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1
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What is the goal of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)?

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to regulate content in Canadian broadcast media

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Which ethnic group was charged a special head tax when arriving in Canada

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Chinese

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What was Prime Minister Borden’s goal for Canada at the Paris Peace Conference?

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to achieve international recognition

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What headline is associated with conscription in World War One?

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“French and English Canadians divided”

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Julian Byng

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Planned the attack, with Canadian troops were chosen to lead a new assault on Vimy Ridge. a popular British officer (later appointed a governor general of Canada after vimy ridge.

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Vimy Ridge

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marked the first time that Canadian divisions attacked

together. Their success gave them a sense of national pride and the reputation of being an elite fighting force

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Passchendaele

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Third battle of Ypres the “victory” resulted in more than

200 000 casualties on each side, including more than 15 000 Canadians

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Arthur Currie

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The replacement for Byng after he was promoted.

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John Mcrae

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was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium

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Women on the Western Front

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More than 2800 women served during the First World War. part of Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and worked on hospital ships,
in overseas hospitals, and in field ambulance units on the battlefields

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Blue birds

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a group of twenty Australian civilian nurses and a masseuse who volunteered for service in France during World War I. Recruited through the Australian Red Cross Society

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Canadian Army Medical Corps

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established in 1899,

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Air Aces

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When a pilot could prove that he had shot down five enemy aircraft, he became an ace.s. Among them were Billy Bishop, Ray Collishaw, Billy Barker, William May, and Roy Brown

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Royal Flying Corps

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air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War

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Billy Bishop ,

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Bishop was the first Canadian pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prestigious medal for bravery Second most amount of kills 72

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Ray Collishaw,

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Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

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Billy Barker

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Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

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William May

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Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

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Roy Brown

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Air Ace in the Royal Flying Corps

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Merchant marines

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civilian ships and sailors
that transported food, weapons, and
munitions

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Victory Bonds

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bonds issued by the
Canadian government to support the war
effort

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Income Tax

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a tax on personal income

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honour rationing

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a civilian effort to consume
less and conserve supplies on the
home front

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Women’s suffrage

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Women keeping Jobs even after the war ended

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propaganda

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information, usually
produced by governments, presented
in such a way as to inspire and spread
particular beliefs or opinions

26
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Nellie McLung

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a well-known suffragist who,

together with other women, campaigned for women’s rights . a Canadian feminist, politician, author, and social activist

27
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Mont Blanc

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The Cause of the Halifax Explosion. French vessel carrying more than 2500 tonnes of explosives, was
accidentally hit by another ship. The collision caused an explosion so powerful that it devastated Halifax’s harbour
and levelled much of the city

28
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Halifax Disaster

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An explosion so powerful that it devastated Halifax’s harbour and leveled much of the city, 2000 people were killed, another 9000 were injured

29
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Conscription Crisis of 1917

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war began, Prime Minister Borden promised there would be no conscription, With so many people injured and dead, introduced Military Service Act, which made enlistment compulsory

30
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Conscription

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forced enlistment in the

armed forces of all fit men of certain ages

31
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conscientious objector

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a person who
opposes war for religious or moral
reasons

32
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Henri Bourassa

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a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government’s request for Canada to send a militia to fight for Britain in the Second Boer War

33
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Robert Borden

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PM from 1911 to 1920 Promised there would be no conscription , then enlisted the Military service act which made enlistment compulsory. Conscription turned out to be a very controversial and emotional issue that divided the country and left
lasting scars

34
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Military Voters Act

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an Act that allowed

men and women serving overseas to vote

35
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Wartime Elections Act

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an Act that gave
the vote to Canadian women related to
servicemen, but cancelled the vote for
conscientious objectors and immigrants
from enemy countries
36
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Wilfrid Laurier

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PM from 1896 to 1911, opposed conscription during the
First World War, supported the construction of a
second transcontinental railway
in 1903, Pm during the Klondike gold rush begins

37
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Union Government

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the coalition government
formed by Conservatives and some
Liberals and independents that governed
Canada from 1917 to 1920

38
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Armistice

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truce to end the war,the Western Front

was finally signed in a railway car in France at 5:00 a.m. on November 11, Nov. 11th, 1918

39
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Paris Peace Conference

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a meeting in
Paris in 1919 to discuss the terms of a
peace agreement after the First World War

40
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Treaty of Versailles o

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one of the treaties that
ended the First World War; it imposed
strict sanctions on Germany

41
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League of Nations

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1919, included in The Treaty of Versailles, The League was Woodrow Wilson’s brainchild—as the idea of international
cooperation was one of the most important elements of his 14-point plan
for lasting peace

42
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Collective security

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is one type of coalition building strategy in which a group of nations agree not to attack each other and to defend each other against an attack from one of the others, if such an attack is made

43
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Triple Alliance/Central Powers

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the alliance of Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to the First
World War

44
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Triple Entente/Allies

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the alliance of France,
Britain, and Russia prior to the First World
War

45
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British declaration of war

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August 4th. After Germany invades Belgium and Luxembourg to attack France.This made Canada join too cause they were part of Britian

46
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Aboriginal enlistment

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Thousands of Aboriginals enlisted. There were great warriors with their steady hands and years of battle and hunting

47
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Tom Longboat

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A boston Marthon winner. Also an aboriginal that enlisted in the War

48
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Canadian Expeditionary Force

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arrived in France in February 1915. These forces soon became involved in combat
along the Western Front, including decisive battles in France and Belgium at
Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendaele.

49
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Sam Hughes

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in charge of Canada’s armament industry. He created

the Shell Committee to oversee the manufacture of artillery shells.

50
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Shell Committee

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They oversee the manufacture of artillery shells

51
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Ross rifle

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A rifle that jammed in the 1st ww

52
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Internment camps

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a government-run camp

where people who are considered a threat are detained

53
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War Measures Act

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an Act that gives the
federal government emergency powers
during wartime, including the right to
detain people without laying charges

54
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Machine guns

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usually positioned on a flat tripod, would require a gun crew of four to six operators 400-600 bullets

55
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artillery

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large guns used to fire shells

56
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Gas warfare

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On April 22, 1915, French and Canadian
troops were blinded, burned, or killed when the
Germans used chlorine gas,

57
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U-boats

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a German submarine. The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular feature of both World Wars I and I

58
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Second Battle of Ypres

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First battle that German used Gas as a weapon, Very Bloody

59
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First Battle of the Somme

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July 1916, the Allies launched a massive attack against a line of German
trenches near the Somme River in France. Battle lasted for Five months. Almost 1.25 million deaths. s, Canadian troops distinguished themselves
during the Battle of the Somme

60
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. almost 24 000 Canadian of them died in the battle of Somme

61
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Douglas Haig

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Field Marshall Douglas Haig is most associated with the Battle of the Somme in World War One. Douglas Haig was Britain’s commander-in-chief during the Somme battle and took much criticism for the sheer loss of life in this battle.

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