Important WW1 Terms

Question 1

Who was Marie Curie?

Answer 1

She created portable x-ray

Question 2

What is militarism

Answer 2

Developing and maintaining a strong military and being ready to use it

Question 3

Who was Jeremiah Jones?

Answer 3

Black Canadian soldier

Question 4

What is war profiteering?

Answer 4

Derives unreasonable profit from warfare

Question 5

What was the War Measures Act?

Answer 5

Federal law that allowed the government to make laws without going through parliament in the interest of national security

Question 6

What were enemy aliens?

Answer 6

Citizens of states at war with the British Empire who were living in Canada

Question 7

What were internment camps?

Answer 7

Housed enemy aliens

Question 8

What was no man’s land?

Answer 8

The land separating German and allied trenches

Question 9

What was the Western Front?

Answer 9

The place where German and French armies met and where the war was decided

Question 10

What was war of attrition?

Answer 10

Both sides attempting to wear down enemies to defeat by continuous attack

Question 11

What is a convoy?

Answer 11

A group of merchant ships/trucks for protection

Question 12

What were victory bonds?

Answer 12

A loan to the government redeemable with interest after a certain number of years

Question 13

What was honour rationing?

Answer 13

Asking the public to reduce consumption of scarce resources

Question 14

What was propaganda?

Answer 14

Government designed media used to influence

Question 15

What is conscription?

Answer 15

Forcing men to enlist

Question 16

What was the khaki election?

Answer 16

1917 Canadian Federal election to elect members of house of commons

Question 17

What was the hundred days campaign?

Answer 17

Series of large Allied offenses ending WW1

Question 18

What was the person’s case?

Answer 18

Ruling that allowed women to be eligible in Canadian senate

Question 19

Who were the famous five?

Answer 19

Five female activists who were the main petitioners in the person’s case

Question 20

Who was sir Arthur Currie?

Answer 20

Senior Canadian officer who served in WW1

Question 21

Who was Emily Howard Stowe?

Answer 21

First female physician to practice in canada

Question 22

Who was Charlie Chaplin?

Answer 22

Famous actor who distracted people from the war

Question 23

What was the Spanish flu?

Answer 23

Pandemic infecting and killing many worldwide

Question 24

What was shell shock?

Answer 24

A form of PTSD from trauma in qar specifically

Question 25

What was chlorine/mustard gas?

Answer 25

Lethal chemicals used in WW1

Question 26

What were fighter planes?

Answer 26

Planes designed to destroy enemy planes in combat

Question 27

What were tanks?

Answer 27

Armored fighting vehicle which were the primary offensive weapon in the front line

Question 28

What were flamethrowers?

Answer 28

They were designed to project controllable jet of fire and were only used by Germans in 1914

Question 29

Who was Francis Pegahmagabow?

Answer 29

Ojibwe soldier, activist, politician, Canada’s most honoured indigenous soldier

Question 30

Who was sir Sam Hughes?

Answer 30

Canada’s minister of militia and defence during WW1

Question 31

Who was the red baron?

Answer 31

German fighter pilot who was the Ace of aces in the war

Question 32

Who was Billy bishop?

Answer 32

Flying Ace of WW1, Canadian aviator and author