Empires
This empire had the largest standing navy in the world before the Great War.
What is Great Britain?
This term refers to the idea of a country expanding its influence beyond its borders, oftentimes through force.
What is Imperialism?
These two countries were in conflict because one wanted the Slavic people to unite and the other wanted to dominate them.
What are Russia and Austria Hungary?
This member of the Black Hand assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand which sparked the Great War.
What is Gavrilo Princip?
This person was the Prime Minister of Canada at the beginning of the Great War.
Who is Robert Borden?
This empire promoted Pan Slavism in the Balkans in order to sneak their way into a warm-water port.
What is Russia?
This idea refers to the unification of the Slavic peoples in the Balkans.
What is Pan-Slavism?
These two countries were in conflict because one kept trying to snake away the other's colonies.
What are Germany and France?
This German plan assumed that France would fall in six weeks so the German forces could concentrate their entire army against Russia immediately after.
What is the Schleiffen Plan?
Because Newfoundland was note yet a part of Canada, they joined the war as a part of this regiment.
What is the Newfoundland Regiment?
This empire wanted to dominate the Balkans and the Slavic people within in order to stay relevant.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This term refers to the idea that countries should always maintain a strong fighting force because anything can be gained through force.
What is militarism?
These two countries were in conflict because of an arms race.
What are Great Britain and Germany?
Germany offered Austria-Hungary this which basically guaranteed unlimited support if Austria-Hungary should go to war.
What is a Blank Cheque?
This weapon that the Canadian government provided their troops proved to be mostly useless in trench warfare.
What is the ross rifle?
This empire wanted to expand in order to compete with the other great empires of its day. Unfortunately, this desire often put it in conflict with other existing empires.
What is Germany?
This term refers to both love of one's country as well as one ethnic group's desire to be free from a dominant ethnic group.
What is nationalism?
These two countries were in conflict because a terrorist group in one assassinated an important person from the other.
What are Serbia and Austria-Hungary?
This neutral country was invaded by Germany which prompted Great Britain to join the war.
What is Belgium?
Canadians viewed the opportunity to go to Europe and fight as this.
What is a Great Adventure?
This empire often got itself in trouble with its colonies, many of which are found in Central Africa.
What is France?
This idea maintains that the British Navy should be as large as or larger than the next two largest navies.
What is the Two-Power Standard?
This country was historically against Austria-Hungary but found itself allied with Austria-Hungary at the beginning of the War. Maybe that's why this country switched sides.
What is Italy?
This man led Russia into the Great War.
What is Tsar Nicholas II.
This population of Canadians later did support the war, especially when the government introduced conscription.
What is French-Canadians?