Ww1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is Imperialism?
The policy of one nation acquiring, controlling, or dominating another country or region.
What is Militarism?
A nation’s policy of enlisting, training, equipping and maintaining armed forces.
What countries were part of the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
What countries were part of the Triple Entente?
France, Britain, and Russia.
What is Nationalism?
Devotion to and support of one’s culture, sometimes resulting in the promotion of independence.
What is the War Measures Act?
Gives the federal government emergency powers, including the right to detain people.
What are Enemy Aliens?
A national living in a country that is at war with his or her homeland.
What are Internment Camps?
A government-run operation where people who are considered a threat are detained.
What is No Man’s Land?
The area between the trenches of two opposing forces.
What is the Western Front?
The area of fighting in Europe during the First World War characterized by trench warfare.
What is a War of Attrition?
A military strategy based on exhausting the enemy’s manpower.
What happened at the Battle of Ypres?
On April 1915, the Canadian troops were subjected to chlorine gas.
What occurred during the Battle of the Somme?
In July 1916, Canadians fought against a line of Germans near a river in France.
What was significant about the Battle of Vimy Ridge?
Canada captured Hill 145 and had taken ‘the pimple’ from the Germans.
What was the Battle of Passchendaele?
In October 1917, Canadians participated in a mud-filled battle in Belgium.
What is a Convoy?
A group of ships traveling together protected by an armed force.
What are Victory Bonds?
Issued by the Canadian government to support the war effort.
What is Honour Rationing?
A civilian effort to consume less and conserve supplies on the homefront.
What is Propaganda?
Information, usually produced by governments, presented to inspire beliefs and opinions.
What is Conscription?
Forced enlistment in the armed forces of all fit men of certain ages.
What is the Khaki Election?
The name given to the 1917 decision because of Borden’s effort to win the military vote.
What was the Hundred Days Campaign?
The final allied offensive against the Central Powers on the Western Front in 1918.
What was the Paris Peace Conference?
A meeting in 1919 to discuss the terms of an agreement after the First World War.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The agreement that ended the First World War, it imposed strict sanctions on Germany.
