Causes of WWI
The “spark” that started WWI
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The area between opposing trench lines
What is No Man’s Land?
The first major use of poison gas happened here
What is the Second Battle of Ypres?
The weapon responsible for most WWI deaths
What is artillery?
Canada automatically entered WWI because of this country.
What is Great Britain?
This alliance included France, Britain, and Russia
What is the Triple Entente?
This painful condition was caused by wet, cold trenches
What is trench foot?
This battle is known as Canada’s most famous victory
What is Vimy Ridge?
This weapon made frontal assaults extremely deadly
What is the machine gun?
This Prime Minister introduced conscription in 1917
Who is Robert Borden?
This MAIN cause involved building up strong armies and navies.
What is militarism?
The mental trauma caused by artillery bombardment
What is shell shock?
The battle known for horrific mud and drowning soldiers
What is Passchendaele?
Germany first used this in 1915 and it terrified soldiers
What is poison gas?
French Canadians mostly opposed this wartime policy
What is conscription?
This region was called the “Powder Keg of Europe”
What is the Balkans?
Two common pests found in trenches
What are rats and lice?
The bloodiest first day in British history happened here
What is the Battle of the Somme?
This new invention could cross trenches and break wire
What is the tank?
Canada earned a separate signature on this treaty after the war
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany’s plan to quickly defeat France before turning east
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
Why trench warfare led to stalemate
What is that defensive weapons were stronger than offensive tactics?
This 1918 campaign finally broke the stalemate
What is the Hundred Days Offensive?
Two reasons communication was difficult in WWI
What are unreliable radios, cut telephone wires, or dangerous runner systems?
What made Vimy Ridge so important for Canadian identity?
What is that all four divisions fought together and succeeded where others had failed?