Causes of World War One
A union or association formed for mutual benefit, typically between countries
What is an alliance?
The side that includes France, Britain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and the US
Who are the Triple Entente?
This plan, created prior to the war, involved taking the German army through Belgium
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from deep ditches dug by the troops facing each other. Includes using tangled and barbed wire.
What is Trench warfare?
This type of poisonous gas was first used by the Germans in 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres.
What is chlorine gas?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
What is imperialism?
This Archduke's assassination in 1914 sparked the beginning of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The front where most of the trench fighting happened
What is The Western Front?
The international organization developed after WWI whose main mission was to maintain world peace.
What is the League of Nations?
He was a Canadian flying ace and received a Victoria Cross.
Who is Billy Bishop?
Love of one's country and the belief that your country is superior to others.
What is nationalism?
This act gave the government broad powers during wartime to control Canada.
What is the War Measures Act?
A military tactic where artillery fire is used as a screen and to suppress enemy positions.
What is a creeping barrage?
A submarine used by the Germans in WWI.
What is the U-boat?
The years World War I began and finished
What is 1914 and 1918?
The sinking of this ship was one of the reasons the United States joined WWI.
What is the Lusitania
The side of the war that includes Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Triple Alliance?
When one side went "over the top" they charged onto this
What is No Man's Land?
This weapon was withdrawn from use as it was unreliable in certain weather conditions.
What is the Ross Rifle?
In this, Germany had to pay billions in reparations, Germany lost land to Poland and France and lost most of its military.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Another word for the arms race between Germany and Great Britain.
What is militarism?
Who is Sam Hughes?
The first day of this battle became known as the deadliest day in the war with more than 15,000 casualties.
Battle of the Somme
A citizen of one country living in another country with which it is at war with
What is an enemy alien?
The purpose of this was to encourage enlistment and support for the war.
What is propoganda?