Definitions self-governing dominion Victoria Day alliances arms race battalion divisions brigades home front conscientious objectors rationed propaganda profiteering enemy alien conscription armistice AHoliday celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday BCompetition between countries to see which can build up the biggest store of weapons CBiased information created by an organization to convince people to think in a certain way D When a person is forced to enlist whether they are willing or not. EA kind of truce.

The First World War 1. What was the trigger that caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia in 1914? –The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne) and his wife by Gavrilo Princip of the Serbian Black Hand

The First World War 2. Why did Canada and Newfoundland join the First World War? - they were part of the British Empire

The First World War 3. Name 3 of the major battles of the First World War that Canadians were involved in. -Second battle of Ypres -Battle of the Somme -Battle of Vimy Ridge -Also: 3 rd battle of Ypres, Cambrai

The First World War 4. What three countries were part of the Triple Entente? - Great Britain - France - Russia

The First World War 5. What three countries were part of the Triple Alliance? - Germany - Austria-Hungary - Italy (but they later left this alliance)

The First World War 6. Name the four main fronts of the war. - Western - Eastern - Italian - Balkan

On the Home Front 1.Conscientious objectors were young men who did not volunteer to fight because of religious or personal reasons. True False

On the Home Front 2. Women in Canada often replaced men, who had gone to war, in offices, banks, and factories. True False

On the Home Front… 3. Food rationing during the war meant that you could buy as much gasoline or sugar as you wanted. True False

On the Home Front 4. The Canadian government went into debt because of the costs of keeping the military supplied. Taxes on luxury goods and income tax were introduced during this time. True False

On the Home Front 5. Although conscription was introduced in other places, Canada and Newfoundland had plenty of volunteers to be soldiers. True False

BONUS What day, month, year and time was the armistice reached after WWI? 11 November am