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CANADA AND WORLD WAR I – Chapter 2 questions
1.
What 3 “isms” contributed to tension and an escalation to the Great War? (26 – 28)
2.
What event was “triggered a chain reaction”, culminating in the start of World War I?
(29)
2.
Fill in the flow chart below according to what your textbook says about the alliances that
were formed during this time in history. (28)
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Allies
Allies
Neutral Countries
3.
Why were many Canadians “eager” to support Great Britain and be involved in the Great
War? (32)
4.
What was the Canadian Expeditionary Force? What was Camp Valcartier? (33)
5.
Describe Sam Hughes’ contributions as Minister of Militia. (34)
5.
List some of the powers that the War Measures Act gave the Canadian government.
(34)
6.
What was the goal of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan? (35)
7.
Use figure 2-8 on page 36 to describe what life would have been like for a soldier in a
trench.
8.
9.
What is a war of attrition? (36)
Briefly describe these 4 battles including the role that Canadian soldiers played.
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Ypres (37)
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Somme (38)
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Vimy Ridge (38)
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Passchendaele (39)
10.
What was the role of the women working for the Royal Canadian Army Medical
Corps? (39)
11.
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Describe the accomplishments of … (42)
Billy Bishop

Roy Brown
12.
What was the role of Canada’s “merchant marine”? (44)
13.
How did the convoy system protect ships from German u-boats? (44)
14.
What temporary measures did the government introduce to help pay for war? (45)
15.
What is propaganda? (46)
16.
Define the term “suffrage”. (47)
17.
What disaster befell Halifax on December 6, 1917? (47)
18.
What is conscription? What act did Prime Minister Borden pass to introduce
conscription? (49)
19.
Why were recruits lower from Quebec than from other provinces? (49)
20.
Why did Borden pass the Military Voters Act and the Wartime Elections Act? (50)
21.
Describe the political change in Russia in 1917. (52)
22.
What was the Hundred Days Campaign? (52)
23.
What was Canada’s role at the Paris Peace Conference? (53)
22.
Outline the ways that Germany was allotted blame for WWI. (54)