Canadian History ~ CHC2D



Canadian History ~ CHC2D

War in the Air and at Sea

Read pages 94 – 97 and answer the following questions:

War in the Air

1. What did military people think of the airplane when WWI first started?

2. Which side had the advantage at the beginning of the war? Why?

3. What is the Sopwith Camel?

4. What was the life expectancy of a pilot on the western front in 1916?

5. what does this tell you?

6. What are dogfights; air aces; “Black Flight”?

7. Who were: Manfred von Richthofen; Billy Bishop; Alfred Ball; “Wop” May; Roy Brown?

Read SPOTLIGHT ON… Billy Bishop page 96.

Answer question #2.

The War at Sea

1. Which side controlled the seas at the start of the war?

2. How would Britain use its powerful navy to its advantage?

3. With what “new weapon” would the Germans respond?

4. What is “unrestricted submarine warfare”?

5. Why would Germany not use it until 1917?

6. What were the results of “unrestricted submarine warfare”?

7. In what ways did Britain and the allies try to counter the German’s new weapon?

8. Describe Canada’s contributions to the war at sea.

9. What other result did the war at sea have?

Read The Technological Edge page 98-99.

Answer question #1.

Answer question #5 page 104.

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