Test March 21/24

Question 1

What are the three levels of trenches

Answer 1

Front Line
Support
Reserve

Question 2

What is trench foot

Answer 2

Standing in water all day would cause feet to grow wrinkly they would have to get amputated

Question 3

2 pests during trench’s

Answer 3

Rats and lice

Question 4

3 weapons advantage and disadvantage

Answer 4

Artillery - lot of damage and heavy to move
Chlorine gas- deadly and depends on wind
Submarine- destroys supply ship and drowning

Question 5

What happened to enemy aliens

Answer 5

Germans etc
Sent to international camps

Question 6

Prejudice/racism in the army

Answer 6

It was essentially a white men war so only some skins were allowed to join and even then most weretnt allowed on battlefield

Question 7

Conscription and the election of 1917

Answer 7

Voluntary recruitments were failing, and the idea of conscription divided Canada

Question 8

Vote 1917

Answer 8

Borden one vote and wanted conscription but still people didn’t want to go

Question 9

Define Conscription

Answer 9

Compulsory enlistment to the armed forces

Question 10

Define military wars act

Answer 10

Gives a vote to all military personnel, including Women

Question 11

Define propaganda 

Answer 11

Information, especially if a biased or misleading nature to promote a cause 

Question 12

Define systematic racism 

Answer 12

Oppression of a group to the advantage of someone else 

Question 13

Define rationing 

Answer 13

Only if fixed amount of something commonly to a person or family

Question 14

Define IMB

Answer 14

Imperial munitions board 

Question 15

Define war bond

Answer 15

 an investment from the people to the government to support the war

Question 16

Who was in charge of war production?

Answer 16

Imperial munitions board

Question 17

What did Canada do to support the war?

Answer 17

Sent food and supplies to Allied nations

Question 18

What happened with the propaganda of the war?

Answer 18

Posters were put up to get people to join the army and they were guilt trip

Question 19

What were women’s roles during the war?

Answer 19

They filled in the spots of men in factories, and helped in hospitals, officers, or Air Force

Question 20

What was the point of rationing and farming

Answer 20

Farming was taken care of by high school students and women to keep up agriculture demand for the country, and the war families were told to ration to help the war

Question 21

What happened with the Halifax explosion?

Answer 21

Two ships collided, one passenger one explosive and blew up the harbour 

Question 22

What was the idea of starved into submission?

Answer 22

Germ tactic to defeat the British

Question 23

 what was the steps of starved into submission from German to Britain

Answer 23

1. Cut supply lines including ships with passengers
2. Became dangerous for passengers to cross.
3. Germany would not give in to Britain’s threat, so Britain cut off me and dairy for Germany
4. Germany ended up, giving in because of decreased moral 

Question 24

Define revolution

Answer 24

A forcible overthrow of a government in favour of the new system 

Question 25

What happened in the Russian revolution?

Answer 25

1.Russian citizens were upset with their government, so tsar Nicholas and Catherine  2. revolutionaries over through the monarchy. 3. Vladimir Ladin made communist government 

Question 26

What happened after the Russian revolution?

Answer 26

 Russia wanted out of the war Germany would have to focus on one front

Question 27

Of America entering the war

Answer 27

 Germany sunk American passenger ship in the US called off relations with Germany and Germany, asked Mexico to join them, and the US declared war, Germany 

Question 28

Germany last push

Answer 28

Germany tried to win the war before the Americans arrived in a series of tax on the western front, pushed to allies back and Germany suffered many casualties 

Question 29

Triple entente last push

Answer 29

 Massive offensive spearhead by Canadians and conscription, and Americans became part of the army 

Question 30

Amiens

Answer 30

Canada’s secretly sneaked around trying not to start a Germans. They pretended to leave and circled back onto Germans attacked Germany admitted defeat.

Question 31

Define armistice

Answer 31

A mutual agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting

Question 32

Canal du nords

Answer 32

Canadians were ordered to capture the canal held by British. They first captured Berlin Woods, which breached Hindenburg line. Germans retreated.

Question 33

Cambrai

Answer 33

Unfinished rail hub. Germans were under prepared which was a fastd victory for Canadians

Question 34

Mons

Answer 34

Belgium town occupied by Germans at 11 AM. There was an armistice but they kept shooting

Question 35

Who ran away from Germany

Answer 35

Kaiser Wilhem the second was emporar and eventually ran from Germany to the Netherlands

Question 36

What was the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 36

A treaty made between all major players of the war, where the league of nations was made to ensure peace

Question 37

What was Canada’s major achievement in the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 37

Canada got two seats but no votes however they signed as a separate country

Question 38

Who were the three major/4 decision-makers

Answer 38

Britain, France, US and Italy

Question 39

What happened to the central powers in Germany in the treaty of Versailles

Answer 39

Germany wasn’t invited to the treaty and lost colonies . However, they did have to declare that they were responsible for the war, and had to pay for all damages, the central powers restrictive land, and had no choice, but to sign. 

Question 40

How many new countries are created with a league of nations?

Answer 40

9