Grade 10 History – World War 1 Jeopardy

Alliances Causes Canadian Battles

Treaty of Versailles

Events in Canada

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These three countries made up the Triple Alliance

What are Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy?

This country was allied with Russia. A terrorist

organization called the Black Hand based in this

country fired the first shot that started WWI.

What is Serbia?

These three countries made up the Triple Entente.

What are France, Great Britain and Russia?

Due to this status within the British Empire, Canada was automatically at war when

Great Britain declared war on Germany.

What is a Dominion?

Germany made an ally with this empire to keep it from

joining an alliance with Russia. At the end of WWI, the empire was disbanded. Part of the area is now the

country of Turkey

Who is the Ottoman Empire?

Building of bigger armies and navies

What is Militarism?

Support from friends.

What is an Alliance?

A policy of extending your political rule over another

country to make it a colony.

What is Imperialism?

A feeling of great pride in one’s own country.

What is Nationalism?

The Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand shot him to

start WWI

Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

This was Canada’s first major WWI battle. The Germans

attacked using chlorine gas.Breathing through

handkerchiefs soaked in their own urine to offset the gas

effects, the Canadians defeated the Germans

What is the Second Battle of Ypres?

This 1917 battle is called “The Birth of a Nation.”

Canadians captured their target in four days.

What is Vimy Ridge?

In this battle, No Man’s Land had many water-filled holes.

Many soldiers drowned in the water-filled holes. Many

historians considered this battle a waste of lives.

What is Passchendaele?

The was the opening fight at the Battle of the Somme. Newfoundland was not part of Canada at this time. Newfoundlanders fought as British

citizens. Ordered to charge at machine guns, 725 of 800

Newfoundlanders were killed or wounded during the first hours of

this fight.

What is Beaumont Hamel?

In 1918, Canadians troops led by General Arthur Currie smashed through the German defences in

this LONG battle. Nearly one-quarter of the German army

surrendered and the remaining German soldiers retreated to

Germany.

What is the Hundred Days?

11:00 a.m. on

11 November 1918

What is time and date that fighting in WWI stopped?

Germany had to sign this clause accepting full

responsibility for WWI

What is the War Guilt Clause?

67,000 soldiers.

What is the number of Canadians killed in WWI?

100,000

What is the number of soldiers Germany was

allowed to have in its army?

$30 billion

What is the amount of money Germany had to pay in war

damages?

Canadian Prime Minister Borden introduced this to get

more soldiers for the Canadian army

What is Conscription?

Canadian Prime Minister Border introduced this bill

during the Conscription Crisis that gave the wives of

soldiers the right to vote in federal elections.

What is the Wartime Elections Act?

The name given to people from Germany and

Austria-Hungary who were jailed in internment camps

during WWI.

What is Enemy Alien?

This act, used in a state of emergency, gave strong

powers to the Government of Canada and limited the freedoms of Canadians

What is the War Measures Act?

Posters were used in this fashion to encourage

Canadians to support the war effort.

What is Propaganda?