World War I - Quiz One

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1: A new invention that played an important role in the war was ____________________ .
poison gas    the airplane    the tank    all of these

2: ____________________ slowed the German advance on Paris.
General Schlieffen    The Devil's Brigade    The British Expeditionary Force    Aerial bombing

3. An ailment caused by standing for long times in cold water.
gangrene    chillblanes    trenchfoot    boot rot

4: The First World War was ended on ____________________ .
January 18th, 1917    November 11th, 1917    November 11th, 1918    June 6th, 1919

5: As a condition for surrender, Germany had to agree to ____________________ .
pay money    surrender their battleships    give up heavy and light guns    all of these

6: The First World War was ended by the Treaty of ____________________ .
Paris    Versaille    Versace    Ypres

7: Russia was not fighting in 1918 because ____________________ .
of a famine in the country    of a revolution and civil war    they had never been in the war    they had a shortage of ammunition and men

8: A substance that mired and stopped the tanks at Passchendaele was ____________________ .
sand    concrete    mud    gravel

9: A barrage was made by ____________________ .
machine-guns    rifles    tanks    heavy artillery

10: During the war, women in Canada ____________________ .
worked in ammunition factories    did "men's" jobs    worked as nurses near the front    all of these

11: "Enemy aliens" were ____________________ .
from Germany and Austria-Hungary    restricted in movement    required to carry special identity cards    all of the above

12: All women got the right to vote in Canadian elections in ____________________ .
1920    1917    1918    1919

13: Wormen working in factories ____________________ .
got the same pay as men    were not paid, because they were volunteers    got less pay than men    got more pay than men

14: Throughout the war, Canada's manufacturing ability ____________________ .
decreased    stayed the same    went up and down repeatedly    increased

15: Canada's leader during the war was ____________________ .
President William Borden    Prime Minister Robert Borden    Archduke Franz Ferdinand    Governor General George Vanier

16: The assasin who started the war was from ____________________ .
Bosnia    Sibernia    Burundi    Serbia

17: At the beginning of the war Canada was ____________________ .
a colony of Britain    greatly influenced by the USA    greatly influenced by Britain    a completely independent country

18: Canadians fought along the ____________________ .
Southern Front    Northern Front    Eastern Front    Western Front

19: Rather than wool trousers, a soldier in a Canadian Highland Regiment wore ____________________ .
a pair of shorts    a kilt    cotton trousers    none of these

20: World War One began for Canada in ____________________ .
August 1912    June 1913    August 1914    April 1915

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