Background/Defs
Nationalism
What is The belief that your country is the best?
The end of WWI
What is Nov. 11, 1918 (Remembrance Day)?
No Man's Land
What is the area of land between the two trench systems on the Western Front?
Propaganda posters
What is a poster set by the government to convince people to do any of the following: buy victory bonds, ration food, and especially to enlist to fight?
Total war
What is a new form of warfare where everyone was involved?
Militarism
What is the competition to build more weapons, such as the naval battle between Germany and Britain?
April 1915
What is the Battle of Ypres (1915)?
U-boats
What is a German submarine that sank ships in WWI?
War Guilt Clause
What is a clause of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles that blamed the entire War on Germany and made them pay for everything?
War of attrition
What is a new form of warfare where the main goal was to kill more soldiers from the other side?
Imperialism
What is the competition between European countries to colonize other countries (i.e. Scramble for Africa) and build an empire for themselves
April 1917
What is the Battle of Vimy Ridge (1917)? This is known to Canadians for being a Canadian-specific victory that changed Canadian identity?
The Lusitania
What is the ship that was sunk by German U-boats that led to America getting involved in the war in 1917?
The Conscription Crisis
What is the backlash against the Canadian government by groups who did not want to be forced to fight in 1917?
Unrestricted submarine warfare
What is the German policy to sink all ships, including passenger ships, during WWI, that resulted in America joining the war?
Franz Ferdinand
What is The Austria-Hungarian noble who was assassinated on June 28, 1914, and started WWI?
Jul. - Nov. 1916
What is the Battle of the Somme (1916)? The Canadians got involved in October 1916?
Trenchfoot
What is an impact of trench warfare caused by soldiers standing in wet, muddy conditions, without sufficient covering, often leading to pain, numbness, swelling, or gangrene.
Germany's 3 major losses:
1 - limit army + navy; 2 - lose a lot of land; 3 - need to pay for the entire war
The official end of Canada's "road to autonomy"
In 1931, the Statute of Westminster was the official law that Canada is a Commonwealth of free associating nations. It would eliminate Britain’s ability to effect legislation for Canada, except in specific circumstances.
Triple Entente
What is The alliance between Britain, France, and Russia, also known as the "Allies".
October (1917)
What is the October Revolution? A coup d'etat of the provincial government in Russia when the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the government and formed a new communist government. They were responsible for pulling Russia out of WWI by signing a peace treaty with Germany.
The total number of Canadian casualties from the Battle of the Somme
What is 24,000 Canadian Soldiers?
The "Big Four"
Including Lloyd George (England), Woodrow Wilson (America), Vittorio Orlando (Italy) and Georges Clemenceau (France).
The Chanak Crisis
What is the crisis in 1922 when Turkey threatened British troops and Canada refused to send backup--decision by William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's prime minister at the time. This was the first time that Canada refused to backup Britain automatically.