WWI Test Prep

In Battle

100

This is the name of the extremely dangerous, open area that stood in between the German and Allied trenches during the First World War.

No Man's Land

200

This is the name of the battle where the Germans first used poison gas.

The Battle of Ypres

300

This is the name of the deadly battle that Germans referred to as Das Blutbad (The Bloodbath)

The Battle of the Somme

400

What was a major factor in helping the Allies finally beat Germany during the Hundred Days Offensive?

America joining the War.

500

At the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a Canadian general introduced what new strategy in order to make major gains in the war and establish Canadians as an important power.

The Creeping Barrage

Weaponry

100

This Canadian-Government-issued weapon jammed when it got dirt or sand in it.

The Ross Rifle

200

This is what soldiers did when they didn't have a mask during a gas attack.

Urinate into a handkerchief and put it over their faces

300

This is the name of the airship that would drop bombs and conduct surveillance

The Zeppelin

400

This new weapon modernized warfare and ended the use of cavalry (soldiers attacking on horseback)

The machine gun

500

Explain the creeping barrage technique

A moving wall of explosions fired from artillery guns that explode just in front of a line of soldiers

Key People

100

Who was Kaiser Wilhelm II?

The leader of Germany during WWI

200

This is the name of the poet who was disillusioned by the War and wrote the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est"

Wilfred Owen

300

This is the name of the Indigenous sniper who killled close to 400 enemy soldiers in WWI

Francis Pegahmagabow

400

Three reasons that people like Jeremiah Jones enlisted to fight for Canada are...

For adventure, patriotism for Canada and to improve the situation for their communities (including voting rights).

500

This is the Canadian general that introduced the "Creeping Barrage" technique

General Arthur Currie

Terms

100

This is the term for forced (involuntary) military service

Conscription

200

What is the term for leaving your trench and entering into No Man's Land?

Going "over the top."

300

Named after a German general, this was the plan to invade France through Belgium, knock France out of the war in less than 6 weeks, and avoid a two-front war with France and Russia.

The Schlieffen Plan

400

What does CEF stand for in reference to World War One?

Canadian Expeditionary Force

500

This was the act passed by Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden that forced men into military service (fighting in the War)

The Military Service Act of 1917

Miscellaneous

100

On what date was the Armistice declared in WWI?

November 11, 1918

200

What was Germany forced to accept under the terms of the War Guilt Clause, in the Treaty of Versailles?

Total responsibility and blame for WWI

300

Prior to the detonation of the nuclear bomb in WWII, this was the most devastating human-made explosion in history.

The Halifax Explosion

400

Name two major techniques of propaganda.

Appeal to emotions, idealism not realism, big lie technique, black and white (binary choice), demonizing the enemy, scapegoating

500

This is the phrase that "Dulce et Decorum Est" translates to in English

It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country