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War Breaks Out
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The Cost of War
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This country was aligned with Germany and in conflict against Britain, France and Russia when WWI broke out.
What is Austria-Hungry?
100
Created in the summer of 1914, this group called out for men aged 19-36 to enlist.
What is the Newfoundland Regiment?
100
The open ground between front line and trenches, where the battles took place.
What is No Man's Land?
100
An organization that assisted the troops by knitting socks and scarfs, visiting grieving families, and caring for injured veterans.
What is the Women's Patriotic Association?
100
A person who advocated the rights of women to vote.
What is a suffragette?
200
Defined as a deep sense of pride and loyalty to your country, this is one reason why many Newfoundlanders enlisted for service during WWI.
What is patriotism?
200
A group comprised of female nurses and and health care workers who went overseas to work in military hospitals in France and England.
What is the Volunteer Aid Detachment?
200
This battle took place during the Battle of the Somme and is remembered on Memorial Day, July 1st, in Newfoundland.
What is The Battle of Beaumont Hamel?
200
An organization created by Prime Minister Edward Morris to manage the war effort, also responsible for recruiting.
What is the Newfoundland Patriotic Association?
200
The year all women were granted the right to vote in Newfoundland.
What is 1925?
300
Information used to promote a political cause or point of view, used on both sides during WWI.
What is propaganda?
300
The title the Newfoundland Regiment was awarded after distinguishing itself in France.
What is "Royal"?
300
The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest award for valour. Valour means this.
What is bravery and courage?
300
Another word for forced military service.
What is conscription?
300
An epidemic that came to Newfoundland in 1918 and in the same year claimed the lives of 25-30 million people worldwide.
What is "The Spanish Flu"?
400
The process of convincing people to enlist in the army is called this.
What is recruitment?
400
The title of a group who traveled to Scotland in 1917 to cut wood for the huge wartime demand.
What is The Newfoundland Forestry Corps?
400
A member of the Newfoundland Regiment, from Middle Arm, and the youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Who is Tommy Ricketts?
400
An act passed in May of 1918, requiring all unmarried men aged 19-25 years to enlist.
What is the Military Service Act?
400
The total amount of debt incurred by the Newfoundland government by the end of the war.
What is $35 million?
500
The original title for World War I.
What is "The Great War"?
500
The largest unarmed service during the war, this group crewed cargo ships through hazardous seas patrolled by enemy submarines.
What is The Merchant Marines?
500
A Newfoundland doctor who's invention, the gas mask, saved thousands of lives.
Who is Dr. Cluny McPherson?
500
World War I ended on this date.
What is November 11th, 1918?
500
The service group that lost the most lives during WWI.
What is The Newfoundland Regiment?