History WW1 test Flashcards
What were the causes of WW1
Imperialism,Militarism,Nationalism,The Alliance System
Who were the alliances and what were their powers?
The Tripple Alliance (Central Powers),The Tripple Entente (Allied Powers)
Who was in each alliance?
Tripple Alliance-Germany,Austria-Hungary,Italy Tripple Entente-Great Britain,France,Russia
Who assasinated Archiduke Franz-Ferdinand,why,where?
Gavirilo Princip,He was part of a terrorist group called the Black Hand, When he was visiting Serbia
Who was Archiduke Franz-Ferdidnand?
The heir to the Austro-Hungaryian Throne
Who were the Black Hand?
-A secret Sebian society/terrorist group
-Gavrilo Princip
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm,What rolde did he play in what happend next?
Why did Canada enter the war when Great Britain did?
Canada was not it’s own country yet and was still part of great Britain(it was respect and said they went hand in hand)
What was the Schlieffen Plan?How did it fail?
A trench warfare strategy,troops could not move quick enough
What were the conditians in the trenches?
Muddy,disease infested,rats,dead bodies decomposing everywhere,loud 24/7,wet,Trenc foot,lice,no-mans land,dugouts,saps,shellshock,duckboards,over the top
What were the major battles?
Vimy ridge,Ypres,Somme,Passchendaele
Who was Sam Hughes,Why was he important?
-General/minister of milititia
-Made all the Canadians use the roos rifle(caused many deaths)
Why was each major battle important?
Vimy Ridge-canadians captured the ridge when no one else could making them gain an identity
Ypres-first time poison gas was used(mustard gas and chlorine gas),seen as very barbaric,needed gas masks,really first battle canada was involved in
Somme-first time tanks were used(invented by the british,new kind of warfare
Passchendaele-muddiest battle,ross riffles would get jammed easily,caused many casualties
Who were the leaders of the main countries during war?
Canada-
France-
Germany-
Great Britain-
Russia-
Austria-Hungary-
United States-
Who were the Air-Aces?
Who was Billy Bishop?
What was the Red Baron?
What were airplanes mostly used for?
Spying,dropping bombs was not common,instead using guns to shoot was more likely,Using planes to map out trenches and bases
What was the Lusitania,why was it important?
What were U-boats?
What was a Jutland?
What were dreadnoughts?
What were convoy systems?
What were some of the new weapons and technologies of WW1?
Tanks,poison gas,machine guns,new fighting styles
