ships bound for England were being attacked by "wolf packs" of German U-boats patrolling the Atlantic
What is Battle of the Atlantic
500
She was the first female magistrate in the British Empire, who fought to have women declared "persons" under Canadian law in 1929
Who is Emily Murphy
500
His assassination in Sarajevo triggered a chain reaction that started the First World War.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
500
P.M. Neville Chamberlain announced this policy would secure "peace of our time." However, Hitler broke his promise and Germany invaded Czechoslovakia
What is policy of appeasement
500
In 1917, this P.M. first said no to conscription. Later introduced the Military Service Act, which made enlistment compulsory.
Who is Robert Borden
500
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched a full-scale invasion of Europe called "Operation Overload," planned to the smallest detail.