Causes of WWI
This "M" in M.A.I.N. refers to countries building up their armies and navies.
Answer: What is militarism?
Austria-Hungary blamed this country for the assassination.
Answer: What is Serbia?
T/F Canada had a large well trained army pre WWI.
F
This dangerous strip of land between opposing trenches was known by this name.
Answer: What is No Man's Land?
What garden movement encouraged Canadians to grow their own food?
Answer: Victory Gardens
Canada’s first major battle; soldiers held the line despite the first large‑scale chlorine gas attack.
Second Battle of Ypres (1915)
The assassination of this Austrian heir helped trigger WWI.
Answer: Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Austria-Hungary sent Serbia one of these, demanding compliance.
Answer: What is an ultimatum?
T/F Most soldiers were unmarried
T
Constantly standing in cold, wet trenches could cause this painful foot condition.
Answer: What is Trench Foot?
What type of factories did many Canadian women work in during WWI?
Answer: Munitions factories.
Tanks were first used at this battle?
The Somme
This nationalist group in the Balkans wanted Slavic peoples united.
Answer: What is The Black Hand/Serbian nationalism?
This country mobilized to support Serbia.
Answer: What is Russia?
Canadian men joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) for many reasons. Name one reason.
These pests were common in the trenches and fed on food scraps and dead bodies.
Answer: What are Rats?
What were Canadians encouraged to buy to help fund the war?
Victory Bonds.
A meticulously planned Canadian assault capturing a major German strongpoint; often seen as a defining moment in Canadian identity.
Vimy Ridge (1917)
This cause of WWI involved strong pride and loyalty to one's nation.
Answer: What is nationalism?
Germany issued this assurance to Austria-Hungary, promising support even if war resulted.
Answer: What is the Blank Cheque?
Canada fought on this side during WWI.
Answer: What are the Allied Powers?
This deadly weapon was first used on a large scale during WWI and could cause blindness, burns, and breathing difficulties.
Answer: What is Poison Gas?
What act gave the Canadian government special wartime powers?
The War Measures Act.
Fought through horrific mud and shell‑torn terrain; Canadians captured their objectives but suffered heavy losses.
Passchendaele (1917)
The practice of extending a nation's power by acquiring colonies and controlling other territories is known as this.
Answer: What is imperialism?
Serbia accepted most of Austria-Hungary's ultimatum but refused this key demand.
Answer: What is allowing Austria-Hungary to conduct investigations within Serbia?
Because Canada was part of this empire, it automatically entered WWI when they declared war.
Answer: What is the British Empire?
Soldiers suffering from the psychological effects of constant combat and shelling often experienced this condition.
Answer: What is Shell Shock?
These teenagers worked in fields during the war?
Answer: Soldiers of the Soil
This battle is often called one of the bloodiest in history and had no strategic importance.
The Somme