WW1

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand


  The heir of Austria-Hungary. Was assassinated by Serbian organization Black Hand. Was the trigger of World War 1.
• Gavrilo Princip


  The assassin that was sent by the Black Hand to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
• Black Hand


  The Serbian organization that planned the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
• Powder keg of Europe

  A barrel of gunpowder
• Militarism

  A country wanting to prove itself of military power.
• Alliance


  Countries joining forces together. In World War 1 two alliances were formed, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente.
• Imperialism


  A country wanting to expand it's empire. One of the causes of World War 1 was because Germany needed to expand it's empire.
• Nationalism


  People of a country thinking highly of their country. Usually influenced by propaganda and the media.
• Triple Alliance


  An alliance formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
• Triple Entente


  An alliance formed by Britain, France and Russia.
• Schlieffen Plan


  The Schlieffen Plan was the German overall strategic plan for victory in war. It was based on the expected differences in time preparation when a war broke out.
• Valcartier


  Training center in canada where 32 000 of the first Canadian and Newfoundlander troops recieved minimal basic training and then were sent of to England
• Sir Robert Borden


  Prime minister of Canada during World War 1
• Sam Hughes


  Canada's Minister of Militia before and during World War 1.
• Aboriginal Soldiers


  Soldiers of aboriginal decent who fought for Canada in the First World War.
• No. 2 Construction Battalion


  Made of aboriginals and African Americans and was a hard labour battalion that built bridges, dug trenches, etc.
• Ypres


  A town in northwestern Belgium, near the border with France, in the province of West Flanders; The battle of Ypres was where the Germans introduced chlorine gas.
• Poison Gas

  introduced by the Germans and was used by both sides during the war; caused vomiting, blindness, and suffocation.
• Das Blutbad


  The battle of the Somme, as referred by the Germans meaning "bloodbath"
• Vimy Ridge


  A successful battle of World War One where all four Canadian divisions fought together for the first time. A proud moment for Canada.
• Creeping Barrage


  A military tactic that rained a moving curtain of heavy fire ahead of an attacking infantry
• Bluebirds


  Name given to female nurses during the First World War who volunteered for service in the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
• Flying Ace

  Five or more kills by a pilot.
• Total War


  a war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields.
• Halifax explosion


  2000 killed, 9000 wounded, largest non-atomic man-made explosion in history. Mont Blanc, carrying explosives, crashed into Imo (norwegian relief vessel) in the Harbor. Resulted in Halifax Relief Commission
• Propaganda


  Ideas spread through media for a cause.
• Attestation Papers

  The first document the soldier signed; the enlistment form.
• Western Front


  A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. Scene of most of the fighting between Germany, on the one hand, and France and Britain, on the other.
• Treaty of Versailles


  the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I, it was to make sure that Germany would never rise to power again.
• Reparations

  payment for damages after a war
• War Guilt Clause


  part of the treaty of versailles in which stated that Germany had full responsibility for the war
• League of Nations


  an international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations.
• Armistice day


  11th November, 1918. Official end of World War I. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front.
• Spanish Flu


  Pandemic that spread around the world in 1918, killing more than 50 million people
• Tinpot Navy


  The Canadian Navy before the war which was pathetically small, with 350 men and only 2 ships (one on each coast).
• Conscription


  Compulsory military service.
• Rationing


  A system of allocating scarce goods and services using criteria other than price.
• Victory Bonds

  Bonds sold by the government during World War 1 to help raise revenue for the world effort.
• War Measures Act


  An Act that gives the federal government emergency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charges.