CHC 2D Grade 10 History in the 20th Century--World War 1 Unit Review

Alliance System
1. What is an alliance?
2. Why is it sometimes dangerous to be allied with another country?
3. Name the two alliances that dominated Europe at the beginning of the war
and name the countries in each.
4. In chronological order, explain how alliances helped bring about the start of
the war.

Nationalism
1. What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?
2. Which is the more dangerous of the two? Why?

Colonialism
1. What is a colony? Give two reasons powerful countries like to have colonies.
2. Which country in the world, at the turn of the century, had the largest
colonial empire?
3. Which new, up and coming country wanted to start acquiring colonies? Was
this causing problems?

Arms Race/Naval Race

1. What type of weapon were Germany and Great Britain constructing that
formed the basis of the arms race? Why were they building them?
2. What did many working class people think about the arms race?

Socialism
1. What was giving rise to the wave of socialism throughout Europe?
2. What was this new socialist movement threatening to do to existing
governments?

Trench Warfare
1. Why did the strategy of trench warfare seem so ridiculous?
2. List five factors that made conditions in the trenches so horrible.
3. During WW 1 the line of trenches reached from __________ to __________.
4. What was the Schliefen Plan and why did it fail? (don’t do this one!)
5. What is meant by stalemate and attrition?
6. Why was it so easy to defend a trench?
7. Name several of the new weapons of war that were terribly effective during
WW 1.

Canada at War
1. Why was Canada dragged into a war that she did not seem to have anything
to do with?
2. What was the state of Canada’s military at the beginning of the war?
3. What was the significance of Canada’s first great battle at Ypres, Belgium?
4. By what special title did everyone start referring to Canada’s troops?
5. What things did Canada do differently that helped enable them to beat the
German’s at Vimy ridge?
6. What were “Canada’s 100 Days.”
7. What was significant about the Canadian battle at Paschendaele?
8. What occurred at Beaumont-Hamel?
9. How did the war affect the lives of Canadian’ at home? What changes did
they experience from day to day?
Conscription
1. What is another word for conscription?
2. Why was conscription such a big issue in Canada?
3. What had Robert Borden promised prior to the last election?
4. Why was the conscription issue such a political one in Canada?
5. Name, in order, the three acts related to conscription and describe each.

Women in the War

1. How did Canadian women help in the war effort? What new roles did they
take on?
2. Would most Canadian women have considered the war an emancipating or
an enslaving event? Why?

Treaty of Versailles
1. What country most wanted to gain revenge on Germany after the war?
2. Name several clauses of the treaty that were particularly upsetting to
Germany?
3. What world leader most wanted Germany “to pay” for WW 1?
4. Which world leader was the most conciliatory?
5. Essentially, what were Wilson’s 14 Points?
6. What effect was this treaty going to have on Germany in the next twenty
years?
7. Give one reason why you believe Germany should have been severely
punished for her role in WW 1.
Give one reason why you believe that the treaty was unjustly harsh on
Germany.

The Effects of WW 1 on Canada

1. Name five ways that the war affected Canada (socially, economically,
politically).
2. Do you believe the war helped or hindered Canada’s development?

I know that the review is lengthy but I still don’t think it has covered everything
we need to know. So, out of the goodness of my heart I have created a list of
concepts, places, names and miscellaneous other things that you should
understand.

Nationalism militarism industrialism imperialism

Mercantilism socialism feminism suffragettes
Maternal feminists radicals reactionaries power to
the individual
Power to the state left wing right wing 4 c’s of imperialism
Ross rifle Victory Bonds profiteering Billy Bishop
Arthur Currie Talbot Papineau Canon Frederick Scott Manfred Von
Richthoven
Zeppelins Tanks Dogfights Dreadnoughts
Stalemate Attrition Trenchfoot St Julien, 2nd Battle of
Ypres
Courcellete Beaumont-Hamel John McCrae trench mines
Week of Suffering (Vimy Ridge)

The test will have multiple-choice, short answer and a poem analysis. As for the
poem, I will ask you 5 or 6 separate questions on the content of the poem. Make
sure you read the poem over several times, deconstruct it. Look for the
meaning in each stanza. The internet is always a good place to do some
research as well. Anything you learn can be written directly on the poem sheet
and brought into class for the test.