Trench Warfare
What is trench warfare?
What is a new form of combat in WWI where they dug trenches to stay out of the line of fire?
What were the main causes of WWI?
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism?
How did Canada become involved in WWI?
What is when Britain declared war on Germany, Canada joined automatically as part of the British Empire?
What is the Western Front?
What is where the war was fought in France?
What year did the Battle of Ypres take place?
What is 1915?
What were the main challenges of life in the trenches?
What are constant danger from shelling and snipers, death or injury of close friends, poison gas, rats and lice, boring diet?
How did nationalism cause WWI?
What is it led to the assassination because Serbia wanted to be independent?
What is one contribution from Canada for WWI?
What were the conditions like on the Western Front?
What was significant about the use of gas in the Battle of Ypres?
What is it was the first time chlorine gas was used as a weapon in warfare?
How did imperialism contribute to the outbreak of WWI?
What was the significance of Vimy Ridge for Canada?
What is it was the first battle completely planned by, led by, and fought by Canadians?
What strategies were used on the Western Front?
What is over the top and creeping barrage?
What was significant for Canada about the use of gas in the Battle of Ypres?
What is Canadian troops earned a reputation as reliable and solid soldiers?
What is Vimy Ridge?
What is when Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia entered to protect Serbia, and Germany entered to protect Austria, etc?
How did WWI change Canada's status on the world stage?
What is it showed the world that Canada can hold its own in battle?
How did the Western Front impact the overall outcome of the war?
What is Germany was unable to defeat the Allied powers on the Western Front and was defeated?
Why was Ypres strategically important of the Allies?
What is it protected French sea ports?
What was the significance of "No Man's Land"?
What is it was the land between trenches covered in barbed wire to separate "sides"?
What was the "spark" that ignited WWI?
What is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
What role did Canadian women play during WWI?
What is as nurses and ambulance drivers, as well as factory and farm workers?
What are two countries that fought on the Western Front?
What are Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Austria-Hungary, Belgium?
What were the casualty figures for Canadian soldiers in the Battle of Ypres?
What is approximately 6000 Canadian casualties?