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Define AWOL |
Absence Without Leave |
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Define MIA |
Missing In Action |
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Define POW |
Prisoner Of War |
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Define DWM |
Dead, wounded or missing |
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Name: A ship carrying munitions involved in the Halifax Explosion |
Mont Blanc |
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Name: A Belgian relief ship involved in the Halifax Explosion |
IMO |
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Define: Volunteers |
Men who signed up for war of their own free will |
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Define: MASH |
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
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Define: Armistice |
Cease fire |
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Define: Conscription |
To be registered to go to war against your own free will |
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Name 2 types of poison gas |
1. Chlorine Gas 2. Mustard Gas |
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What was the land in between the trenches referred to as? |
No man's land |
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What constitutes as a "casualty"? |
Wounded or killed in battle |
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Define: Cartwheel crucifixion |
Punishment; tied to wheel of a canon and abandoned for a number of days |
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Name the day set aside to remember and recognize all of Canada's soldiers who have fought in war. |
Nov. 11th, Remembrance Day |
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Define: Arsenal |
Storage of weapons |
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What was the goal of the League Of Nations? |
To be a "world police force". Created after WW1 to prevent future wars. Unsuccessful. |
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Explain when WW1 was triggered and what triggered it. |
When: June 28th, 1914 (war actually began on July 1st) What: Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assasination |
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How many nations were involved in WW1? |
32 |
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Name the 4 central combatting powers in WW1. |
1. Germany 2. Austria-Hungary 3. Turkey 4. Bulgaria |
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Name the 3 countries in the Triple Entente. |
France, Russia, Britain |
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Name the 3 countries in the Triple Alliance. |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
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Name 4 ways that WW1 helped Canada's economy flourish. |
1. Railroad construction 2. Increased jobs/industrialism 3. Busier seaports 4. Production of war materials Canada transitioned from agricultural country to industrial country. |
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Name 6 ways that Canada helped overseas providing war materials and soldiers. |
1. Canadian Railway Corp helped build railways in Europe 2. Canadian Forestry Corp supplied 75% of all timbers 3. Canadian Army Med Corp supplied 100s of docs, nurses, medics, MASH's 4. Atlantic Coastal Patrol sent 5000 men to protect British Tradelines 5. Canadian Royal Flying Corp trained allied pilots, supplied 1/3 of all pilots 6. Canadian Army Corp 628 000 volunteered, 424 000 served overseas, 60 000 never returned. |
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What is clemency? |
Pardon or forgiveness |
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How many casualties were taken at the capture of Pashendale? |
240 000 |
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How many casualties were taken at the capture of Regina Ridge? |
24 000 |
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How many tons of shells does the Belgian bomb squad find every year? |
150 tons |
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What happened to Captain Papineau? |
Died at Pashendale |
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What happened if you fell off the duck boards at Pashendale? |
Drown in the mud |
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Define: Green Troops |
New troops. Never been on the battlefield before |
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What is the highest award for valor? |
The Victoria Cross |
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Name the 4 Empires that were involved and dissolved in WW1. |
1. Ottoman Empire: New: Turkey 2. Russian Empire: New countries: Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania. 3. British Empire: New: Ireland 4. Austria Hungarian Empire: New: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia. |
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List the countries and empires that were part of Europe in 1914 that no longer existed in 1919 (after the war). There are 5. |
1. Austria-Hungary 2. Russian Empire 3. Ottoman Empire 4. Serbia 5. Montenegro |
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On what day and time did the Halifax Explosion occur? |
Dec. 6th, 1917, 9am |
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When was the armistice signed? |
Nov 11, 1918 |
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Who instated the "Fourteen Points" for world peace? |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Explain why the League Of Nations failed. |
- USA did not join -Russia was not invited because it was communist -No military force (no power) |
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What was the function of the Imperial War Cabinet? |
Deciding body @ the peace conference |
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Explain "total war" |
Everyone is involved. Most major power countries involved their civilians, their militia, whoever they could recruit. |
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What were some negative effects of total war? |
Poverty, recession, i bet theres more but I really cant remember. am I the only one reading these? i am getting lonely |
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How did WW1 effect the demographic of the population? |
Lesbians ( |
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How did WW1 impact the role of women in Canada? |
They had to take the mens jobs |
