Battles and Leaders
Who was the leader of Canada
Robert Borden
he group in Canada most strongly opposed to conscription, leading to widespread riots
French Canadians
The competition between powerful nations to gain colonies, land, and resources across other continents.
Imperialism
he country that maintained overall naval supremacy throughout World War One.
Britian
The dangerous, open terrain covered in mud and barbed wire between opposing enemy trenches.
No mans land
The Canadian General who planned and executed the tactical assault on Vimy Ridge
Arthur Currie
The 1917 disaster in Nova Scotia caused by two ships colliding in the harbour, creating the largest man-made explosion of its time.
Halifax Explosion
The acronym "M-A-I-N" stands for these four underlying causes of World War One
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
The German underwater vessel that gave their navy a distinct strategic advantage at sea.
U-Boat
The two European countries where Canadian ground troops primarily saw combat during the war.
France and Belgium
The infamous battle fought in a literal "sea of mud"
Battle of Passchendaele
The all-Black Canadian military battalion tasked with digging trenches and harvesting timber rather than front-line combat.
No. 2 Construction Battalion
The nationalist organization that Gavrilo Princip belonged to when he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The Black Hand?
The deadly chemical weapon agent deployed during trench warfare that suffocated soldiers.
Chlorine Gas (or Poison Gas)
The Allied nation that dropped out of the war early in 1917 following a domestic political revolution
Russia
The offensive campaign during which Canadian troops earned the nickname "Storm Troopers".
The Somme
The term given to Canadian residents who held citizenship in nations Canada was fighting against, often losing rights or facing internment.
Enemy Aliens
The city in Bosnia where the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand took place in 1914.
Sarajevo
Large German airships used for aerial bombing and high-altitude reconnaissance.
Zeppelins
The German military strategy designed to defeat France quickly by invading through neutral Belgium before turning east toward Russia.
Schlieffen Plan
Title held by the leader of Germany during World War One.
The Kaiser
Facilities on the home front where women stepped into industrial labor roles to manufacture artillery shells.
munitions factories
Who was the leader of Britain, Russia and Germany
Bonus!!! How are they related
King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tzar Nicholas II
They were cousins
The Canadian-issued infantry rifle that frequently jammed in the wet mud of the trenches and was eventually replaced.
Ross Rifle
The deadly pandemic that broke out worldwide immediately following the end of World War One
Spanish Flu