Contemporary Canadian Studies 11 Exam review

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards for the Contemporary Canadian Studies 11 exam review, covering significant historical figures, events, and political terms from 1929 to 1995.

Agnes MacPhail

The first woman elected to be in the House of Commons.

Auto Pact

An agreement between US and Canada to remove tariffs on auto trade.

Avro Arrow

A highly advanced, supersonic, delta-wing interceptor aircraft designed and built in the $1950\text{s}$, engineered to destroy soviet bombers.

Berlin Airlift

A massive allied response as a result to the blockade of west Berlin.

Bilingualism

The government makes sure all services are in english and french.

Cabinet

A senior leadership group of top-level advisors or ministers chosen by the head of government to lead government departments and set national policies.

Cabinet Minister

A senior politician selected to lead a certain government department.

Canadarm

A $15\text{ meter}$ robotic arm developed in Canada to deploy, capture and repair satellites and assist astronauts during spacewalks.

Canadian Bill of Rights

A federal law passed in $1960$ that protects basic human rights and individual freedom.

Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Protects your individual human rights and ensures the government cannot create laws which take away basic freedoms.

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)

A Canadian political party founded to fight against the great depression.

Confidence Motion

A vote where elected lawmakers decide if they still support the current government.

Constitution Act and Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The highest law in Canada which guarantees individual civil and political rights.

Cuban Missile Crisis

A $13\text{-day}$ confrontation in $\text{October } 1962$ between the USA and the USSR due to the discovery of hidden soviet missiles in Cuba.

Donald Marshall

A Mik’maw man whose life story reshaped the Canadian justice system and indigenous rights.

Executive Branch

The government branch responsible for enforcing laws.

Federal

National administration.

Fidel Castro

Cuban politician and revolutionary.

FLQ (Front de libération du Québec)

A Francophone group which seeked independence from anglophone colonialism which was attempted through violence.

Governor General

Federal representative of the monarch.

House of Commons

The elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada.

Igor Gouzenko Affair

A soviet cipher clerk who defected to Canada and smuggled $109$ secret documents.

Japanese Internment Camps

Camps where individuals were stripped of their rights due to wide spread anti-asian ideology.

John Diefenbaker

Canada’s $13\text{th}$ prime minister best remembered from championing the Canadian bill of rights.

John Humphrey

A renowned Canadian legal scholar and human rights advocate.

Judicial Branch

The government branch which controls the Canadian court system.

Korean War

The armed ideological war between North and South Korea; communism vs capitalist ideology.

Leader of the Opposition

The leader of the largest party which is not currently in power.

Legislative Branch

Made up of the house, the Senate and collectively known as congress.

Lester B. Pearson

Canada’s $14\text{th}$ prime minister and the only Canadian to ever win a Nobel peace prize.

Louis St. Laurent

Canada’s $12\text{th}$ prime minister which played a key role in industrial expansion.

Medicare and Canada Pension Plan

Publicly funded medical insurance system and retirement plan.

Members of Parliament (MPs)

An individual elected by citizens to represent a specific area.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Officials who are elected to represent specific provincial or territorial districts.

Multiculturalism Act

A federal act which established multiculturalism as an official policy.

Municipal

A local district with their own government.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

A political and military alliance of $32$ countries from North America and Europe.

NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)

A binational military alliance between Canada and the USA.

October Crisis

A series of terrorist attacks in Quebec done by the flq during October.

Official Languages Act

The act that established both French and English as Canada’s official language.

Oil and Gas Development

Alberta accounts for ever 90\text{%} of national oil productions and 60\text{%} natural gas.

Oka Crisis (Kanesatake Resistance)

A historic $78\text{-day}$ standoff in $1990$ between the Mohawk people, the Quebec provincial police and the Canadian army.

Parliament

The countries official lawmaking body.

Parti Québécois

A political party in Quebec which advocates for independence of the province from Canada.

Pierre Trudeau

15th prime minister of Canada known for establishing bilingualism.

Prime Minister

The head of government.

Provincial

Incharge of province (recognised).

Question Period

Where the opposition publicly questions the Prime Minister.

Quiet Revolution in Quebec

A period of rapid social, politcal and cultural modernism in Quebec a shift from the conservative catholic society.

Referendum on Quebec Sovereignty

A vote where the public in Quebec want it to be independent or stay as a province.

Residential and Day Schools

Schools indigenous kids were sent too where they were violated and striped of their culture.

Richard Bedford (R.B.) Bennett

Canada’s $11\text{th}$ prime minister - his time in office being defined by the Great depression.

Senate

Official legislative assembly which serves as the upper house to review and vote on proposed laws from the House of Commons.

Speaker of the House

They maintain order and enforce chamber rules to moderate debates.

Suez Crisis

An international conflict triggered when Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal.

“The Indian Act”

A Canadian federal law passed in $1876$ that regulates how the government interacts with First nations.

Tommy Douglas

Served as the premier of Saskatchewan from $1944$ to $1961$ where he established North America's first public, government medicare system.

Trans-Canada Highway

A high-way which spans all $10$ Canadian provinces.

Trans-Canada Pipeline

A massive system of underground pipes, carrying natural gas from western canadian homes to eastern canadian and the US.

The UN (United nations)

A global organization whose main goal is to maintain peace and sovereignty- Canada being one of the first countries to join.

War Measures Act

A Canadian law which allows the suspension of basic civil liberties during times of distress such as war or invasion.

Western Alienation

A feeling in Western Canada is politically and economically ignored and prioritizes Central Canadian interests by the federal government.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

10th prime minister of Canada who created old age pension and unemployment insurance.

1995 Quebec Referendum

A historic vote in $1995$ where people decided if Quebec should stay as Canada’s province or become their own independent country.