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| The policy of one nation acquiring, controllin, or dominating another country or region |
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| A nation's policy of enlisting, training, equipping, and maintaining armed forces ready for war |
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| A union or agreement among froups working toward a common goal |
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| The alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to the First World War |
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| The alliance of France, Britain, and Russia prior to the First World War |
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| Devotion to and support of one's cultural and nation, sometimes resulting in the promotion of independance |
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| A terrorist group of Bosnian Serbs that was determined to free Bosnia from Austria-Hungary |
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| Making a profit by raising prices on needed goods or producing poor quality materials |
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| And Act that gives federal government energency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charge |
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| The right of a detained person to be brought before a judge or other official to decide whether the detention is lawful |
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| A national living in a country that is at war with his/her homeland |
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| To send a person back to his/her country of origin |
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| A government-run camp where people who are considered a threat are detained |
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| Germany's plan to stage a two-front war with Russia in the east and France in the west |
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| The area between the trenches of two opposing forces |
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| The area of fighting in western Europe during the First World War, characterized by trench warfare and inconclusive battles with heavy casualties on both sides |
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| Large guns used to fire shells |
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| A military strategy based on exhausting the enemy's manpower and resources before yours are exhaustd, ussually involving great losses in both sides |
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| An airlplane with two sets of wings, one on top of the body, and one underneath |
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| Military search or exploration |
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| A person skilled in shooting |
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| Aerial duels between aircraft |
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| A fighter pilot who has shot down five enemy aircraft |
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| Civilian ships and sailors that transported food, weapons, and munitions |
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| A group of ships travelling together protected by an armed force |
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| Bonds issued by the Canadian government to support the war effort |
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| A civilian effort to consume less and conserve supplies on the home front |
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| A tax charged to businesses based on their totaly revenues |
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| Information, ussually produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread particular beliefs or opinions |
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| Forced enlistment in the armed forces of all fit men of certain ages |
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| A 1917 Act that made conscription compulsory for all Canadian men betweemn the ages of 20 and 45, calling up the younger men first |
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| A person who opposes war for religious or moral reasons |
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| Groups organized to improve conditions for workers |
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| An Act that allowed men and women serving overseas to vote |
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| An Act that gave the vote to Canadian women related to servicemen, but cancelled the vote for conscientious objectors and immigrants from enemy countries |
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| The name given to the 1917 federal election because of Borden's efforts to win the military vote |
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| The Coalition government formed by Conservatives and some Liberals and independents that governed Canada from 1917 to 1920 |
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| The Final Allied offensive against the Central Powers on the Western Front, from August 8 to November 11, 1918 |
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| A meeting in Paris in 1919 to discuss the terms of a peace agreement after the First World War |
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| One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it imposed strict sanctions on Germany |
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| An article in the Treaty of Versailles that made Germany responsible for starting the First World War |
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