socials test ww1
A government strategy dealing with other countries
foreign policy
The leader of the opposition liberals in 1914
Wilfrid Laurier
prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1912
Robert Borden
indigenous soldier and a highly effective sniper and scout
Francis Peganmagabow
dispatch runner and highly trained sniper and Scout
Tom Longboat
expressing strong, unreasonable, beliefs, and disliking others who have different beliefs or different way of life
Bigotry
Canada's minister of militia at the start of World War I
Sam Hughes
a law giving the Canadian government emergency powers during war time
war measures act
canada's national training centre in Quebec
Camp Valcartier
CEF
Canada's expeditionary force initials
unethical profiting from war contracts
profiteering
A national living in a country that is at war with his or her homeland
enemy aliens
A Latin term for protection from unlawful imprisonment
Hebeascorpus
to control certain intellectual information(ex delete)
censor
The rank above private in the CEF
corporal
The countries, old anthem of Britain and its empire
God save the king
an 18th century patriotic song celebrating the strength of Britain's empire
rule Britannia
a situation where neither side can advance and isn't willing to retreat
stalemate
The area between the opposing trenches
no man's land
a military strategy based on exhausting the enemies resources
war of attrition
new Allied technology invented to breakthrough German lines
tank
a weapon that made infactory charges futile
Machine gun
A term for large guns that fire shells
artillery
Germany's plan for a two front war with France and Russia
schlieffen plan
The area of fighting in France and Belgium
Western front
The first major battle on the western front
Battle of the Marne
a rigid framed airship filled with gas
dirigible
meaning they had to leave the safety of the trenches to face no man's land
over the top
a 1917 victory that cost Canada more than 15,000 casualties
The battle of Passchendaele
A British World War I General, who later became governor General of Canada
Julian Byng
Canada's famous World War I poet who wrote in Flanders Fields
John McRae
A deadly and frightening weapon first used effectively in 1915
gas
in 1916, the Royal Newfoundland regiment lost 90% of its men (known as a blood bath)
The battle of somme
Canada's first major action in World War I
The second battle of ypres
The British General, who led Canadians in World War I
General Douglas Haig
a defining Canadian lead victory in 1917
The battle of Vimy Ridge
The highest ranking Canadian general in World War I
Arthur Currie
Soldiers who tunnel underground
sapper
an airplane with two sets of wings
biplane
Military search or exploration
reconnaissance
A fighter pilot who was shot down five enemy aircrafts
ace
The nickname of Germany's top flying ace in World War I
Red Baron
Canada's top air ace in World War I
Billy Bishop
Civilian ships and sailors that transported food, weapons, and munition
merchant marine
a group of ships travelling together protected by an armed force
convoy
A British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915
lusitania
The last frontier for colonizers in the late 1800s
Africa
The policy of one nation acquiring, controlling, and dominating another country or region
imperialism
A relatively new empire, struggling to establish itself as an imperial power at the start of the 20th century
Germany
an empire that had controlled south eastern Europe, as well as areas of northern Africa and the Middle East for more than 100 years
The Ottoman empire
in the Early 20th century, the largest and fastest battleship in the world
HMS dreadnought
A nation's policy for enlisting, training, equipping, and maintaining armed forces ready for war
militarism
An empire that was interested in uniting the Slavic people of Europe
Russia
Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia at the beginning of the 20th century
The great powers
A central European empire, threatened by pan-slavism
Austria-Hungary
A region in the south eastern part of Europe
Balkans
relating to people's in eastern, south, eastern, and central Europe, including Russians, Serbian, Croatians, poles, czechs, etc.
slavic
The empire with the largest navy in the world by the beginning of the 20th century
Britain
A union or agreement among groups working towards a common goal
alliance
The alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
triple alliance
The alliance of France, Britain, and Russia
triple Entente
devotion to and support of one culture and nation
nationalism
A terrorist group of Bosnian Serbs that was determined to free Bosnia from Austria-Hungary
Black hand
A town in Bosnia, where Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated
Sarajevo
The heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary
archduke Franz Ferdinand
Bosnia Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gaurilo Princip
The last German empire and king of Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm ll
German support for whatever action Austria-Hungary chose to take in punishing Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
"blank cheque"
The voluntary reduction of consumption
honour rationing
people forced to flee, conflict, or persecution
refugees
A tax on business earnings
Corporate tax
an increasing of prices
Inflation
uncivilized people
Barbarians
an investment offered by government to raise money for the war
victory bonds
to send something such as resources to another place
Export
tax on personal earnings
Income tax
The deliberate manipulation of facts to influence public behaviour
Propaganda
A period of rapid economic expansion
economic boom
The flavouring or dislike of something without good reason
pre-justice
in December 1917, a doomed French munition ship
SS Mont Blanc
A major port or business centre on Canada's East Coast
Halifax
The right to participate in the democratic process
suffrage
The province with the lowest enlistment rates during World War II
Quebec
A 1917 law that made military service Compulsory
military service act
groups organized to improve conditions for workers
The labour movement
The coalition of conservatives and liberals that governed Canada between 1917 and 1920
Union government
compulsory military service
conscription
A 1917 law that gave the vote to women related to servicemen
Wartime elections act
A 1917 law that allowed all men and women serving overseas to vote
Military voters act
A person who opposes war for religion or moral reasons
conscientious
The name given to the 1917 federal election
The kahki election
A Quebec nationalist to opposed Canada's involvement in World War I
Henri Boarasa
to give up a position of authority
Abdicate
Russian socialist revolutionaries in the early 20th century
Bolshevicks
Britain's Prime Minister during World War I
David Lloyd George
an international meeting in 1919
The Paris peace conference
an agreement by warring parties to end hostilities
armistice
a 1918 treaty between Russia and Germany
The treaty of Brest-Litovsk
in 1918, the Allie's final offensive against Germany on the Western Front
The Hundred Day Campaign
A word meaning "temporary"
Provisional (government)
the ability to self-govern
autonomy
Germany, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during WW1
The Central Powers
Russias Czar at the start of WW1
nicholas ll
The United States president through WW1
Woodrow Wilson
an article in the treaty of Versailles blaming Germany for starting World War II
war guilt clause
The 1919 treaty ending war between allies and Germany
treaty of Versailles
The portion of Germany west of the Rhine river
Rhineland
A territory reclaimed From Germany by France after World War I
alsace - loraine
civilian ships carrying passengers or cargo
merchant fleet
meaning unity
Solidarity
A former French royal residence outside of pears
versailles
A flu pandemic between 1918 and 1920 that killed millions worldwide(50,000)
Spanish flu
an international organization formed after World War I to maintain world peace
The league of Nations
A person who has served in the military force
veteran
compensation for war damage
War reparations
Meaning, without military, Installations, activities, or personnel
demilitarized