Test March 21/24 Flashcards

1
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What are the three levels of trenches

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Front Line
Support
Reserve

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2
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What is trench foot

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Standing in water all day would cause feet to grow wrinkly they would have to get amputated

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3
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2 pests during trench’s

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Rats and lice

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4
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3 weapons advantage and disadvantage

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Artillery - lot of damage and heavy to move
Chlorine gas- deadly and depends on wind
Submarine- destroys supply ship and drowning

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5
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What happened to enemy aliens

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Germans etc
Sent to international camps

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6
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Prejudice/racism in the army

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It was essentially a white men war so only some skins were allowed to join and even then most weretnt allowed on battlefield

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7
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Conscription and the election of 1917

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Voluntary recruitments were failing, and the idea of conscription divided Canada

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8
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Vote 1917

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Borden one vote and wanted conscription but still people didn’t want to go

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9
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Define Conscription

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Compulsory enlistment to the armed forces

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10
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Define military wars act

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Gives a vote to all military personnel, including Women

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11
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Define propaganda 

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Information, especially if a biased or misleading nature to promote a cause 

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12
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Define systematic racism 

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Oppression of a group to the advantage of someone else 

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13
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Define rationing 

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Only if fixed amount of something commonly to a person or family

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14
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Define IMB

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Imperial munitions board 

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15
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Define war bond

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 an investment from the people to the government to support the war

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16
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Who was in charge of war production?

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Imperial munitions board

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17
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What did Canada do to support the war?

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Sent food and supplies to Allied nations

18
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What happened with the propaganda of the war?

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Posters were put up to get people to join the army and they were guilt trip

19
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What were women’s roles during the war?

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They filled in the spots of men in factories, and helped in hospitals, officers, or Air Force

20
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What was the point of rationing and farming

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Farming was taken care of by high school students and women to keep up agriculture demand for the country, and the war families were told to ration to help the war

21
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What happened with the Halifax explosion?

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Two ships collided, one passenger one explosive and blew up the harbour 

22
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What was the idea of starved into submission?

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Germ tactic to defeat the British

23
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 what was the steps of starved into submission from German to Britain

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1. Cut supply lines including ships with passengers
2. Became dangerous for passengers to cross.
3. Germany would not give in to Britain’s threat, so Britain cut off me and dairy for Germany
4. Germany ended up, giving in because of decreased moral 

24
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Define revolution

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A forcible overthrow of a government in favour of the new system 

25
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What happened in the Russian revolution?

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1.Russian citizens were upset with their government, so tsar Nicholas and Catherine 
2. revolutionaries over through the monarchy.
3. Vladimir Ladin made communist government 

26
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What happened after the Russian revolution?

A

 Russia wanted out of the war Germany would have to focus on one front

27
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Of America entering the war

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 Germany sunk American passenger ship in the US called off relations with Germany and Germany, asked Mexico to join them, and the US declared war, Germany 

28
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Germany last push

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Germany tried to win the war before the Americans arrived in a series of tax on the western front, pushed to allies back and Germany suffered many casualties 

29
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Triple entente last push

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 Massive offensive spearhead by Canadians and conscription, and Americans became part of the army 

30
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Amiens

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Canada’s secretly sneaked around trying not to start a Germans. They pretended to leave and circled back onto Germans attacked Germany admitted defeat.

31
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Define armistice

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A mutual agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting

32
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Canal du nords

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Canadians were ordered to capture the canal held by British. They first captured Berlin Woods, which breached Hindenburg line. Germans retreated.

33
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Cambrai

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Unfinished rail hub. Germans were under prepared which was a fastd victory for Canadians

34
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Mons

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Belgium town occupied by Germans at 11 AM. There was an armistice but they kept shooting

35
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Who ran away from Germany

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Kaiser Wilhem the second was emporar and eventually ran from Germany to the Netherlands

36
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What was the treaty of Versailles?

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A treaty made between all major players of the war, where the league of nations was made to ensure peace

37
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What was Canada’s major achievement in the treaty of Versailles?

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Canada got two seats but no votes however they signed as a separate country

38
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Who were the three major/4 decision-makers

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Britain, France, US and Italy

39
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What happened to the central powers in Germany in the treaty of Versailles

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Germany wasn’t invited to the treaty and lost colonies . However, they did have to declare that they were responsible for the war, and had to pay for all damages, the central powers restrictive land, and had no choice, but to sign. 

40
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How many new countries are created with a league of nations?

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9