Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
MAIN stands for |
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
|
Militarism |
Building a strong military force by using war to get more power such as colonies, land, raw materials ect. |
|
Alliances |
A group of countries united for military protection |
|
Imperialism |
When a country extends its rule over another country starting an empire |
|
Nationalism |
Strong feelings of patriotism; pride for your country or culture(ethinic background) |
|
Powder Keg of Europe |
Rebellions of the Slavic people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire made the area known as the Balkans, the "powder keg of europe" that was ready to explode into war |
|
The assassination |
The spark that lit the powder keg. |
|
Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
The heir to the Austrian monarchy and his wife were visiting sarajevo(the capital of bosnia) on June 28, 1914 when they were shot and killed |
|
Black hand |
Serbian terrorist group |
|
Gavrillo Princip |
Member of the Black hand group that shot and killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife |
|
Blank Cheque |
Germany is willing to support Austria even if it meant war |
|
Ultimatum |
Austria-Hungary prepares for war and sends out the serbs and ultimatum (hand over the terrorist group or else war) |
|
August 4, 1914 |
Britian decalares war on germany and ww1 begins |
|
Dreadnoughts |
War ships first made by britian |
|
Canadians that faced discrimination |
Women, African Canadians, Japanese Canadians |
|
Where did canadians train? |
Valcartier Quebec |
|
CEF |
Canadian expenditionary force |
|
Ypres (1) |
1) April 1915 - May 1915 Flanders district in Belgium First taste of trench warfare/ belgium used chlorine gas |
|
The Somme (2) |
2) July - November 1916 Near somme river in France Canada won but was a failure b/c general haig decided to advance in daylight killing 90% of newfoundlands peoples |
|
Vimy Ridge (3) |
3) April 1917 Near the France and Belgium border (northern france) Canada won!! Creating canadian identity b/c for the first time we fought as one(autonomy). Everything was rehearsed. |
|
Passchendaele (4) |
3) Passchendaele Belgium Canada won but at the cost if many lives being lost. Canada stood uo to great britian for the first time. Unnessacary battle with terriable conditions. |
|
Triple Alliances |
Austraia germany and italy |
|
Triple Entente |
France britian and russia |