CHC-2D EXAM REVIEW questions with correct answers

Schlieffen plan - Answer The Schlieffen plan was the German plan on the attack of France. They planned to move through Belgium and attack the French defense from behind. Both sides became bagged down in the trenches where the war was fought for the next four years. propaganda - Answer an organized program that spreads certain opinions or beliefs. Much of this propaganda was highly effective. For example, posters encouraging able-boided men to enlist ocontributed to the fact that eighty percent of the Canadians who served in WW1 were volunteers War Measures Act - Answer A law passed in 1914 giving the federal government sweeping emergency powers in the times of war. EX invasion, rebellion; the act severely limits the freedoms of Canadians. War of attrition - Answer The deadlock at the western front turned WW1 into a war of attrition. a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions. Triple Entente - Answer France, Britain, Russia Triple Alliance - Answer Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy Treaty of Versailles - Answer June 28th 1919- an agreement that ended the state of war between Germany and allied powers singed at the Paris peace conference. Battle of Ypres - Answer October 19th to November 22nd 1914. Canada's first battle in WW1, first use of chlorine gas in history.