Lesson 1 - "Defining Moments" Activity Sheet

Using Canada and the First World War booklet, The 1^st Newfoundland Regiment and the Battle of the Somme historical sheet and the Internet as information resources, define the following things (suggested sources for information provided for each question):

1. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ("The Conflict Begins" section of Canada and the First World War)
2. Triple Alliance ("The Conflict Begins" section of Canada and the First World War)
3. Triple Entente ("The Conflict Begins" section of Canada and the First World War)
4. Trench Warfare (The 1^st Newfoundland Regiment and the Somme historical sheet)
5. Ypres ("Ypres, 1915" section of Canada and the First World War)
6. Vimy Ridge ("Vimy" section of Canada and the First World War)
7. Battle of the Somme ("The Somme" section of Canada and the First World War)
8. "No Man’s Land" (The 1st Newfoundland Regiment and the Somme public information sheet)
9. War of Attrition (Internet search)
10. Conscription (Internet search)
11. Casualty/Fatality (Internet search)
12. "Creeping Barrage" (Internet search)