1. WORLD WAR I Pre-Quiz

2. 1. ANOTHER NAME FOR WWI?

3. 2. WHAT YEAR DID WWI BEGIN?

4. 3. WHAT YEAR DID IT END?

5. 4. WHAT WAS THE TREATY THAT ENDED WWI?

6. 5. NAME CANADA’S MOST IMPORTANT AND BEST KNOWN BATTLE?

7. 6. HOW MANY CANADIANS DIED DURING WWI?

8. 7. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LEAGUE THAT CANADA JOINED AFTER WWI?

9. 8. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF AN IMPORTANT NFLD BATTLE DURING WWI?

10. 9. WHO DID CANADA DECLARE WAR ON DURING WWI?

11. 10. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF CANADA’S TOP MILITARY GENERAL DURING WWI?

12. 11. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS CANADIAN RIFLE DURING WWI?

13. 12. WHICH FRONT DID CANADIANS FIGHT ON DURING THIS WAR?

14. 13. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A NOVA SCOTIAN BATTALION DURING THIS WAR?

15. 14. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A BLACK NOVA SCOTIAN BATALLION?

16. 15. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ALLIANCE THAT CANADA JOIN DURING THE WAR?

17. 16. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF OTHER ALLIANCE? CANADA’S ENEMY

18. 17. NAME OF CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER DURING WWI?

19. 18. IN 1917, WOMEN GAINED THE RIGHT TO ___?

20. 19. THIS OCCURRED IN HALIFAX IN 1917.

21. 20. TYPE OF WARFARE SHOWN HERE:

22. 21. MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD GIVEN BY BRITAIN TO ITS HEROES.

23. 22. AT THE BATTLE OF YPRES, THIS WAS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

24. 23. THE ASSASSINATION OF _____ WAS A CAUSE OF THE WAR.

25. 24. THIS MEANS THAT ABLE-BODIED MEN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES.

26. 25. THE GERMANS USED GAS-FILLED BALLOONS CALLED?

27. 26. A GROUP OF CANADIAN PILOTS CALLED ____ PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GAINING THE SKY.

28. 27. AN ___ WAS A FIGHTER WHO SHOT DOWN AT LEAST 5 ENEMY PLANES.

29. 28. SUPPLY SHIPS WERE ESCORTED BY ____SHIPS (DESTROYERS) TO HELP GET SUPPLIES TO BRITAIN.

30. 29. THE WAR WAS COSTING CANADA $1 MILLION A DAY. WORKERS HELPED PAY THE EXPENSE BY PURCHASING THESE.

31. 30. THE ________ WAS GERMANY’S MOST DEADLY WEAPON ON THE SEAS.

32. ANSWER KEY

33. 1. ANOTHER NAME FOR WWI?  Great War  War to End all Wars

34. 2. WHAT YEAR DID WWI BEGIN  1914

35. 3. WHAT YEAR DID IT END?  1919

36. 4. WHAT WAS THE TREATY THAT ENDED WWI?  Versailles

37. 5. NAME CANADA’S MOST IMPORTANT AND BEST KNOWN BATTLE?  Vimy Ridge

38. 6. HOW MANY CANADIANS DIED DURING WWI?  64,944

39. 7. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LEAGUE THAT CANADA JOINED AFTER WWI?  League of Nations

40. 8. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF AN IMPORTANT NFLD BATTLE DURING WWI?  Battle of Somme

41. 9. WHO DID CANADA DECLARE WAR ON DURING WWI?  Germany and later Italy

42. 10. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF CANADA’S TOP MILITARY GENERAL DURING WWI?  Arthur Currie

43. 11. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS CANADIAN RIFLE DURING WWI?  Ross Rifle

44. 12. WHICH FRONT DID CANADIANS FIGHT ON DURING THIS WAR?  Western Front

45. 13. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A NOVA SCOTIAN BATTALION DURING THIS WAR?  NS Highlanders

46. 14. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A BLACK NOVA SCOTIAN BATALLION?  No. 2 Construction Battalion

47. 15. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ALLIANCE THAT CANADA JOIN DURING THE WAR?  Triple Entente  Allies

48. 16. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF OTHER ALLIANCE? CANADA’S ENEMY  Triple Alliance  Central Powers

49. 17. NAME OF CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER DURING WWI?  Sir Robert Borden

50. 18. IN 1917, WOMEN GAINED THE RIGHT TO ___?  Vote

51. 19. THIS OCCURRED IN HALIFAX IN 1917.  Halifax Explosion

52. 20. TYPE OF WARFARE SHOWN HERE:  Trench Warfare

53. 21. MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD GIVEN BY BRITAIN TO ITS HEROES.  Victoria Cross

54. 22. AT THE BATTLE OF YPRES, THIS WAS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME.  Poison Gas

55. 23. THE ASSASSINATION OF _____ WAS A CAUSE OF THE WAR.  Archduke Ferdinand

56. 24. THIS MEANS THAT ABLE-BODIED MEN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES.  Consription

57. 25. THE GERMANS USED GAS-FILLED BALLOONS CALLED?  Zepplin Dirigibles or airships

58. 26. A GROUP OF CANADIAN PILOTS CALLED ____ PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GAINING THE SKY.  Black Flight

59. 27. AN ___ WAS A FIGHTER WHO SHOT DOWN AT LEAST 5 ENEMY PLANES.  Ace

60. 28. SUPPLY SHIPS WERE ESCORTED BY ____SHIPS (DESTROYERS) TO HELP GET SUPPLIES TO BRITAIN.  Convoys

61. 29. THE WAR WAS COSTING CANADA $1 MILLION A DAY. WORKERS HELPED PAY THE EXPENSE BY PURCHASING THESE.  Victory Bonds

62. 30. THE ________ WAS GERMANY’S MOST DEADLY WEAPON ON THE SEAS.  Submarine or U-boat