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WW1 Study Guide
Key terms about WW1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| IMPERIALISM | The policy of on e nation acquiring,controlling, or dominating another country or region. |
| Militarism | A nation's policy of enlisting, training, equipping and maintaining armed forces ready for war. |
| Slavic | Relating to peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including Russians, Serbians, Croatians, Poles, Czechs etc... . |
| Alliance | A union or agreement among among groups working toward a common goal. |
| Triple Alliance | The alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to the First World War |
| Triple Entente | The alliance of France, Britain, and Russia prior to the First World war. |
| Nationalism | Devotion to and support of one's culture and nation, sometimes resulting in the promotion of independence. |
| Black Hand | A terrorist group of Bosnian Serbs that was determined to free Bosnia from Austria-Hungary |
| Profiteering | Making a profit by raising prices on needed goods or producing poor quality materials |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to stage a two-front war with russia in the east and France in the west. |
| War Measures Act | An act that gives the federal government emergency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charges. |
| Habeas Corpus | The right of a detained person to be brought before a judge or other official to decide whether the detention is lawful. |
| No man's Land | The area between the trenches of two opposing forces |
| Internment camp | A government-run camp where people who are considered a threat are detained |
| War of Attrition | A military strategy based on exhausting the enemy's manpower and resources before yours are exhausted, usually involving great losses on both sides |
| First division of CEF ARRIVED | february 1915 |
| The Second Battle of Ypres | 22nd April 1915, in Belgium, chlorine gas which had been banned in 1907 was used by the Germans. |
| The Battle Of the Somme | July 1916, only 13 km captured more than 1.25 million casualties, 24000 canadians. |
| The Battle Of Vimy Ridge | Germans took control in 1914, then on 9th April 1916 The allies moved in. 7000 wounded |
| Passchendale | October 1917, 200 000 casualties on each side, 15 000 canadians plus. |
| Biplane | An airplane with |
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