Questions and CORRECT Answers
MAIN Causes: M - CORRECT ANSWER - Militarism
MAIN Causes: A - CORRECT ANSWER - Alliance
MAIN Causes: I - CORRECT ANSWER - Imperialism
MAIN Causes: N - CORRECT ANSWER - Nationalism
Militarism - CORRECT ANSWER - European powers wanted to create the biggest and
strongest army
Alliances - CORRECT ANSWER - Starting from the 1870s European countries started to
create alliances with each other
Imperialism - CORRECT ANSWER - European countries decided to go the foreign
countries and colonize there as an act to flex their power
Nationalism - CORRECT ANSWER - To flex their powers even further they used
propaganda to create patriotism
Why did Canada Join - CORRECT ANSWER - Because Britain joined Canada had to join
too
Trench warfare - CORRECT ANSWER - a type of combat in which opposing troops fight
from trenches facing each other.
, Ypres - CORRECT ANSWER - April 1915 first use of poison gas
Vimy Ridge - CORRECT ANSWER - April 1917 first major battle Canada won solo
Passchendaele - CORRECT ANSWER - October 1917 One of Canada's biggest lose
machine gun were - CORRECT ANSWER - the reason why trench warfare was a thing
tank - CORRECT ANSWER - broke the use of trench warfare and helped increase
mobility in the west.
gas - CORRECT ANSWER - tear, mustard and chlorine gas was a lethal agent that killed a
lot of people
planes - CORRECT ANSWER - The aircraft played a pivotal role for all sides of World
War 1 when the conflict began in 1914. Early forms were typically unarmed and used in the
reconnaissance role until personal weapons were added.
radio - CORRECT ANSWER - Radios were used to contact soldiers from short range
Convoy System - CORRECT ANSWER - The convoy system, a group of ships sailing
together for protection, was designed to help protect cargo in passenger ships during the First and
Second World War
Recruitment - CORRECT ANSWER - They used propaganda to make people want to join
the army
conscription - CORRECT ANSWER - Was when they forced people to fight for their
country