Row 1
Who was assassinated just before the war started?
Archducke Franz Ferdinand
Who was the Prime Minister of Canada in WW1?
Robert Borden
What were army nurses Nicknamed?
Blue Birds
How did Robert Borden allow conscription without everyone being angry?
He let women vote on behalf of fighting soldier
Russia pulled out of WW1 for what reason?
They were having a revolution and couldn't deal with the Germans, Austro-Hungarians, and their own people
Who was in the Triple Entente, and who was in the Triple Allience?
Entente: Great Britain, Russia, and France
Alliance: Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
What country switched sides in 1915?
Italy
Define conscription
The government making men to go fight for a specific reason.
At this point in the world, what was the largest man-made explosion?
The Halifax explosion
Who was NOT found with the rest of the Romonov bodies?
Anastasia
List the five causes of war
Militarism, Assassination, Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliance 'M.A.N.I.A'
Who was the most 'decorated' Indigenous soldier in WW1?
Francis Pegahmagabow
List three reasons why young Canadian men wanted to enlist?
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What was the name of the Red Baron?
Manfred von Richthofen
The Bolsheviks believed in a form of government described by Karl Marx, what was that form?
Communism
What is a creeping barrage?
A line of shellfire in front of soldiers that's kept moving forward like a shield for the soldiers to move behind
Explain the Schlieffen plan
Invade France through Belgium before Russia was ready, so Germany wouldn't have to fight on two battlefronts
Who was Grigori Rasputin?
He was a "priest" who joined the Romonovs in their castle because it was believed he was a "Holy Healer"
What were soldiers paid per day
$1.10
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
Vladimir Lenin
What treaty was signed at the end of the war?
The Treaty of Versailles
What countries were supposed to be memorized from your maps?
Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Russia
What did Berlin, Ontario change to?
Kitchener
Who assassinated the Archduke? What was the terrorist group he was involved with?
Gavrilo Princip, and the Black Hand
Who poisoned, shot, bound, and drowned Rasputin?
Yusupov Purishkavich