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What was the name of the terrorist group responsible for assassinating the archduke and archduchess of the Austro-Hungarian empire

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Black hand

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What were the nicknames for German soldiers

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Huns

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What were the nicknames for British soldiers

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Tommy

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What were the nicknames for American soldiers

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Doughboys

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What Allied aircraft shot down more enemy aircraft than any other allied plane

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Sopwith Camel

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What was the name of the top German fighter plane

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Fokker

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Who was credited with shooting down the Red Baron

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Captain Roy brown

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How many aircrafts did a pilot have to shoot down in order to be classified as an ace

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At least 5

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What were the name of the two ships involved in the Halifax explosion

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Mont-Blanc and Imo

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What was the cause for the United States joining the war effort

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Germans sinking the Lusitania (British ship) started it

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Who was the prime minister during world war 1

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Sir Robert Borden

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Who was the president of the United States during world war 1

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Woodrow Wilson

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Name the two alliances prior to world war 1 and the three main countries that made up each

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Triple alliance: Germany, Austro-Hungarian empire, Italy

Triple entente- Russia, Great Britain, France

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Approximately how many Canadians were killed during WW1

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66 000

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5 ways women contributed to the war effort

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Volunteered for British Red Cross, sold victory bonds, knitted socks and mittens, enlisted as nurses and served in the hospital, worked in the civil service

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Where was John McCrae born

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Guelph

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Who was the inspiration for John McCraes poem

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Alexis helmer

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18
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When did Germany declare war on France

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August 3rd 1914

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Who was Canada’s greatest ace war pilot. How many enemy aircraft did he shoot down

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Billy bishop, 72

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What fraction of First Nations enlisted by the end of the war

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One in three

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What was the Canadian city Kitchener formally known as prior to the war

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Berlin

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What was the name of the initial German plan prior to world war 1

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Schlieffen plan

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When did the battle of Vimy Ridge take place

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April 9-12 1917

24
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Where is Flanders fields

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Belgium

25
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Where was John McCraes first military experience

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Boer war

26
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How many Canadians died at the battle of Somme

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24 000

27
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How many Canadians eventually served in the war

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600 000

28
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How many Canadian sailors would serve in the war

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9 000

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What was the name of the gun Canadian troops used at the beginning of the war, what was its problem, and what was it replaced by

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Ross riffle, always jammed in mud, leenfield

30
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Who were the big three at the Paris peace conference (treaty of Versailles)

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U.S., France, Great Britain

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What date was known as “The Black Day of the German Army”

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August 8, 1918 when our troops nearly broke through enemy troop

32
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What led to Russia’s withdrawal in the war and when

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Communists revolution in November 1917

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Where was the first major attack involving tanks

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Battle of the Somme

34
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List 4 rules that Germany had to follow for the treaty of Versailles

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Army reduced to 100 000 men, no airforce/submarines, accept the blame, pay reparations

35
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Define shrapnel

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Fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion

36
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Define trench foot

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A painful condition of the foot caused by long immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue

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Define no mans land

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The dangerous area between the trenches in the war

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Define creeping barrage

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A trench-warfare strategy in which heavy gunfire was shot just in front of advancing troops

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Define front

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The most forward line of a combat force

40
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Define dogfight

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A close combat between military combat

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Define reconnaissance

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Military observation of a region to locate an enemy of ascertain strategic features

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Define U-boat

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A submarine of the German navy

43
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Define Parapet

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A protective wall along the top of a trench or other place of concealment for troops

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Who was minister of militia for Canada during world war 1

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Sir Samuel Hughes

45
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What role did Adolf hitler serve for the German army

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Dispatch runner

46
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What was the name of the group that the pilots in fly boys flew for

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Lafayette escadrille

47
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How many people served in the war, how many died

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38 million

17 million

48
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Purposes of the propaganda posters

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Sell victory bonds

Recruit troops

49
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What were the 5 causes of world war 1

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MANIA 
Militarism-belief in power of army
Assassination-on archduke 
Nationalism-deep loyalty to homeland 
Imperialism-competition for colonies 
Alliances-banding of countries
50
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British army formation

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Army
Corps (2 or more)
Devision (3 brigades)
Brigades (4 battalions)
Battalions (4 companies)
Companies (4 platoons) 
Platoons
51
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When did the assassination take place and on who

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Francis Ferdinand on June 1914

52
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Essay-life in the trenches

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Structure of trenches-basic(zigzag pattern,6-7’ feet deep, no mans land)
conditions-horrid(full of water and mud, life,rats etc., trench foot)
duties and lifestyle-the same(front line,support line,reserve line, rest, smells, wounds)

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When was Flanders field written

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May 1915

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When was the battle of Vimy ridge

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April 9-12 1917

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