Lesson 1 - "Defining Moments" Activity Answer Sheet

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was shot and killed on June 28, 1914 during a visit to Sarajevo in Bosnia.

Triple Alliance

The Triple Alliance was a military partnership made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.

Triple Entente

The Triple Entente was a military partnership made up of France, Russia and Great Britain

Trench Warfare

Trench warfare saw the opposing armies dug in, facing one another from a complex series of trenches defended by lookouts, barbed wire, and guns.

Ypres

The Ypres Salient in Belgium was where the Allied front lines pushed forward to form a buldge into the German line.

Vimy Ridge

The scene of a great Canadian victory in northern France in April 1917. The Germans had fortified it well with a system of trenches, dugouts and tunnels heavily protected by barbed wire, machine guns and artillery.

Battle of the Somme

A fierce and bloody battle in northern France that took place in the summer and fall of 1916.

"No Man’s Land"

The space between the opposing trenches menaced by artillery, snipers, grenades and machine guns.

War of Attrition

A military strategy in which one side attempts to win a war by wearing down its enemy through continuous losses in personnel.

Conscription

Compulsory military service, as was introduced in Canada toward the end of the First World War.

Casualty/Fatality

A person killed, wounded or captured in war.

"Creeping Barrage"

An intense line of artillery fire advancing at a set rate that attacking soldiers closely followed so they could capture positions before the enemy emerged from their underground bunkers.