Start of the War
When was WWI? (Give me the years it lasted)
1914-1918
What was the defining feature of the way WWI was fought?
Trenches
Who won the war?
The Allies (France, UK, Canada, USA, Russia, Italy, Japan)
Name a job women took during WWI.
Working in factories, farming, nursing, etc
Which group of people had to pay a head tax to immigrate to Canada?
Immigrants from China
What was the Triple Entente and who was part of it?
An alliance between UK, France, and Russia
What is the name for the area between the frontline trenches?
A document signed after World War One, requiring Germany to take the blame for the war.
Treaty of Versailles
This Canadian city was devastated by a man-made explosion.
Halifax
The country that dropped out of the Allied Powers to concentrate on their Communist Revolution.
Russia
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force - was a competition to see who would be the most powerful in Europe
What is imperialism?
A battle fought in April 1917. It was the first time Canadians fought together, yet they took more ground, guns, and prisoners than any British force had ever taken
Vimy Ridge
An international organisation founded at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, after WW1
The League of Nations
Which groups gained the right to vote in 1917 in order for the Conservative Party to win the election.
-Women with husbands or sons overseas
-Soldiers serving overseas
These two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour, causing the largest man-made explosion until WWII?
The Imo and the Mount Blanc
How does militarism lead to WWI?
Major powers of Europe were continuously competing for military supremacy by stockpiling weapons, engaging in a naval race, and constructing elaborate battle plans
Also it's the belief that the military can be used to solve your problems
Name two new innovations of WWI (either totally new or first time used in combat).
Tanks, poison gas, submarines, machine guns, flamethrowers, hand grenades, air warfare, barbed wire, plastic surgery, etc
Name two reasons the war ended.
-Superior economies able to withstand blockades and the expense of war
-Fresh US soldiers provide reinforcements
-Low German morale on the front lines and at home
Canadians would buy them from the government and the government would use that money to fund the war effort
War Bonds
-Transport goods from east to west (lots of economic growth)
-Bring immigrants to the prairies and BC
-Help unite the nation
-Helped build cities in Western Canada
-First Nations lost their traditional territories, forced onto reserves to make room for newly arriving settlers
Who was the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the death of the archduke of Austria-Hungary?
100 Bonus points for naming the assassin
Name one of the poisonous gases used in WWI
Chlorine, Mustard gas, Bromine, Phosgene
With the help of the U.S., the Allies were able to push the Germans out of France during this offensive.
The Last 100 Days
This Prime Minister introduced conscription, angering French Canada and sparking a national divide known as the Conscription Crisis.
Who is Sir Robert Borden
What are two of the big compromises proposed by Prime Minister Laurier.
(Bonus points if you can explain the issue or Laurier's decision)
Manitoba Schools Question (religious and French education allowed at certain times, not funded by the province), Second Boer War (send volunteers, Britain pays), 1911 election (reciprocity)