Key Battles
Warfare
Causes of the War
Places and People
End of the War
100
The battle where Canadians earned a reputation for being tough when the French could not.
What is Ypres?
100
This fighting technique involved chasing and fighting in the air.
What are "dogfights"?
100
This was the "spark" needed to start the war.
Who is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
100
Who is Billy Bishop?
100
1918
When did the war end?
200
Battle where 91% of the Newfoundland regiment were killed in one day.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
200
This is the area between the trenches of the opposing armies.
What is no-man's land?
200
What is Alliances?
200
He was a leader for Canada during the time of war.
Who is Robert Borden, the prime minister of Canada during WWI?
200
This city was hit by one of the biggest disasters in Canadian history.
What is Halifax?
300
The battle where horses & soldiers drowned in knee-high mud.
What is the Battle of Passchedaele?
300
These are the two types of gas used in the war.
What is mustard and chlorine?
300
What is Militarism?
300
He took command of the Canadians at Vimy Ridge.
Who was Julian Byng, leader of Canada's great success?
300
This intercepted message was so embarassing to the United State's reputation that it caused them to join the war.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
?
400
This ridge became a symbol of Canadian pride and war achievement.
What is Vimy Ridge?
400
The battlefields of the two fronts were along these borders.
What is Belgium/France (Western) & Russia/Germany (Eastern)
400
What is Nationalism?
400
He was blamed for the tragedy at the Battle of the Somme.
Who was Douglas Haig, the general who used poor & outdated fighting techniques?
400
This socio-political movement based on "peace, bread, and land" caused one of the major players of the war to exit.
What was the Russian Revolution?
500
This multiple month-long campaign closed out the war and showed the Canadian ability to dominate on a large scale.
What is the Hundred Days campaign?
500
This was the rate of the Vimy Glide.
What is 100yards every 3 mins?
500
What is Imperalism?
500
This Canadian general led several of Canada's key battles (Passchendale, Vimy Ridge, Hundred Days)
Who was Sir Arthur Currie?
500
This was the greatest issue Germany was facing at the end of the war; ultimately why they became so weak and fell.
What was the fighting divided amongst two fronts?