Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the goal of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)?

Answer 1

to regulate content in Canadian broadcast media

Question 2

Which ethnic group was charged a special head tax when arriving in Canada

Answer 2

Chinese

Question 3

What was Prime Minister Borden’s goal for Canada at the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 3

to achieve international recognition

Question 4

What headline is associated with conscription in World War One?

Answer 4

“French and English Canadians divided”

Question 5

Julian Byng

Answer 5

Planned the attack, with Canadian troops were chosen to lead a new assault on Vimy Ridge. a popular British officer (later appointed a governor general of Canada after vimy ridge.

Question 6

Vimy Ridge

Answer 6

marked the first time that Canadian divisions attacked

together. Their success gave them a sense of national pride and the reputation of being an elite fighting force

Question 7

Passchendaele

Answer 7

Third battle of Ypres the “victory” resulted in more than

200 000 casualties on each side, including more than 15 000 Canadians

Question 8

Arthur Currie

Answer 8

The replacement for Byng after he was promoted.

Question 9

John Mcrae

Answer 9

was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium

Question 10

Women on the Western Front

Answer 10

More than 2800 women served during the First World War. part of Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and worked on hospital ships,
in overseas hospitals, and in field ambulance units on the battlefields

Question 11

Blue birds

Answer 11

a group of twenty Australian civilian nurses and a masseuse who volunteered for service in France during World War I. Recruited through the Australian Red Cross Society

Question 12

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Answer 12

established in 1899,

Question 13

Air Aces

Answer 13

When a pilot could prove that he had shot down five enemy aircraft, he became an ace.s. Among them were Billy Bishop, Ray Collishaw, Billy Barker, William May, and Roy Brown

Question 14

Royal Flying Corps

Answer 14

air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War

Question 15

Billy Bishop ,

Answer 15

Bishop was the first Canadian pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prestigious medal for bravery Second most amount of kills 72

Question 16

Ray Collishaw,

Answer 16

Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

Question 17

Billy Barker

Answer 17

Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

Question 18

William May

Answer 18

Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

Question 19

Roy Brown

Answer 19

Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

Question 20

Merchant marines

Answer 20

civilian ships and sailors
that transported food, weapons, and
munitions

Question 21

Victory Bonds

Answer 21

bonds issued by the
Canadian government to support the war
effort

Question 22

Income Tax

Answer 22

a tax on personal income

Question 23

honour rationing

Answer 23

a civilian effort to consume
less and conserve supplies on the
home front

Question 24

Women’s suffrage

Answer 24

Women keeping Jobs even after the war ended

Question 25

propaganda

Answer 25

information, usually produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread particular beliefs or opinions

Question 26

Nellie McLung

Answer 26

a well-known suffragist who, | together with other women, campaigned for women’s rights . a Canadian feminist, politician, author, and social activist

Question 27

Mont Blanc

Answer 27

The Cause of the Halifax Explosion. French vessel carrying more than 2500 tonnes of explosives, was accidentally hit by another ship. The collision caused an explosion so powerful that it devastated Halifax’s harbour and levelled much of the city

Question 28

Halifax Disaster

Answer 28

An explosion so powerful that it devastated Halifax’s harbour and leveled much of the city, 2000 people were killed, another 9000 were injured

Question 29

Conscription Crisis of 1917

Answer 29

war began, Prime Minister Borden promised there would be no conscription, With so many people injured and dead, introduced Military Service Act, which made enlistment compulsory

Question 30

Conscription

Answer 30

forced enlistment in the | armed forces of all fit men of certain ages

Question 31

conscientious objector

Answer 31

a person who opposes war for religious or moral reasons

Question 32

Henri Bourassa

Answer 32

a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight for Britain in the Second Boer War

Question 33

Robert Borden

Answer 33

PM from 1911 to 1920 Promised there would be no conscription , then enlisted the Military service act which made enlistment compulsory. Conscription turned out to be a very controversial and emotional issue that divided the country and left lasting scars

