Terms

Question 0

victory bonds

Answer 0

a government bond during the war, people gave money to the government for the war effort then after the war was done they would get their money back with interest

Question 1

Attrition

Answer 1

a wearing down or weakness of resistance, decrease in numbers, size or strength
Ex. The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition

Question 2

reparations

Answer 2

compensations in money, labour, material etc, payable from the defeated country to another country for the losses suffered during the war

Question 3

reconnaissance

Answer 3

gathering info in enemy territory

Question 4

trench warfare

Answer 4

a type of warfare where soldiers fight in the trenches

Question 5

rolling barrage

Answer 5

battlefield tactic where the artillery kept firing as the soldiers advanced

Question 6

neutrality

Answer 6

state of being impartial, not siding with either group

Question 7

flying coffins

Answer 7

another name for an airplane because it had an extremely high mortality rate

Question 8

Valcartier

Answer 8

Canadian Military Training Base WW1 in Quebec

Question 9

armistice

Answer 9

a formal agreement of parties to stop fighting

Question 10

naval blockade

Answer 10

an effort to cut off food, supplies, or war material coming by ships

Question 11

shell shock

Answer 11

a psychological condition of some soldiers. a reaction the trauma of the battles

Question 12

u-boats

Answer 12

the submarines operated by Germany in WW1

Question 13

chlorine gas

Answer 13

a poisonous gas used by the Germans in WW1

Question 14

stalemate

Answer 14

a situation in which no progress can be made

Question 15

unrestricted submarine warfare

Answer 15

a type of warfare where submarines can sink any boat they see

Question 16

internment camps

Answer 16

where people were imprisoned without a trial. Commonly enemy aliens or prisoners of war

Question 17

War Guilt Clause

Answer 17

Act of the Treaty of Versailles where Germany had to accept full responsibility for starting the war.

Question 18

No Man’s Land

Answer 18

an unoccupied area between the front line of opposing armies

Question 19

trench foot

Answer 19

a medical condition caused by long exposure of the feet to damp unsanitary conditions

Question 20

creeping barrage

Answer 20

same as rolling barrage

Question 21

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 21

the meeting of the allied victors after WW1 to set the terms of peace for the Central Powers (losers)

Question 22

dogfights

Answer 22

fight between planes in WW1 where the planes would try to get behind the other to shoot them down.