Answers to Friday 5: Nov. 14, Geog & SS10

 SS10

1.  What were the two reasons for the start of WWI?

Militarism, Imperialism, Alliances, Nationalism, Arms race, the assassination of the Arch Duke of A-H empire

2.  Why did Russia exit from WW1?

1917-Russian Revolution (Civil War) so they couldn't fight a war in and out of their country.  They had experienced heavy casualties on the E front, huge food shortages and low wages, lead to civil unrest.

3.  Provide two things that were going on in Canada during WWI?

Victory Bonds,  Women's movement especially labour, internment, conscription crisis, propaganda, women's suffrage

4.  Two ideas included in the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany would pay heavy reparations, have restrictions on army and navy, war guild clause,  loss of land

Wilson's 14 points, League of Nations

5.  What did the War Measures Act allow?

Internment (arrest without due cause)

Bonus:

What is currently in the house of commons that if it doesn't pass will topple the government?

Budget

Geography 12

1.  Provide two ideas that support the theory of continental drift.

Fossils and plants on continents that seemed to have fit together

Magnetic north is moving

The idea of Pangea or all the continents fitting together

Evidence of glaciation in areas that today don't have glaciers suggesting larger masses of ice

Seismograph data suggests boundaries

2. Explain plate tectonics.

Plate tectonics is a theory explaining how Earth's crust is divided into plates that move and float on the mantle

3.  Two things that happen where plates meet.

 mountain building, trench formation, volcanoes, and earthquakes.

4.  Label the major lines of latitude on the globe.

see below

5.  Lines of Longitude are also known as____________ and run in these directions ___________

meridians, N-S

Bonus:

Add degrees to the lines of latitude.