Definitions
Things that happen within a country that do NOT involve other countries
What is Domestic
Participation of a complete society in the war effort or civilians considered as military targets
What is Total War
A group of countries that are controlled by one country
What is an Empire
An agreement between countries to help each other in time of need.
What is an Alliance
Small areas of land that the Canadian government forced Aboriginal people to live on to free up land for white, European settlers
What is Reserves
Events than involve more than one country
What is International
Injured or killed people during the war
What are Casualties?
An extreme love of your country
What is Nationalism
The people who lived in Canada before anyone else
What is Aboriginals
Moving from one country to another
What is Immigration
The cease-fire signed on November 11, 1918 that ended World War I
What is Armistice
A country’s armed forces
What is Military
Being held prisoner
What is Internment
When one country takes over other countries to gain money and/or power; building an empire
What is Imperialism
Obligatory enrolment of civilians in the army.
What is Conscription
To join the military
What is Enlist
France, Russia, and Great Britain, including Canada
What is the Allied Forces
The belief that a country should have lots of weapons and a big army to protect itself
What is Militarism
A law adopted by the government of Canada in 1914 that gave the federal government the right to suspend freedoms of the people in cases of war or national emergency.
What is the War Measures Act?
Boarding schools that the Canadian government forced Aboriginal people to send their children to
What is Residential Schools
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
What are The Central Powers – Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
Also known as the Great War
What is the First World War