war at sea

Question 1

what is the naval service act (1910)?

Answer 1

authorized the building of Canadian warships by Laurier

Question 2

what are U-boats

Answer 2

Boat created by Germany that could travel underwater without being detected and could sink any ship within Britains war zone - Allies created a listening device to detect U-boats

Question 3

What are merchant marines?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

what does convoy mean?

Answer 4

a group of ships that travel together and are protected by an armed force

Question 5

what is Lusitania?

Answer 5

a ship consisting of a total of 1200 Americans and Canadians, sunk by a German U-boat

Question 6

what was Canadas contribution to the war and why?

Answer 6

merchant marines - felt they owed Britain their allegiance