World War I Beginnings
This is the event that occured at Sarajevo and provided the "spark" that started WWI.
What is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The use of this weapon gave soldiers the ability to venture out into no man's land
What is the tank
Imperialism meant Canada entered the war when this country did
What is Britain
The area in between trenches is referred to as
What is "No man's land"
Most of the fighting in WWI took place in these countries
What is France and Belgium
Refers to an arms race. For instance, the Germans spent the most money building up their military forces before WWI and it made other countries nervous.
What is militarism
A fight between airplanes is known as a
What is a "dog fight"
The sinking of this British ship by a u-boat contributed to the Americans joining WWI.
What is the Lusitania
Many of the battles of WWI ended in this, which basically means no one won.
What is a stalemate
This was one of the bloodiest battles of WWI with over 60,000 casualties in a matter of a couple hours.
What is the Battle of the Somme
This is known as a deep love of one's country and generally leads people to believe that their country should be free from the control of others. Which ultimately was one of the main causes of WWI.
What is nationalism
The advent and use of the machine gun during WWI led to this type of warfare
What is trench warfare
What did the government use to encourage people to contribute to the war effort? In other words, how did they get people to join the army and help on the Homefront?
What is the use of propaganda
This document is responsible for ending WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
They were subject to death at any time as well as disease such as dysentary, could develop trenchfoot, and subject to lice. Fighting in these can be described as a terrible experience.
What is the trenches
The use of this, known as chemical warfare, first became popular during WWI
What is gas such as chlorine or mustard gas.
There are many ways in which citizens of Canada supported the war effort. Name three
What is men volunteered for service in the army. People donated their money by purchasing Victory bonds. People rationed their food and eat less so more food could be sent to soldiers.
Who were the Big Three countries?
What is America, France, and Great Britain
One of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles in which the Germans had to accept responsibilty for causing the War.
What is the War guilt clause
Refers to an agreement between two or more countries. Name the two of these that existed in Europe and what countries were associated with one another.
What is an alliance or alliance system. Allies- France, Great Britain, Russia (later the US). Central Powers- Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire
This was one of the deadliest weapons of the war and accounted for nearly one third of the deaths. It had extremely harmful effects including blistering of the skin, suffocation, blindness, and even death.
What is poison gas
The Canadian made weapon
What is the Ross Rifle?
What was David Lloyd George's, the prime minister of Great Britain, belief about how the Germans should be dealt with following WWI?
What is, he believed they should be punished, but justly or fairly so. He feared that if they were punished too harshly it would lead to another World War.
Name three provisions for Germany set out in the Treaty of Versailles
What is the Germans had to accept responsibilty for starting the war.
They lost lands as a result of the war, their army was limited to 100,000 men. They were not allowed tanks or submarines.
Demilitarization of the Rhineland. They were forced to pay war reparations. The League of Nations was created.