Question 34

Military Voters Act

Answer 34

an Act that allowed | men and women serving overseas to vote

Question 35

Wartime Elections Act

Answer 35

``` an Act that gave the vote to Canadian women related to servicemen, but cancelled the vote for conscientious objectors and immigrants from enemy countries ```

Question 36

Wilfrid Laurier

Answer 36

PM from 1896 to 1911, opposed conscription during the First World War, supported the construction of a second transcontinental railway in 1903, Pm during the Klondike gold rush begins

Question 37

Union Government

Answer 37

the coalition government formed by Conservatives and some Liberals and independents that governed Canada from 1917 to 1920

Question 38

Armistice

Answer 38

truce to end the war,the Western Front | was finally signed in a railway car in France at 5:00 a.m. on November 11, Nov. 11th, 1918

Question 39

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 39

a meeting in Paris in 1919 to discuss the terms of a peace agreement after the First World War

Question 40

Treaty of Versailles o

Answer 40

one of the treaties that ended the First World War; it imposed strict sanctions on Germany

Question 41

League of Nations

Answer 41

1919, included in The Treaty of Versailles, The League was Woodrow Wilson’s brainchild—as the idea of international cooperation was one of the most important elements of his 14-point plan for lasting peace

Question 42

Collective security

Answer 42

is one type of coalition building strategy in which a group of nations agree not to attack each other and to defend each other against an attack from one of the others, if such an attack is made

Question 43

Triple Alliance/Central Powers

Answer 43

the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to the First World War

Question 44

Triple Entente/Allies

Answer 44

the alliance of France, Britain, and Russia prior to the First World War

Question 45

British declaration of war

Answer 45

August 4th. After Germany invades Belgium and Luxembourg to attack France.This made Canada join too cause they were part of Britian

Question 46

Aboriginal enlistment

Answer 46

Thousands of Aboriginals enlisted. There were great warriors with their steady hands and years of battle and hunting

Question 47

Tom Longboat

Answer 47

A boston Marthon winner. Also an aboriginal that enlisted in the War

Question 48

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Answer 48

arrived in France in February 1915. These forces soon became involved in combat along the Western Front, including decisive battles in France and Belgium at Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendaele.

Question 49

Sam Hughes

Answer 49

in charge of Canada’s armament industry. He created | the Shell Committee to oversee the manufacture of artillery shells.

Question 50

Shell Committee

Answer 50

They oversee the manufacture of artillery shells

Question 51

Ross rifle

Answer 51

A rifle that jammed in the 1st ww

Question 52

Internment camps

Answer 52

a government-run camp | where people who are considered a threat are detained

Question 53

War Measures Act

Answer 53

an Act that gives the federal government emergency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charges

Question 54

Machine guns

Answer 54

usually positioned on a flat tripod, would require a gun crew of four to six operators 400-600 bullets

Question 55

artillery

Answer 55

large guns used to fire shells

Question 56

Gas warfare

Answer 56

On April 22, 1915, French and Canadian troops were blinded, burned, or killed when the Germans used chlorine gas,

Question 57

U-boats

Answer 57

a German submarine. The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular feature of both World Wars I and I

Question 58

Second Battle of Ypres

Answer 58

First battle that German used Gas as a weapon, Very Bloody

Question 59

First Battle of the Somme

Answer 59

July 1916, the Allies launched a massive attack against a line of German trenches near the Somme River in France. Battle lasted for Five months. Almost 1.25 million deaths. s, Canadian troops distinguished themselves during the Battle of the Somme

Question 60

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Answer 60

a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. almost 24 000 Canadian of them died in the battle of Somme

Question 61

Douglas Haig

Answer 61

Field Marshall Douglas Haig is most associated with the Battle of the Somme in World War One. Douglas Haig was Britain’s commander-in-chief during the Somme battle and took much criticism for the sheer loss of life in this battle.