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| the policy of one nation acquiring, controlling, 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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| 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 culture and nation, sometimes resulting in the promotion of independence |
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| an Act that gives the federal government emergency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charges |
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| a national living in a country that is at war with his/her homeland |
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| a government-run camp where people who are considered a threat are detained |
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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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| a military strategy based on exhausting the enemy’s manpower and resources before yours are exhausted, usually involving great losses on both sides |
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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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| information, usually 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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| the name given to the 1917 federal election because of Borden’s efforts to win the military vote |
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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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| On April 22 1915 French Canadian troops were blinded, burned, or killed when the Germans used cholrine gas, a tactic that had been outlawed by international agreemrnt since 1907. |
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| In July 1916, the allies launched a massive attack against a line of German trenches near the Somme River in France. The attack failed. |
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| In 1914, the Germans took control of a key position near the Somme. |
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| They tried to break through German Lines and retake the town of Passchendaele in Belgium. |
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