Scavenger Hunt Questions

World War I Introductory Assignment

Please go to the Wikipedia website to answer all of the following questions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

1. What years did World War I occur between?

2. World War I is also known by these two titles?

3. What major countries made up the Allied Powers?

4. What major countries made up the Central Powers?

5. Where did much of the fighting in World War I take place?

6. What is “no man’s land”?

*Click on the sub topic Causes of World War I *

7. What event caused the beginning of the First World War?

*Click on the sub topic Trench Warfare Begins*

8. Describe what is meant by Trench Warfare.

9. In April what did the Germans use for the first time in battle?

*Stay in this section but click on the title Vimy Ridge and read the section under the title Legacy*

10. Why was the Battle at Vimy Ridge important for Canadians?

*Go back to the main screen and click on Naval War*

11. What was the German U-Boat threat?

*Go back to main screen and click on Entry of the United States*

12. What year did the United States enter the war? Why did they finally decide to join?

* Go back to the main screen and click on End of War*

13. What is significant about the date November 11^th?

14. Who was the last soldier killed in the Great War?

* Go back to the main screen and click on Economic and Manpower Issues*

15. What effect did World War I have on women?

16. What is Conscription?

17. What was the Conscription Crisis of 1917 and what effect did it have on Canadians?

*Go back to the main screen and click on Technology*

18. List five new technologies developed in World War I?

*Go back to the main screen and click on Aftermath*

19. How did the war affect Canada’s national identity?

20. Who are the “Lost Generations”?