Midterm Review: WWI

Question 1

Central powers

Answer 1

Triple Alliance (Germany and Austria-Hungary)

Question 2

Allies

Answer 2

Triple Entendre (Britain, France, Russia)

Question 3

Belgian neutrality and Germany

Answer 3

Battle of Ypres; Chlorine gas. Neither side gain advantage.

Question 4

Women and war effort

Answer 4

Nurses and ambulance driver; CAMP

Question 5

Sam Hughes

Answer 5

Minister of militia; Set up training camps

Question 6

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Answer 6

Volunteers

Question 7

Ross Rifle

Answer 7

Sponsored by Sam Hughes; sharp shooting. Jammed after rapid use

Question 8

Internment Camp

Answer 8

Enemy alien or treat to government (Germany/ Austria-Hungary immigrants)

Question 9

Trench warfare

Answer 9

Fighting in the trenches; filthy!

Question 10

Nellie McLung

Answer 10

Persons’ Case

Question 11

British Declaration of War

Answer 11

German -> France; Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany.

Question 12

French Canadian attitude to WWI

Answer 12

No support!

Question 13

Women’s Suffrage

Answer 13

Women gains the right to vote

Question 14

War Measures’ Act

Answer 14

Canadian Government had authority/ control after WWI (PM Borden)

Question 15

Machine guns

Answer 15

Powerful; 1= 60-100 rifles Most feared weapon

Question 16

Long range artillery

Answer 16

Air warfare!

Question 17

Tank

Answer 17

Secret weapon; first used in Battle of Somme. Effective, but didn’t break German lines

Question 18

Fighter Planes

Answer 18

Armed with machine guns

Question 19

U-Boat

Answer 19

German; travel in water w/o seen or detected

Question 20

Gas Warfare

Answer 20

Chlorine gas (burn skin & lungs)

Question 21

Attrition

Answer 21

the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack

Question 22

Trench foot

Answer 22

feet swell and turn black

Question 23

Second Battle of Ypres

Answer 23

Belgian city in the Flanders district; Chlorine gas

Question 24

First Battle of the Somme

Answer 24

4 month battle; Goal=break German lines; FAIL b/c machine gun + lack of proper weapons

Question 25

Newfoundland Regiment

Answer 25

700 men killed or wounded within half hour in Somme

Question 26

Vimy Ridge

Answer 26

General Byng trained; 4 divisions of CEF fight as 1 -> VICTORY!

Question 27

Passchendale

Answer 27

MUD! Currie things didn't go as planned/ America joined war

Question 28

100 days

Answer 28

Allied campaign that brought an end to the First World War

Question 29

Arthur Currie

Answer 29

Canadian appointed to command Canada’s troops

Question 30

Bluebirds

Answer 30

Blue uniforms and white veils

Question 31

John McCrae

Answer 31

Canadian surgeon (Trenches)

Question 32

Billy Bishop

Answer 32

Flying Ace!

Question 33

Victory Bonds

Answer 33

Pay for war; Canadians buy -> cash in after war

Question 34

Ace

Answer 34

When pilot can shoot down 5 enemy aircraft

Question 35

Rationing

Answer 35

Foods and materials needed for war

Question 36

Propaganda

Answer 36

Tool for war; encourage volunteers/ Victory Bonds, etc

Question 37

Mont Blanc

Answer 37

Halifax explode! French ship carrying dynamite, was accidentally hit by another ship

Question 38

Halifax Explosion

Answer 38

2000-3000 people were killed and more than 10 000 were injured

Question 39

Conscription Crisis

Answer 39

PM Borden introduces Military Service Act; Enlistment compulsory

Question 40

Conscientious objector

Answer 40

Refused to fight

Question 41

Henri Bourassa

Answer 41

Quebec nationalist; War= bad (waste of money and men); Conscription divide nation

Question 42

Wilfred Laurier

Answer 42

Leader of Liberals; Joined English-Canadians in supporting British Empire

Question 43

Robert Borden

Answer 43

PM during WWI

Question 44

Khaki Election

Answer 44

Canadian federal election 1917 regarding conscription

Question 45

Aboriginal enlistment

Answer 45

initially not accept b/c racist!

Question 46

Merchant Marine

Answer 46

ferried munitions and food to Britain

Question 47

Income Tax

Answer 47

Help pay for war

Question 48

Military Voters' Act

Answer 48

Allowed men/women serving overseas to vote

Question 49

Wartime Elections' Act

Answer 49

Vote for all Canadian Women; cancelled cote for contentious objectors/immigrants from enemy countries

Question 50

Union Government

Answer 50

Borden invite opposition Liberals who favored conscription

Question 51

The Armistice November 11,1918

Answer 51

Truce; 11:00am

Question 52

Paris Peace Talks

Answer 52

negotiated the Treaties that would govern the peace after WWI

Question 53

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 53

End WWI, Germany had to accept blame for War | get rid of most of there armed forces; give up some territory to France pay money.

Question 54

War guilt clause

Answer 54

Blamed Germany for WWI