Name:

Date:
Total:

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Part A
1. Please write the correct letter from the word section on the line beside its correct
description. ( /9)
This is where most troops spent the majority of the war to avoid
enemy fire.
A. Residential Schools

Workers in the same type of job formed these in order to have

more power in the collective bargaining process.

B. Treaty of Versailles

This is what they called the space between enemy lines during the
war.

C. Unions

This is where Canadians did all of their fighting during WW1.

D. Trench

This is what would happen when the inner city was too crowded
and the people were very poor.

E. Immigrants

Aboriginal children were taken from their homes to be taught

here as a way of making them more European.

F. The Western Front

This document was signed in France and punished Germany for

their role in the war.

G. Instant Slums

Where ships were stored over the winter months during the war.
People who moved to Canada From other countries.

2. Answer the following by circling true or false:

/11)

True? False?

World War One started in 1912.

Canada had one of the most powerful navies in the world when the world.

Women worked in munitions factories during the war.

Electricity did not help industry before the war.

Women were able to vote in 1910.

Ukrainian Canadians were put into internment camps during WW1.

Everyone had an automobile when they were first invented.

Planes were first used for spying missions during the war.

There were lots of full blown naval battles throughout the war.

Dogs were used in the trenches to carry messages and kill rats.

Soldiers from British Columbia fought at Beaumont Hamel.

Part B
3. Answer the following questions using full sentences: (

/10)

How did Canadians travel long distances in the early 1900s?

What were two newly invented weapons/military equipment that were created for
WW1?

What was the average life expectancy of a pilot in WW1 and why were the planes called
flying coffins?

What is a head tax and who was targeted the most by them?

What was important about the Battle of the Passchendaele in terms of Canadas
response after the battle?

In which battle was the tank first used and why was it so useful in crossing over no
mans land?

4. On the back of this page create an accurate timeline using 5 of the items listed below:
( /5)

The Archduke
Ferdinand was
assassinated.
Vimy Ridge.

The first flight

took place.

The CPR was

built.

The Halifax
explosion.

The Boer War.

Women were
allowed to vote.

Britain declared
war, so Canada
had to fight.

Canada created a
small two boat
navy.

The war ended.

5. Answer three of the following in full sentences using proper paragraph form. Each will
be worth 5 marks (2 for sentence structure/spelling/grammar; 3 for content) ( /15)
a. Explain the push and pull factors that brought immigrants to Canada in the early 1900s.
b. Explain why women were given the vote in 1917.
c. Discuss how the Halifax explosion brought the terror of war to the home front.
d. Describe the four different Canadian battles and say why each was important.
e. Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches.

*Lined paper will be provided for you to answer these questions on.*